Tag: Restoration of Gun Rights Spokane

  • Restoring Gun Rights & Vacating Convictions

    Petitioning for restoration of gun rights in Washington. We handle criminal cases, including felonies, and firearms law. We can also help get some convictions vacated:

    INSTRUCTIONS FOR VACATING MISDEMEANOR AND GROSS MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS

    Washington law permits vacating some misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor convictions.

    When the court vacates a conviction, you are released from penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense- but not from the prohibition against possessing firearms.

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  • The Lochner Era in Supreme Court History

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    What is Substantive Due Process?

    Constitutional law recognizes fundamental principles which are ordained by our Creator. There was a time, however, in the early 1900s when the U.S. Supreme Court only applied the Bill of Rights to state & municipal governments in order to restrict the Progressive agenda.

    Constitutional Law during the Lochner era. From 1897 through 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a number of cases involving economic issues where the court  struck down state regulations that restricted business owners. Child labor laws and minimum wage laws, for example, were held to violate the freedom of contract, a liberty interest under the 14th Amendment. The 14th Amendment guarantees life, liberty and property and requires due process under the law before state governments can invade such interests. At one time, the Court  consistently held that the 14th Amendment only guaranteed fundamentally fair procedural safeguards. But the Lochner  era cases found that freedom of contract was a substantive liberty interest under the U.S.Constitution

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  • Expungement of Convictions, Gun Rights & Criminal Defense in Spokane, Washington

    Restoration of Gun Rights.

    As a Spokane Criminal Defense attorney, Mark Knapp often gets calls regarding restoration of gun rights, expungement and the right to possess firearms under Washington state law. In Washington state, expungement does not restore the right to possess firearms. A Petition to Restore the Right to Possess Firearms is the procedure that is required pursuant to RCW 9.41.040.

    Since 1993, the Law Firm of Mark Knapp PLLC has specialized in NFA Gun Trusts and working with courts to restore clients’ right to possess firearms in Washington.

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    Washington State Firearms Attorney.

    We have been focused on gun rights for the last fifteen years. With 32 years of practicing law, we know how to navigate the many pitfalls and potential problems that arise in the process of restoring gun rights. Although some situations seem simple, it is best to have an attorney handling your case that focuses on firearms issues and restoration of gun rights.

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