I was verbally approved for a class A with employment restrictions in Weymouth pending fingerprint check. Answered question 10 truthfully. Waited 35 days for my letter of acceptance. The firearms officer called me to say he was denying me because the fingerprint report said I was arrested for conspiracy to sell synthetic narcotics in Colorado in 1977 when I was 19.
I stated that while I recall being arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, I was questioned and released with no formal charges and never had to appear in court! ( I was also apparently fingerprinted)
I had forgotten about the incident until that very phone call. The officer sent me a formal denial letter stating that I was denied because of the arrest and that I had lied on the application.
I contacted Colorado authorities and paid for my records proving my claims of innocence and mailed them to the firearms officer to clear my name. When I called him to see as to how proceed he stated that I perjured myself and would never get a permit. I stated my belief that I told the truth because question 10 clearly states to indicate all APPEARANCES BEFORE A COURT AS DEFENDANT FOR ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSES (excluding minor traffic offenses}. When I stated that I would appeal he said he would reserve his right to arrest me for perjury which he warned is a felony.
Its going to cost me thousands to fight this with no guarantees. Also, because of the denial, my name is flagged on background checks from here on out. All of this because of his interpretation of a crime I never committed, never went to court for, and one he never would have known about if the Colorado Police didn’t send my prints in for a crime I never committed 31 years ago when I was 19!
I stated that while I recall being arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, I was questioned and released with no formal charges and never had to appear in court! ( I was also apparently fingerprinted)
I had forgotten about the incident until that very phone call. The officer sent me a formal denial letter stating that I was denied because of the arrest and that I had lied on the application.
I contacted Colorado authorities and paid for my records proving my claims of innocence and mailed them to the firearms officer to clear my name. When I called him to see as to how proceed he stated that I perjured myself and would never get a permit. I stated my belief that I told the truth because question 10 clearly states to indicate all APPEARANCES BEFORE A COURT AS DEFENDANT FOR ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSES (excluding minor traffic offenses}. When I stated that I would appeal he said he would reserve his right to arrest me for perjury which he warned is a felony.
Its going to cost me thousands to fight this with no guarantees. Also, because of the denial, my name is flagged on background checks from here on out. All of this because of his interpretation of a crime I never committed, never went to court for, and one he never would have known about if the Colorado Police didn’t send my prints in for a crime I never committed 31 years ago when I was 19!
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