In re Firearms, Eleven

OPINION BY BOWES, J.:

¶ 1 In this appeal, we are asked to decide whether firearms owned by a convicted felon are subject to forfeiture.1

¶ 2 On January 8, 1991, John McCrae, Appellee, entered a guilty plea to one count of aggravated assault graded as a second degree felony, and was thereafter prohibited under 18 Pa.C.S. § 6105 from possessing, using, controlling, selling, transferring or manufacturing a firearm. He was required within a reasonable time after his conviction to transfer possession or control of any firearms that he then used or possessed. Thirteen years later, on July 19, 2004,…