Purchasing first handgun (Background check question)
Posted: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:59:15
Hi Everyone,
First off, I'm excited to be (hopefully) a new handgun owner and I'm glad that a resource such as this forum exists for a newbie like myself. In about two weeks, I'm about to pay off the rest of the amount on a brand new Gen. 3 Glock 17 FDE, but what this post is in regards to is the background check that I'll have to go through in order to legally purchase the handgun.
I want to preface this by saying that I am a totally different person from who I was when I commited the crime that I am about to tell you about, and that this in no way reflects who I am today.. to put it simply, I've learned my lesson. But I digress, so let me get back to my question.
About 5 years ago I was working a retail job, and out of the sheer knowledge of knowing that I could do it, I began taking money from the store. Eventually, I was caught, and was charged with embezzlement >= $200. Between the time I was arrested and up until my court date, I did all the necessary probationary appointments, and I even saved up the money to repay the amount I had stolen. On my actual court date the judge amended my charge to embezzlement <$200 because I had followed up with everything (probation wise) and offered to repay the amount I had stolen which the plaintiff accepted.
I guess what I'm nervous about is that on the day I go to pay off the rest of the gun and have to do the background check, that I'll be denied the purchase. Will that amended charge affect my eligibility to buy the gun? What was originally a felony charge was dropped to a misdemeanor.
I don't expect anyone here to be a lawyer or to know the answer to my question, but I hope anybody whose had a similar situation as mine can provide any insight as to what they went through when trying to buy a gun. Sorry for the long-winded post, and thanks!
First off, I'm excited to be (hopefully) a new handgun owner and I'm glad that a resource such as this forum exists for a newbie like myself. In about two weeks, I'm about to pay off the rest of the amount on a brand new Gen. 3 Glock 17 FDE, but what this post is in regards to is the background check that I'll have to go through in order to legally purchase the handgun.
I want to preface this by saying that I am a totally different person from who I was when I commited the crime that I am about to tell you about, and that this in no way reflects who I am today.. to put it simply, I've learned my lesson. But I digress, so let me get back to my question.
About 5 years ago I was working a retail job, and out of the sheer knowledge of knowing that I could do it, I began taking money from the store. Eventually, I was caught, and was charged with embezzlement >= $200. Between the time I was arrested and up until my court date, I did all the necessary probationary appointments, and I even saved up the money to repay the amount I had stolen. On my actual court date the judge amended my charge to embezzlement <$200 because I had followed up with everything (probation wise) and offered to repay the amount I had stolen which the plaintiff accepted.
I guess what I'm nervous about is that on the day I go to pay off the rest of the gun and have to do the background check, that I'll be denied the purchase. Will that amended charge affect my eligibility to buy the gun? What was originally a felony charge was dropped to a misdemeanor.
I don't expect anyone here to be a lawyer or to know the answer to my question, but I hope anybody whose had a similar situation as mine can provide any insight as to what they went through when trying to buy a gun. Sorry for the long-winded post, and thanks!