Posted: 11/11/2009 8:53:14 AM EDT
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This article on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal will be of interest to those of you searching for employment and those who have had troubles obtaining a firearms license due to a minor crime on your record with no disposition.
http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum4/33929.html What I found shocking was that in the 1960s, 50% of men had an arrest record, and now it is 60%. I would have thought it was more like 20%. |
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Same here, been arrested once when I was 18, they dropped the fabricated story and charges after I had been booked and put into the Cobb Co. Jail on the Marietta square. I have a horrendous time renewing my GFL due to this and every 5 years it seems to provide a big headache, the probate court in Cherokee has the paperwork showing that the charge was dropped but I can only speculate what will happen this time when I have to renew and do the fingerprint and paperwork process all over again. They end up giving the GFL to me each time and it was never a problem until I moved to Cherokee in 1987. Well soon see as Nov 2010 will be my expiration date.  |
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Years ago my dad said to me as a youngster that the gun control laws
were put on the books to restrict gun ownership based on ethnic / social criteria and that the laws were written to cover 90% of the target demographic. His position was that there was no exclusion or mental illness clause in the constitution. Hadn't really thought of it but I do know my criminal issues as a juvenile still gum up the works on NICS checks every 3-4 guns I buy. So technically that would make 99% of the guns in the hands of 40-50% of the population at most. |
| I believe there is away to have your record expunged (or cleared) if the offense is over 10years old. Check with a lawyer on it, as I am not a lawyer. Just had a coworker go thru a serious issue with this same thing. Since we work in a secure area at the airport, our background was gone over with intense scrutiny after 9-11. He was fired and had to hire a lawyer to clear his record and get his job back. It cost him a lot of cash to fix the issue. If you get it cleared before you really need it you'll be better off. |
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Quoted: This article on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal will be of interest to those of you searching for employment and those who have had troubles obtaining a firearms license due to a minor crime on your record with no disposition. http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum4/33929.html What I found shocking was that in the 1960s, 50% of men had an arrest record, and now it is 60%. I would have thought it was more like 20%. I would have thought closer to 75% |
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This article on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal will be of interest to those of you searching for employment and those who have had troubles obtaining a firearms license due to a minor crime on your record with no disposition. http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum4/33929.html What I found shocking was that in the 1960s, 50% of men had an arrest record, and now it is 60%. I would have thought it was more like 20%. I would have thought closer to 75% Just because it's 100% of your clientele does not mean it's 75% of all men :-) I've never been arrested and don't know of any of the people I hang out with who have. Granted, the fact that they couldn't CATCH me might be part of the equation, but that was over 20 years ago :-) |
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I can't believe that 60% of males have been arrested at some point in their life. I can. Frankly with all the laws on the books and the ways the laws are written these days, they can almost arrest anyone they like whenever they want. We are honored that they don't. |