The client carried an old Class 5 Felony Unlawful Use of Means of Transportation conviction and a paired Class 1 Misdemeanor Minor in Possession of Alcohol count out of Yavapai County Superior Court. Future First filed an application to restore firearm rights under ARS § 13-910 and the court granted the application in 22 days, restoring firearm rights on the underlying felony.
At a glance
| Original conviction | Unlawful Use of Means of Transportation (ARS § 13-1803), Class 5 Felony; Minor In Possession or Consumption of Alcohol (ARS § 4-244), Class 1 Misdemeanor |
| Application filed | Application to Restore Firearm Rights, ARS § 13-910, 2025 |
| Court | Yavapai 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 | 22 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 and the underlying judgment had been addressed in the court file long before the firearm rights application. The firearm prohibition was still in place because firearm rights restoration is its own statutory step under Arizona law.
The client wanted lawful possession of a firearm for self-defense and sport. The path required a court order under ARS § 13-910 restoring firearm rights on the underlying felony.
What we did
Future First filed an Application to Restore Firearm Rights under ARS § 13-910 in Yavapai 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, proof of sentence completion, and the statutory factors the court weighs under § 13-910.
Firearm rights restoration applications move quickly when the application is built cleanly. Future First built the application around the documented rehabilitation record, full sentence completion, and the statutory framework. The 22-day grant reflects what a clean filing looks like in a rural Arizona superior court.
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 ARS § 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. Rural Arizona superior courts often turn around clean applications faster than the Phoenix metro courts. The substantive standard is the same statewide.
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