Kuhlman v. State

317 Ga. 232

FINAL COPY S23A0699. KUHLMAN v. THE STATE. ELLINGTON, Justice. After the Georgia Board of Public Safety (“the Board”) denied Rick Allen Kuhlman’s application for relief from the prohibition on the possession of firearms by convicted felons in OCGA § 16-11-131, Kuhlman sued the State of Georgia in the Superior Court of Fulton County, seeking a declaratory judgment “that he qualifies for relief” from that prohibition pursuant to subsection (d) of the statute. His complaint, as amended, also included claims that the statute, as applied to him, violated his right to bear arms under the…