He [Larry Mitchell Hopkins aka Johnny Horton] has a long arrest record, dating back to at least 1986, when he was arrested and convicted of the “felony of false pretenses,” or fraud, in Midland County, Michigan.
Decades later, in 2006, Hopkins was arrested in Klamath County, Oregon on charges of impersonating a police officer and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/larry-mitchell-hopkins/
So, it appears as though our "dangerous felon" became a felon by committing fraud, and then lore enfarcement was able to continue ramping up charges on him when he insisted on carrying firearms in subsequent years.
Leading to the Lying Liar Attorney General of New Mexico (D-Mehican Drug Cartels) being able to smear Hopkins as “...a dangerous felon who should not have weapons around children and families”.
AG Hector Balderdash is full of Mitt.
Aaand you would have no problem falling in with this dude.
Now, I'm as rebel as the next guy, but I don't have any associates that have felony convictions and go by an "alias" - but that's just me.