They didn't say that I needed one, but it was an option on the checklist they gave me. It seems like I might be able to use the letter to get an unrestricted LTC in Boston. It seems kind of crazy that they need to investigate me at all though. The BBO is constantly making sure I haven't gotten into trouble, professional or personal. That should be enough for BPD. I've passed background checks when I was a student prosecutor, when I applied for the Mass Bar, and when I applied to the Federal Bar last November.
The thing that bothers me the most is that it means nothing that I'm doing this the right way. I took the basic Firearms class at MFS, I'm doing the Moon Island Practice Course (Also with MFS), I hope to take a tactical shooting course at some point (again at MFS), and I've signed up for a Hunter's Safety Course in April. Some criminal could drive up to Maine or NH and buy a gun and the state would be none-the-wiser. But I'm the one who can only get an LTC with restrictions, because I live in Boston!?![/QUOTE]
Ah. No. Not without breaking a bunch of laws in the process. what a dumbass statement.