Recently I ordered an authentic looking military style 1911 over the internet because I've wanted one for a long time. It would be the first gun I've bought but not the first one I owned, that was a .22 given to me by my Dad.
I had the gun sent to a local FFL and went to pick it up, and when they did the background check on me I was denied. I wasn't expecting this. I wrote the the FBI appeals dept. asking why I was denied and they wrote me back saying it was because of an IFFS flag maintained by the state of Minnesota, a relatively anti-gun state. They didn't give details.
This is something that happened to me 15 years ago. At that time I was arrested for a non-violent misdemeanor in Minneapolis and had to spend some time in the downtown jail. I had to use a public defender who was a very vindictive woman. This was before I understood the real role of public defenders. When I met with her it was after spending hours waiting in a cement room filled with babbling hardened criminals.
Very shaken I tried to tell her my side of the story and when she said it was not her job to listen to my side of the story I broke down crying. She immediately put a two week hold on me so I could see a shrink to determine if I was mentally fit to stand trial. The shrink determined I was. But I suspect it is because of this that I cannot buy a firearm.
I don't know what to do. I found out that if I had tried to buy a handgun before the Virginia Tech Massacre I wouldn't have had any problem; this was a law Minnesota passed because of that event. I need to write to someone in Minnesota to try and have the flag removed, but I don't know who or where to begin. I would appreciate any advice. Thank you.
I had the gun sent to a local FFL and went to pick it up, and when they did the background check on me I was denied. I wasn't expecting this. I wrote the the FBI appeals dept. asking why I was denied and they wrote me back saying it was because of an IFFS flag maintained by the state of Minnesota, a relatively anti-gun state. They didn't give details.
This is something that happened to me 15 years ago. At that time I was arrested for a non-violent misdemeanor in Minneapolis and had to spend some time in the downtown jail. I had to use a public defender who was a very vindictive woman. This was before I understood the real role of public defenders. When I met with her it was after spending hours waiting in a cement room filled with babbling hardened criminals.
Very shaken I tried to tell her my side of the story and when she said it was not her job to listen to my side of the story I broke down crying. She immediately put a two week hold on me so I could see a shrink to determine if I was mentally fit to stand trial. The shrink determined I was. But I suspect it is because of this that I cannot buy a firearm.
I don't know what to do. I found out that if I had tried to buy a handgun before the Virginia Tech Massacre I wouldn't have had any problem; this was a law Minnesota passed because of that event. I need to write to someone in Minnesota to try and have the flag removed, but I don't know who or where to begin. I would appreciate any advice. Thank you.