RobertNashville

Hello everyone! I went for about 2 hours on Saturday (I live in Murfreesboro) and frankly, I was a bit disappointed. The bright spot for me was the Beretta mfg. table as I had a chance to talk to their rep about their shotguns (I’m looking for a good over/under or autoloader for clays and they had some nice guns there). The “gear†that was available was probably the most disappointing from my perspective – I was thinking I might be able to pick up a nice holster or flashlight or even a coat, etc. but there just wasn’t much of that there (to be fair, that may have been an unrealistic expectation of mine!). I hate to sound like I’m complaining as I don’t regret going but I do think there is room for improvement and I'm sure it will!

Welcome!

Good point...my arrest was over 18 years ago so obviously the "7 years question" is pretty meaningless. In my case they received the needed documents back from the court showing that the charges had been dismissed in less than thirty days from my receipt of the letter (in fact, in less than thirty from the date of their letter and I have their signature to show receipt). It's irritating...anybody can be "charged" with anything; the only thing that should be of interest to the state is whether or not you were convicted and it would seem to me that the burden to show you were convicted ought to be on the state rather than the individual...perhaps I'm all wet on this assumption but it seems to me that it today's world it shouldn't be that difficult for the state to KNOW if someone was actually convicted of a crime or not.

Getting your record expunged is probably a good idea and probably what I need to do. Back in late August I submitted my application for my handgun carry permit and in a letter dated November 4th I received a letter stating that my permit could not be issued because of an arrest on my record from 1991 - the letter said that I needed to obtain certified documents from the court showing the disposition of the charge. I won't go into a lot of detail about the charge but it happened while I was living in Ohio and it really should have never been filed in the first place but that's neither here nor there…in the end, the charges were dismissed (even the court's website shows this by the way but of course I still had to obtain "certified documents". It took me a while to obtain (what I hope will be) the required documents and I submitted them about two weeks ago so I'm hopeful that will allow my permit to be issued soon...my HCP app was at the 70 day mark as of the date of their November 4th letter and at the 98th day when they received the documents from the court so I don't know where that leaves them/me with respect to the "90 day rule". That's not where the story ends, however... Last Saturday, I purchased a new handgun from a local dealer that I intend to be my carry weapon (assuming my permit is issued) and frankly, whether it's issued or not, I had intended to buy it anyway. My background check went through with no problem at all. Then, the following Monday (just two days later) I was going to purchase another gun from the same dealer BUT TBI denied my purchase (after having just approved one two days earlier)! Of course I don't know at the moment, since I've absolutely nothing else on my record and have never been in trouble with the law (with the exception of a few speeding tickets) I can only assume that this "arrest" from 1991 is the problem just as it was with my application for a carry permit. On Tuesday, I faxed in my appeal of the denial and I assume all I can do right now is wait but this is beyond infuriating. What seems truly odd to me is that I've purchased many handguns and shotguns since 1991 both while I still lived in Ohio and since I've lived it Tennessee…I've gone through any number of background checks with no problem.

Thanks to all for the warm welcome!

Hello everyone! I’m a long-time gun owner but brand new to the forum. Orinionally from Ohio; former U.S. Navy (’73-’81) and have been living in Murfreesboro since 1996. I currently own only two handguns; a Colt 1911 Gold Cup (circa 1970’s) and a very new Glock 30 that I intend to use for carry purposes should the State of Tennessee ever get around to actually issuing my HCP. Right now I’m interesting in getting involved in sporting clays…that’s something I’ve done only ‘here or there” in the past but really enjoyed it and seemed to be a pretty decent marksman which also means I’m in the market for a good autoloader or over/under in a 12 or 20 gauge for clays. Anyway, just though I’d say hello…see you around the forum!