Thousands of Oregonians have been purchasing guns this month. Only some need to petition the courts first.

Mark Susi, a 60-year-old Gresham man convicted in 2012 of three felonious sex crimes, is petitioning Multnomah County to allow him to own guns again. He's got a court date set for Thursday morning and a judge will decide whether to allow it or not (see ORS 166.274).

Susi was convicted on two counts of sexual abuse in the second degree (see ORS 163.425) and one count of sodomy in the third degree (ORS 163.425), each felonies, which block him from owning guns without the court's approval. The available details of his crimes are scant, but the definition of the charges he was convicted on indicate it had to do with a child (committing or causing "deviate sexual intercourse with another person under 16") and penetration without consent.

Despite the three felony convictions, court records indicate he wasn't sentenced to any more time locked up. He got three years of probation, had to do therapy and sex offender programs, and had restrictions on his access to children, the internet, and pornography:

In his petition, he lays out that he's a family-man with three grown children and six grand children.

"I would very much like to shotgun hunt with my son and grandson," he said. "I have always been a bird hunter and I would like to resume that hobby."

In his final paragraph, he calls the felony sex crimes he committed against a child when he was 54 a "mistake in judgment":

Over five years ago when I was 54, I made a mistake in judgment. I am 60 now and I paid a heavy price for that mistake, but now I wish to have my full rights restored.

A judge on Thursday will decide if that happens.