Federal Gun Rights Restoration Program Opens Nov 4
Federal Gun Rights Restoration Program Opens Nov 4. DOJ launches Federal Firearms Rights Restoration (FFRR) Nov 4 for 5,000 applicants. Learn who qualifies, disqualifications, and step-by-step application { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization", "name": "Greyhive", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://greyhive.com/static/uploads/images/ae198483-01c9-44b4-a16a-03f516ceaf66.svg", "width": 512, "height": 512 }, "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/greyhive", "https://www.instagram.com/greyhive/", "https://www.youtube.com/@Greyhive", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/greyhive/" ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website", "url": "https://greyhive.com", "name": "Greyhive", "description": "Greyhive is a censorship-resistant video platform for the firearms, 2A, hunting, and outdoor industries — where creators build, review, and monetize unfiltered content.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#organization" } }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru#person", "name": "Gun Guru", "url": "https://greyhive.com/c/gun_guru", "description": "Gun Guru is a Greyhive creator producing original 2A, firearms, hunting, and outdoor content.", "image": "https://greyhive.com/lazy-static/avatars/d89c0392-fdea-40f3-8282-2ad18d743e5b.jpg" }, { "@type": "Article", "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/doj-federal-gun-rights-restoration-ffrr-nov-2026#article", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com#website" }, "mainEntityOfPage": { "@id": "https://greyhive.com/blog/doj-federal-gun-rights-restoration-ffrr-nov-2026" }, "url": "https://greyhive.com/blog/doj-federal-gun-rights-restoration-ffrr-nov-2026", "headline": "Federal Gun Rights Restoration Program Opens Nov 4", "name": "Federal Gun Rights Restoration Program Opens Nov 4", "description": "DOJ launches Federal Firearms Rights Restoration (FFRR) Nov 4 for 5,000 applicants. Learn who qualifies, disqualifications, and step-by-step application", "articleSection": "Culture & News", "articleBody": "The Department of Justice's Federal Firearms Rights Restoration (FFRR) program opens to the public on November 4, and it is capped at the first 5,000 applicants on a first-come, first-served basis. It is the first functional federal pathway in decades for people prohibited under 18 U.S.C. 922(g) to petition for their Second Amendment rights back — and it does not cover everyone. In his breakdown on Greyhive, Gun Guru walked through the DOJ's own guidance line by line: the final rule was announced August 17 of this year under 18 U.S.C. 925(c), a limited pilot group was invited to apply on September 25, and the public window opens November 4 for 5,000 people. A second round of 500 candidates opens January 4. \"These are all just trial runs to see how it goes,\" he said. Gun Guru read directly from justice.gov while recording because, as he put it, this is \"always a controversial subject\" and he did not want to get the criteria wrong. What follows is his walkthrough of who qualifies, what disqualifies you permanently, the 10-year and 5-year lookback windows, and the mechanics of actually filing — including the roughly $30 cost and the fingerprinting requirement that runs through your local post office rather than your local police department. Key Takeaways FFRR applications open to the public November 4, capped at the first 5,000 applicants, first come, first served — a second rou…