kimbergirl

Just in case anyone needs to know. When you have a record expunged in Tennessee, the state MAILS the orders to TBI and they have up to 60 days to remove it. The mailing process is slow, as we found out. My husband called them on Wednesday to ask how long and was told that if the state had FAXED it, it would have been removed in hours. He told them he had a copy of the orders and could he fax and was told yes. He faxed them at 4:15pm with a cover sheet with his name and phone number. Then on Thursday morning he got a call at 8:15am and was informed that they got the fax and removed it. He asked about the FBI and was told they removed it the same day the state does! We wasn't sure, so he decided to wait 24 hours. Friday morning, he went to Academy Sports, picked out a Glock g43x and submitted the paperwork for the nics check. 15 minutes later he legally purchased his first handgun and skipped off out of the store grinning from ear to ear! Once in the truck, he scheduled his ccw class for this morning. Needless to say, after having a felony since he was 20 years old, 30 years later and he is no longer a felon. Thank you all for your interest and feedback. I hope this helps anyone in the same situation. The attorney we used is Daniel Horwitz in Nashville. Highly recommended.

Just a small update. He did register to vote and that went through with no issues. I know guns are a different issue, and a different criminal history database.

Our attorney confirmed that his felony has been completely expunged, and locally there are no records of it. He said it will take about 120 days until it makes it from the state level to federal. Just in case anyone else needs to know in the future. Of course your milage may vary. Thanks

It was a white collar crime. No drugs or violence.

Luckily, there's no rush, except he's like a teen that just turned 21 and wants to flash that id at the bar. lol Now that he's not a felon, he could use one of my guns. I do understand his excitement, as it's been 30 years. Would the ATF even care? I guess worse case is that he gets declined and can try again in a month or so. I appreciate all of the feedback. I may just ask someone at the gun store to do a quick search for us.

This is what we are afraid of. I read online that the appeal with them takes forever.

Thank you. That's what we are thinking. If they just check cjis, then he'd be fine. I think there is something called nics? If they check with the FBI, I doubt they'd update very fast. lol

Hopefully this is the correct section to ask this question. If not, feel free to remove it. My 50 year old husband got a felony when he was 20, so 30 years ago. His felony was expunged this week and the records were deleted from criminal clerk's website this morning. Eventually, he wants to obtain his carrying license. He has no other charges anywhere. He wants to purchase his own handgun to practice at the range and take the ccw class with it. When he goes to purchase a gun, how long does a background check take? Also, how long should he wait before trying to purchase? We want to make sure. I think TBI does the background check, but we don't know which database they use. I know it's deleted from cjis, I think that's what it is called. I have my ccw and my own guns, but I keep mine in a lockbox. He could use mine, but I am sure you can see why he would be excited about getting his own. Thank you!!