I have a student who *might* need to answer "yes" to “has any firearms license issued under the laws of any state or territory ever been suspended, revoked, or denied?”
Here's his story:
He had a gun stolen from his car. By his own admission he made a few compounding mistakes.
He reported it immediately.
The PD decided that was not ideal behavior, and took his LTC. His guns all went to his son's house. None were confiscated, or transferred
There were no charges filed.
The PD told him to go take a safety course and he could get his LTC back.
He and I spent some quality time doing an expanded HFS course.
He presented the new cert to the PD, and they gave him his LTC back. He did not have to re-apply or pay a fee.
His LTC is literally the exact same piece of plastic he had before. Same expiration date, same issue date, everything. I asked him to check if the PIN had changed, but that seems unlikely given that the LTC is the same one with same number.
I'm damn sure that his LTC was not revoked or denied. But "suspended" is tricky.
It seems like "suspended" could easily have a technical legal meaning beyond, "we'll just hold on to this for a while", and not apply here.
He reports, "License was reinstated like it never happened" "reinstated" and "never happened" is a weird set of words, 'cuz the first implies "something happened"
Unfortunately, he did not verify the validity of his LTC *while* it was in the PD's hands, so we can't use that as a data point.
Is there a way to tell if this counts as "suspended", or is in fact just the cops giving him a legally silent slap on the wrist?
Here's his story:
He had a gun stolen from his car. By his own admission he made a few compounding mistakes.
He reported it immediately.
The PD decided that was not ideal behavior, and took his LTC. His guns all went to his son's house. None were confiscated, or transferred
There were no charges filed.
The PD told him to go take a safety course and he could get his LTC back.
He and I spent some quality time doing an expanded HFS course.
He presented the new cert to the PD, and they gave him his LTC back. He did not have to re-apply or pay a fee.
His LTC is literally the exact same piece of plastic he had before. Same expiration date, same issue date, everything. I asked him to check if the PIN had changed, but that seems unlikely given that the LTC is the same one with same number.
I'm damn sure that his LTC was not revoked or denied. But "suspended" is tricky.
It seems like "suspended" could easily have a technical legal meaning beyond, "we'll just hold on to this for a while", and not apply here.
He reports, "License was reinstated like it never happened" "reinstated" and "never happened" is a weird set of words, 'cuz the first implies "something happened"
Unfortunately, he did not verify the validity of his LTC *while* it was in the PD's hands, so we can't use that as a data point.
Is there a way to tell if this counts as "suspended", or is in fact just the cops giving him a legally silent slap on the wrist?