8.65 Firearms-Unlawful Possession (18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g)(1)) is a federal law that prohibits certain persons from possessing or receiving firearms in the United States. This law applies to individuals who fall under one of several categories, including those who have been convicted of a felony, those who are fugitives from justice, those who are unlawful users of controlled substances, those who have been determined to be mentally defective or have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution, those who are aliens who are illegally or unlawfully in the United States, those who have been dishonorably discharged from the military, those who have renounced their U.S. citizenship, or those who are subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders. There are several types of 8.65 Firearms-Unlawful Possession (18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g)(1)), including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, possession of a firearm by an alien illegally in the U.S., and possession of a firearm by a person subject to a domestic violence restraining order.