Can I own a gun if I have a domestic violence injunction?
A domestic violence injunction generally requires surrender of firearms and ammunition and prohibits possession while it's in effect. Federal law imposes a separate prohibition tied to qualifying protective orders.
Practical points people get wrong.
Surrender means actual surrender, generally to law enforcement, with documentation. Get a receipt.
Transferring to a household member usually doesn't work. Possession includes constructive possession — a firearm in a home you control, that you know about and can access, remains a problem. The same analysis that governs drugs in a shared space applies here.
The federal exposure is significant and independent of anything happening in state court.
Different injunction types carry different firearms consequences, so which was entered matters. Recovery at the end of the order isn't automatic; there's a process.
If an injunction has been served on you and you own firearms, this is the first thing to address — before the hearing, before anything else.
Handle this first, and keep the receipt for everything you surrender. ---
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