Ludwig Von Mises
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Heres the deal. I bought a Mossy 500 in 2010, background check went through perfectly, 30 seconds and I was a "Proceed". Then some craziness went down with an insane (literally, adjudicated criminally insane) ex girlfriend which ended in some DV charges, later dropped completely, with the only remaining charge being an agg. disorderly conduct.
Anywho, I had to sell the gun right after these charges because I did not want to be in violation of any laws, and didn't try to get another one until a long time after this stuff went away, about 2 weeks ago now. Between the time that I sold it and now, I caught that disorderly conduct, an underage purchase of alcohol, and a criminal mischief, pretty much all from an unruly drunken summer freshman year of college.
I've been off of that kinda stuff for a while, the inside of a jail cell teaches one many lessons, and I have been off probation and reliably sober for over a year now on both fronts. My lawyer as well as many cops I know say that I should be good to go, under both state and federal guidelines, as I do not have any felonies, drug charges, or domestic violence convictions, and I have never been committed or anything, so it absolutely baffles me that the FBI has still not made a decision after exactly 14 days of analysis.
The one shop does not sell without a proceed, so I went to gander mountain and they said they would do it after their store policy 8 days, as the salesman said "because we have had it come back with a "deny" 6 or 7 days after the initial check." I will be ok there, on friday, but my main question is, what could make it take this long, and regardless of the brady law, am I risking being in violation of federal law a week or two after I purchase the gun if the feds get their act together? And if so, how would I even find out if I was denied?
Sorry for the long post, but I did an extensive search, and found alot on the delays, but not much on really long ones. Thanks for any input. Glad to be here.
Anywho, I had to sell the gun right after these charges because I did not want to be in violation of any laws, and didn't try to get another one until a long time after this stuff went away, about 2 weeks ago now. Between the time that I sold it and now, I caught that disorderly conduct, an underage purchase of alcohol, and a criminal mischief, pretty much all from an unruly drunken summer freshman year of college.
I've been off of that kinda stuff for a while, the inside of a jail cell teaches one many lessons, and I have been off probation and reliably sober for over a year now on both fronts. My lawyer as well as many cops I know say that I should be good to go, under both state and federal guidelines, as I do not have any felonies, drug charges, or domestic violence convictions, and I have never been committed or anything, so it absolutely baffles me that the FBI has still not made a decision after exactly 14 days of analysis.
The one shop does not sell without a proceed, so I went to gander mountain and they said they would do it after their store policy 8 days, as the salesman said "because we have had it come back with a "deny" 6 or 7 days after the initial check." I will be ok there, on friday, but my main question is, what could make it take this long, and regardless of the brady law, am I risking being in violation of federal law a week or two after I purchase the gun if the feds get their act together? And if so, how would I even find out if I was denied?
Sorry for the long post, but I did an extensive search, and found alot on the delays, but not much on really long ones. Thanks for any input. Glad to be here.
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