Then you must decide whether you are an attorney or a gunshop owner/retailer and work not to alienate a potential customer. I only asked if you knew Jesse Cohen. You are the one going on about him. For the record he is persona non grata on NES. I'm not trying to embarrass or discredit Attorney Cohen. I simply asked a question which you could have answered simply yes or no and I would have been satisfied. You read more into my question Counselor.
Feel free to ask me any questions you wish. I have nothing to hide. I'm sorry that you feel that your suspension from the bar is a skeleton in your closet. I didn't discover that, someone else did. I merely asked if you were licensed to practice law in Massachusetts since you had been a Providence Police Officer, thought maybe you were from Rhode Island. Qualifying for an FFL and having a background check means you don't have a criminal record, so it is really apples and oranges. If you chose not to live by the ethical canons of your former ? profession, since I can only surmise that you are a gun shop owner now, that's your problem. Attorneys who love the law and their profession, at least the ones I know respect themselves enough not to come into court intoxicated, or if they are, are clever enough not to get caught. You did no disservice to a client but you did disrespect yourself in my opinion, and if you think it's okay to be dishonorable to yourself as long as nobody else was hurt, then that tells me a lot about your character in my opinion. It merely means that we have conflicting values and standards.
Bottom line is that you are not getting off to a very auspicious start here, and you have to decide whether you are going to present yourself as a retailer or Ed Scallon, Esq. If you are always going to be an attorney, maybe you should pull out of the retail firearms business now or become a silent partner because you have done a horrendous amount of damage IMO and a disservice to your four other partners and your store.
Remember the old axiom: intellect over emotion. You are doing a little too much shooting from the hip counselor, free actually apologized to you and jonny5 gave you some excellent advice. You might be well advised to heed it.
I am not accusing you of anything, I would not know you if you walked down the street, I base my observations only what you have written here, and I am trying to make some sense of it.