Is a convicted felon prohibited from possessing a firearm that has been shipped in interstate commerce?
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Oman, 91 F.3d 1320 (9th Cir. 1996):
The statutory provision under which Oman was convicted prohibits any person who "has been convicted in any court of [ ] a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year" from possessing a firearm that has been shipped in interstate commerce. See 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The term "crimes punishable" refers to crimes defined by the law of the jurisdiction in which the predicate crime arose. United States v. Gomez, 911 F.2d 219, 220 (9th Cir.1990) (citation omitted). If the convicting jurisdiction restores a convicted felon's civil rights, then the statute's prohibitions will not apply:
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