The client carried a Class 6 Felony Unlawful Imprisonment conviction out of Pima County Superior Court. Future First filed the standalone Application to Restore Firearm Rights under ARS § 13-910 and the court granted the application in 194 days, restoring firearm rights on the underlying felony.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Unlawful Imprisonment (ARS § 13-1303), Class 6 Felony |
| Application filed | Application to Restore Firearm Rights, ARS § 13-910, 2024 |
| Court | Pima County Superior Court |
| Result | Firearm Rights Restored. Federal firearm prohibition tied to the felony lifted. |
| Rights restored | Firearm rights restored under ARS § 13-910. |
| Time from application to grant | 194 days from application filing to granted |
The challenge
Federal firearm law strips firearm rights from every person convicted of any felony for life. The prohibition does not lift on its own. The client had served the original sentence years ago. The conviction was off the active docket in every other sense. The firearm prohibition was still in place because firearm rights restoration is its own statutory step under Arizona law.
Standalone firearm rights restoration applications under ARS § 13-910 are filed separately from set aside applications. The set aside path under ARS § 13-905 typically restores firearm rights in the same order on the same case. When the set aside has already run or the applicant only needs the firearm right addressed, the standalone § 13-910 application is the right tool.
What we did
Future First filed the Application to Restore Firearm Rights under ARS § 13-910 in Pima County Superior Court. The statute lets the sentencing court restore firearm rights on a felony conviction once the applicant has completed every term of the original sentence and the statutory waiting period has run. The application packaged the underlying court file, the sentence-completion documentation, and the statutory factors the court weighs under § 13-910.
Standalone firearm rights restoration applications run on the court’s standard criminal motion cycle. The 194-day grant timeline reflects Pima County Superior Court’s workflow on these filings. The application held up at every review.
The judge signed the order restoring firearm rights. The federal firearm prohibition tied to the felony lifts. The client can lawfully possess a firearm for self-defense, sport, and the constitutional purposes the right protects.
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If you’ve lost firearm rights to an Arizona felony
ARS § 13-910 lets the sentencing court restore firearm rights on a felony conviction once the applicant has completed every term of the original sentence and the statutory waiting period has run. The wait period is measured from absolute discharge for most felony classes. Some serious offense categories carry a longer wait or remain ineligible.
Firearm rights restoration under § 13-910 is its own statutory step. A set aside under ARS § 13-905 typically restores firearm rights in the same order, but standalone firearm rights restoration is available when the set aside path has already run or when the applicant only needs the firearm right addressed.
The application is filed in the court of conviction. Pima County Superior Court handles standalone firearm rights restoration applications on the court’s regular criminal docket. The substantive standard is the same statewide. Clean applications turn on full sentence completion and the documented passage of the statutory waiting period.
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