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Firearm disqualifications in Mississippi

What disqualifies you from owning a firearm in Mississippi?

Someone in Mississippi is disqualified from owning a firearm if they are:

• Any person under 18 unless traveling to or from an approved activity where firearms are used.
• Any person currently under investigation for a violent crime

• there are certain exceptions to owning firearms against the state laws
• if you have certificates of rehabilitation, than the convicted felon or mentally ill individual can be allowed to own a firearm again if they follow the proper procedure and provide the proper documents to the court.

Felony restrictions on firearms in Mississippi

Those convicted of a felony in Mississippi:

• persons convicted of certain crimes that carry a sentence of a year or more of jail time are thereafter disallowed from owning a firearm within the state of Mississippi.
• they are also restricted from owning a silencer, or suppressor, as well as any type of ammunition or other such items related to firearms

Mental health restrictions on firearms in Mississippi

• Any person lawfully committed to a mental health institution or otherwise deemed by a court to be considered mentally ill or mentally incapacitated is not allowed to own a firearm in the same manner as a convicted felon.

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