Idaho Bills

Amends existing law to provide that the right to ship, transport, possess or receive a firearm shall not be restored following felony convictions for certain crimes.

The purpose of this bill is to amend the law relating to felons who may possess firearms. The current law makes it clear that the worst kind of felons (murder, rape, kidnapping, drug dealing, sex crimes) cannot possess firearms, even after they are discharged from their sentences. Missing from the list of criminal offenses in the current law are crimes that have been created since the original passage of the law, or crimes that were not originally considered but are crimes committed by organized criminals, terrorists, and criminal gang members. This bill adds these serious felonies to the current law.