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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Casey K." data-source="post: 149702" data-attributes="member: 1090">Federal law trumps state law. If a criminal has a felony conviction, it is illegal for them to purchase a gun in any state.  Whether it be a pawn shop, Academy Sports, etc.  So if they were convicted in Michigan and are no longer allowed to own or possess a firearm due to said conviction, I'm pretty sure they can't go to Texas and buy a gun legally, drive back to Michigan and do said deed......I may be wrong (as I know laws vary from state to state) but I think I'm on the right path at explaining it, lol.......On a note: maybe i misunderstood you when you said their guns are illegal but were purchased legally?Because its "illegal" for the convicted felons to own a gun.....but where I'm confused is "how" they purchased them legally?Unless they get a pardon from the governor to get their 2nd ammendment rights back (and some states do allow pardons for convicted felons), I dont think one can just buy a gun legally....no matter the state they're in.Anyone feel free to chime in on this because I'm curious about it, myself[USER=4086]@MassExodus[/USER] ?[USER=27444]@Arachnoclown[/USER][USER=7681]@Metalman2004[/USER][USER=27641]@Mr. P[/USER][USER=27883]@Tortoise Tom[/USER]</blockquote>