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You can own a gun, but until your husband has his right to possess a firearm restored by the court, then he cannot. If you are living in the same home and there is a gun in that home, there could be problems for your husband. Your husband may be eligible to have his right restored. He should consult with an attorney.

The answer depends on the sentence. I doubt you mean you want a pardon. That comes from the governor and requires extensive work on the part of your attorney, great expense and is difficult to get. You probably mean either an expunction or a non-disclosure order. If you received a deferred adjudication and did it is successfully completed, a non-disclosure order will probably accomplish what you want to avoid employers seeing the record. If you received a straight probation you may be able to get a section 20 discharge to set aside the conviction. If the case was dismissed, you may be eligible for an expunction which results in the removal of all records from your criminal history. If you were convicted or pled and received a sentence, the only answer is a pardon and, as I wrote above, it is a complicated, expensive process and is rarely done for a misdemeanor because there is no assurance that the attempt will be successful.

Anyone convicted of a felony (and certain other crimes) can never own or possess a firearm or even ammunition. In addition to being a state crime, it is also a federal crime.