Update: Comments from Patrick O'Brien of Lawson & O'Brien P.C. were added to the story.An appeals court has ruled a man with a decades-old conviction deserves to get a firearms permit.The 3rd District Appellate Court this week ruled that a man convicted of burglary more than 20 years ago had his gun privileges restored under state law when he completed a probation sentence.In a nine-page opinion authored by Justice Daniel L. Schmidt, the tribunal ruled that a trial court judge was wrong to deny the Kankakee man …