Can a convicted felon in Arizona own a bow for hunting?

Answer 1

Who are these retarded people that keep answering these questions with false and un educated ill informed guesses. Where in your right mind did you get the idea that a felon can not posses a weapon. Do you know what a weapon is? Can you legally define a weapon? Once you are able to find the legal defenition of a weapon you will see that there is not a law restricting felons of owning weapons, but owning deadly weapons. A "Deadly weapon" means anything that is designed for lethal use. The term includes a firearm.
"Firearm" means any loaded or unloaded handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon that will expel, is designed to expel or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive. Firearm does not include a firearm in permanently inoperable condition.

These definitions were pulled from the Arizona State Legeslator website. you may follow up with this and look under 13-3101 and 13-3102.

I can keep going with the defenition of an "explosive" but that would then be turning away from the point. The point is can a felon hunt using a bow and arrow.

One can argue that a deadly weapon designed for lethal use are weapons such as firearms, brass knuckles, batans, clubs or other illegal weapons designed to to be lethal to humans. There should be an escalation of definitions for weapons, were do you draw the line on a pocket knife to a stalleto, a rifle to a machine gun, a fircracker to a grenade. One must be for lethal use but the other could be recreational. Where does a bow fall in the categorie of weapons, were felons are not allowed to own "deadly weapons."

Until the Arizona state legislators define what a weapon designed for leathal use we will never know. Or if the legeslators would just state weather a bow and arrow is designed for lethal use or recreational use. I would say if you are a felon you may have acces to picking the brain of a police officer, a lawyer, or an attorny. Not to sterotype any felons here but if any one could ask the right person the right question then we all can go bow hunting and get over the questions.

So if any one is going to ask this question ever again the question should state "can a felon (Prohibited possessor of a weapon designed for lethal use) own, use for sport, and/or hunt legal game with a bow and arrow?"

"Prohibited possessor" means any person:

(a) Who has been found to constitute a danger to himself or to others or to be persistently or acutely disabled or gravely disabled pursuant to court order under section 36-540, and whose right to possess a firearm has not been restored pursuant to section 13-925.

(b) Who has been convicted within or without this state of a felony or who has been adjudicated delinquent for a felony and whose civil right to possess or carry a gun or firearm has not been restored.

(c) Who is at the time of possession serving a term of imprisonment in any correctional or detention facility.

(d) Who is at the time of possession serving a term of probation pursuant to a conviction for a domestic violence offense as defined in section 13-3601 or a felony offense, parole, community supervision, work furlough, home arrest or release on any other basis or who is serving a term of probation or parole pursuant to the interstate compact under title 31, chapter 3, article 4.

(e) Who is an undocumented alien or a nonimmigrant alien traveling with or without documentation in this state for business or pleasure or who is studying in this state and who maintains a foreign residence abroad. This subdivision does not apply to:

(i) Nonimmigrant aliens who possess a valid hunting license or permit that is lawfully issued by a state in the United States.

(ii) Nonimmigrant aliens who enter the United States to participate in a competitive target shooting event or to display firearms at a sports or hunting trade show that is sponsored by a national, state or local firearms trade organization devoted to the competitive use or other sporting use of firearms.

(iii) Certain diplomats.

(iv) Officials of foreign governments or distinguished foreign visitors who are designated by the United States department of state.

(v) Persons who have received a waiver from the United States attorney general.

http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/03101.htm&Title=13&DocType=ARS