In re Parsons

Justice MAYNARD delivered the Opinion of the Court.

MAYNARD, Justice.

Appellant, Robert Adam Parsons, appeals the July 19, 2004, order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County that denied Appellant’s petition to regain the ability to possess a firearm based on the court’s finding that the grant of such relief would violate federal law. For *355the reasons that follow, we affirm the circuit court’s order.

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FACTS

Appellant was indicted for “wanton endangerment involving a firearm” after he allegedly pointed a handgun at his girlfriend, Kristin Conrad, and cocked the gun’s hammer; /‘domestic battery” for…