Reply #8: What he was found guilty of is the very crux of the matter, whether you care about it or not

[Euromutt]

The Gun Control Act of 1968 was intended (among other things) to prohibit persons with a felony conviction from possessing firearms; this man does not have a felony conviction, he has a conviction for a charge that was explicitly stated to be a misdemeanor. The only reason this guy is currently prohibited from possessing a firearm is because, apparently, until recently Maryland state law neglected to explicitly state a maximum sentence for a misdemeanor, the DoJ has chosen to interpret the provision of the GCA that a person convicted of a crime punishable by over a year's imprisonment is prohibited from possessing firearm, because a misdemeanor on Maryland could theoretically be punished with a sentence of more than a year, even though it's pretty much universally understood throughout the U.S. that a misdemeanor is punishable by at most a year in jail.

And jeez, this guy's conviction was 42 years ago. What, you never did anything stupid and/or illegal when you were in your late teens or early twenties?