<@Why?> #55058
I don’t know about Wisconsin specifically, but I do know some states actually do not suspend firearm ownership rights for felons, and most do allow felons to have that right restored. I know in Mississippi for sure that felons straight out of prison are allowed to own pump- and lever-action shotguns, as well as bolt- and lever-action rifles, not sure what the process is to restore handgun and semi-auto ownership rights.
Also, if he was a minor, many states have youthful offender acts that will actually clear most convictions from before 18 if it is only a single conviction with no further trouble, which actually means legally the conviction never happened.
I had an uncle who was fired from a gun foundry for a criminal conviction for giving a gun that was supposed to be destroyed to his girlfriend at the time. He was convicted as a youthful offender, did his probation, and became an electrician’s apprentice in the mean time, making more money than at the foundry.
When his probation was completed successfully, his conviction was cleared, and because of this his firing actually became illegal, because now legally he never had a conviction. The foundry had to rehire him, and pay him a year’s back pay. He went in to work one day, collected a paycheck for the entire year, and went back to working as an electrician.