The U.S. Department of Justice is setting up a process for people who have had gun rights removed to petition for the restoration of their Second Amendment rights.

For several decades, the DOJ’s Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms has been blocked by congressional action from allowing the restoration of gun rights to those with criminal convictions.

President Donald Trump laid the groundwork for the change with an Executive Order in February.

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