Background check ?

[Guest thejlb]

Nobody in my family. (except for my sister) knew I was in kind of trouble. I was just assuming my warrant was for my failing to appear in court. Anybody that has spent in time in a holding cell knows what I'm saying when I say I wasn't really worried about the charges I just wanted out as soon as possible.

I was told I should have received papers in the mail informing of the court date. I never got anything. So I never responded and when I went to court after the arrest they said it was didmissed. It took like 3 seconds. I was gone. I asked the guy representing if It was gonna get expunged he said yes.

Maybe I missunderstood him maybe he missunderstood me. I am in the process of getting a copy of everything related to the arrest and court date. So in a few days I could probably explain things better.

[Mike.357]

No I was never convicted of anything. It was dismissed in court, but obviously that doesn't matter to the tbi so I how do I fix things?

Pretty simple to get fixed, not necessarily cheap.

Get a lawyer to handle it for you. It will cost you several hundred dollars probably, but at that point it will then be behind you. The expungement may take several months. At least thats how it worked for me, YMMV.

I am good to go now. No more denials. Money well spent.

[Guest HexHead]

Brother......do I feel your pain..

Getting denied happens to me about every other time I buy a gun. Years ago I was the NCO on duty when a fight broke out. I called the MP's and they filled out a report. About five years after that I started getting denied. Apparently, my SSN got transcribed on that report and listed me as the offender, only by SSN not even my name. So, afer all those years it finally made it to the FBI where TICS draws it's info from. TICS sent me a form to send to the FBI with all of my proof that I indeed was not guilty of anything and I'm still getting denied five years after I sent in the paperwork. I've called the FBI, TICS the base where it occurred and I still get denied. I carry around a copy of my DD214 (discharge papers) that shows I wasn't guilty so that everytime I get denied I just fax that in and they overturn my denial. But it's crazy, its hit and miss as to when I get approved and when I get denied.

Good luck with all of this. I hope you get resolution more quickly than I have.

Supplying your SSN on the 4473 is optional. Have you tried without the SSN?

[Guest HexHead]

Thats what bothered me the most. At the time of gun purchase. I did not know I had a warrant out. I passed the background check at the gun shop and wasn't until I got stopped for a tail light being out that I got arrested. Then I went to court and the charges got dropped.

You think I should get in touch with a lawyer???

By the way thank you for posting that, It is greatly appreciated.

Two words.... Lawyer up!

[Guest thejlb]

In the process of getting this taken care of. Thanks you guys for all your help. It really is appreciated.