Legal Question in Criminal Law in Idaho

Re: Gun Laws

Your wife can on guns so long as you cannot gain access to any of them. If they are locked up and you cannot get the key, you should be okay. However, its best if she keeps them at another place where you don't have access.

Re: Gun Laws

Generally, yes the wife may still own firearms even though the husband has been convicted.

If the husband is on probation or parole then the P&P officer will check and make sure that the husband has no access to them,

if he is not, then the law still states that the husband is NOT to have access to them. Exactly how that access is denied can be of some

question. I did have one client who's brother was on felony probation and he lived with her. P&P accepted that she kept the guns in her room, even

though the guns were unlocked (no trigger locks, etc), were not in a gun cabinet. However, I do believe she may have locked her room when she was not at home.

In your case, the husband is the one who lost his rights, not the wife. But it is important to have the precautions to meet the demands of the law and prevent husband's access

to the guns and thereby keep both husband and wife out of future trouble.

Good Luck!