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Is this man a lawyer?
If not charging you for legal advice without a license is illegal and it's not something the something the legal community takes lightly.
If he is a lawyer then file a complaint with the RI bar association.
I guess either way you should contact the RI bar association on Tuesday.
No he's not a lawyer, he's some sort of businessman and gun owner who put this CRALRI.org together. The $160 fee was the state fee for filing a lawsuit.
There is a lawyer in Boston who he hires to do the legal work. I never spoke directly with the actual lawyer.
File under TSTL.........
Just out of idle curiosity, did you think the minimal amount necessary to check with the COURT?
OK, so if GOAL said they were going to represent you in court you'd think it was a scam? I met with this guy a couple times along with six other Rhode Islanders who were denied an application for a town issued permit.
You mind rephrasing your second question? I don't know what you're asking, the check I wrote was to the courts for the filing fee, not to Archer.
Let's keep the sarcasm to a minimum here guys
GOAL does many things for the membership, but attempting to play lawyer in court isn't one of them.
Try again for an analogy that makes sense.
OK, so if GOAL said they were going to represent you in court you'd think it was a scam? I met with this guy a couple times along with six other Rhode Islanders who were denied an application for a town issued permit.
You mind rephrasing your second question? I don't know what you're asking, the check I wrote was to the courts for the filing fee, not to Archer.
OMG you people are unreal. He's NOT playing lawyer.
Whatever. The take home message here is just what the title of the thread is BEWARE OF THIS MAN. That's all.
Out.
Unfortunately for him, I think he "Got what he paid for"
Well - it is Rhode Island.......
This thread has got over 500 views and about 10 different people have felt it was necessary to reply with sarcastic remarks and not much in the way of anything constructive. Hopefully the rest of those that have read this have digested the facts and understand that if you advertise yourself as a defender of gun owner's rights it takes more than a website and big talk to actually deliver.
Maybe I did get what I deserve. All I was trying to do was legally force the COP in my town to do his duty and issue and application. He's the only one who's happy so far 'cause I still don't have an application.
So was one of those 500 views this Archer guy, and so you just got a call from him because he's worried about an open carry pig roast at his office?
Well, you probably "deserve" better than what you've got so far even if your story sets my mind to replaying the theme music from "Fractured Fairy Tales".
I hope you find a way through this, but I'm still waiting for the .... rest of the story.
Boy you guys are ruthless
Let me clarify a couple things.
1) The lawsuit was filed. It was the intent of the suit to force the COP to issue an application. RI state law allows for two ways to get a LTC. One is through the AG the other is through the COP. The differences are that the town issue license has no restrictions and has no cool off period for a handgun purchase. The AG is 7 days. Basically RI Chiefs that don't issue applications are shirking their responsibility. I'm guessing that they feel there's some sort of liability or they're to lazy.
2) My comparison to GOAL was that both organizations (GOAL and CRAL) offer litigation assistance. CRAL is listed on THIS site as THE Rhode Island gun owners organization and this guy is the owner of it! NO offense was implied or intended against GOAL. I merely wanted to give you folk from Mass something to compare CRAL to.
I did get what I paid for.......the lawsuit was filed. Archer claimed his org was going to cover the attorney fees and they were going to represent me in court to force the COP to issue and review the application. I guess that I should have met with the attorney. But since he was paying for it, it never got that far.
What I think happened was, and I don't have any proof, the details of my particular case were getting complicated and Archer and the attorney felt like he didn't want to spend the money to fight it. Initially he thought we had an airtight case but after he got more involved I think he realized it wasn't as easy as he thought. This is just my opinion of what went down.
I just wish the guy have given me the common courtesy to return my phone calls.
I sense that you boys are getting a good chuckle out of all this and you have made up your mind that I was scammed. I really don't think it was a scam. I think that this Archer character is trying to be something (a state organization here to "protect" gun owners rights) that he has no experience or
aptitude to be.
This thread has got over 500 views and about 10 different people have felt it was necessary to reply with sarcastic remarks and not much in the way of anything constructive. Hopefully the rest of those that have read this have digested the facts and understand that if you advertise yourself as a defender of gun owner's rights it takes more than a website and big talk to actually deliver.
Maybe I did get what I deserve. All I was trying to do was legally force the COP in my town to do his duty and issue and application. He's the only one who's happy so far 'cause I still don't have an application.
And lets let go of the $160 dollar thing - it was a filing fee, not an attorney fee, and RIjake was clear about that from the beginning.
I e-mailed Jim from CRAL, hopefully he'll respond.
I'm sure his side of the story will clear things up.