My opinion of the law is that an expungement wipes away any issues that your criminal record could have created; at least as far as gun permits are concerned. However, I have a prospective client that applied without an attorney and he thought he was OK with his expungement. Well the problem is that the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘gun permit denial’
When does an expungement not count?
Posted in My Practice, tagged gun permit denial on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I repeat: talking to the police by yourself may be a very bad idea
Posted in My Practice, tagged gun permit denial on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I cannot tell you to never speak to the police without an attorney, but you clearly do so at your own risk. At least two clients called me this week that spoke to the police without an attorney and both were denied. This may have happened to two other people but I didn’t get a [...]
Denial Reversed Without Appeal!
Posted in My Practice, tagged gun permit denial on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This was a first for me. Client hired me after waiting several months of getting nowhere with his permit. Within two weeks of hiring me, he received a denial letter. He was upset as was I. No one even called me to explain what the problem was. I faxed a letter over to the Chief [...]
Permit denied because of marijuana conviction
Posted in My Practice, tagged gun permit denial on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Guy called me yesterday because his gun permit application was denied. He has no convictions and his only criminal issue was a marijuana charge which was resolved by way of a conditional discharge. In addition, he successfully completed the conditional discharge program. Nevertheless, he was denied. His first question was, how is this legal? [...]