(a) The Board will consider recommending restoration
of the right to receive, possess, bear, and transport in commerce
a firearm only in extreme and unusual circumstances which prevent
the applicant from gaining a livelihood, and only if the applicant:
(1) provides either proof of clearance by a previously
granted full pardon or a request for such express restoration in a
pending application for a full pardon from jurisdiction(s) of the
relevant conviction(s) or successful completion of a punishment similar
to a term of deferred adjudication community supervision; and
(2) provides proof of application under the United
States Code, Title 18, Section 925(c), for exemption, relief from
disabilities to the Director of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives,
and furnishes copies of all relevant applications and responses thereto
by the Director of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives including
any final actions by said Director of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives.
(b) The burden of showing such extreme and unusual
circumstance rests upon the applicant.
|
Source Note: The provisions of this §143.12 adopted to be effective August 15, 1989, 14 TexReg 3812; amended to be effective February 18, 2009, 34 TexReg 1095; amended to be effective March 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 1362; amended to be effective November 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 8597; amended to be effective May 9, 2018, 43 TexReg 2795 |