What FFRR means

FFRR is the Department of Justice's own abbreviation for Federal Firearm Rights Restoration — the process, under 18 U.S.C. 925(c), for asking the Attorney General to lift a federal firearm prohibition. The Department uses it on its programme pages at justice.gov/ffrr and on the application itself, "OMB Form #1123-0017", which it labels FFRR.

Why you are seeing it now

The Department published a final rule on 20 August 2026 rebuilding the process and moving it to the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Its FAQ explains the name change on the paperwork: ATF "previously administered the restoration of federal firearm rights program. The new rule states that they no longer do so. All applications for federal firearm rights restoration must be submitted through the Office of the Pardon Attorney."

What FFRR is not

• It is not a service you can buy. It is a government application. Any site charging you to "start your FFRR" is selling you help with a form, which may be worth paying for — but the process itself belongs to the Department.
• It does not cover your state. "The FFRR application process does not automatically restore state or tribal firearm rights."
• It is not open to the public yet. Invited candidates from 25 September 2026; the public from 4 November 2026, capped at the first 5,000.

Why this site is not called FFRR-anything

Because it would look official, and it is not. This is a private website. FFRR is the government's name for the government's programme, and we use it only to describe that programme, never as our own brand.

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This is a private website, not a government site. The official site is justice.gov/ffrr. Information with sources and check dates — not legal advice, and never a decision about you.