Restoring Eligibility

[M1966]

I have a co-worker who wants to clear his name so he can own firearms and he asked me if/how he can do it...I don't know so I'm appealing to the knowledge of this forum.
The short story is, that at the age of 18-19, he was invited to go for a ride in a friends friends car, which turned out to be stolen. He was arrested along with the others and charged with receiving stolen property and when he went to court, his public defender urged him to plead guilty to avoid possible jail time. He was ordered to pay restitution, which he did. He's in his thirties now, and when he applied for a license he was denied because of his “history.”
Could the fact that it wasn’t a violent crime work in his favor? Is there any course he can take to restore his eligibility? Thank You

 

[dwarven1]

JMack,

you want to have you friend talk to either Jesse Cohen (jcohen) or Darius Arbabi (Cross-X) - both are lawyers specializing in gun laws in this benighted state.

They share a website with contact info: www.massgunlaw.com. If anyone can help, they're the guys who can.

Good luck to your friend.

Ross

 

[Chris]

Here is the form you need to fill out, but I HIGHLY recommend consulting a lawyer to assist in this process as you need to make the right arguments.

http://www.mass.gov/chsb/pdfs/frb/Firearm_Licensing_Review_Board_Petition.pdf

 

[Len-2A Training]

Lawyer (Jesse) is the only good answer.

The appeals process is only good for CERTAIN Misdemeanors, so it will matter a whole lot on what the exact charges were and what the "class" (felony or misdemeanor) was.