Re: Should You Lie to Pass a Firearms Background Check
If you have had your rights restored then you are usually not considered to be a convicted person. The best thing to do would be to have your record vacated and then you may legally state that you have never been convicted, but the crime can be used in sentencing against you in the future if you are arrested. Once the civil rights have been restored at the state level the feds do not consider a conviction. Look up Federal definition of a convicted person. I know it out there, I just had my rights restored after a felony and a misdemeanor DV, and now I own a shotgun concealed pistol license from my local police department.
If you have the paperwork from the court saying you have had your record vacated you can answer that you have never been convicted of the crime and your application will be approved!
Re: Should You Lie to Pass a Firearms Background Check
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DMetcalf;661133]If you have had your rights restored then you are usually not considered to be a convicted person.
Not true at all.
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The best thing to do would be to have your record vacated and then you may legally state that you have never been convicted
, he has no right to have his record vacated, which I'm not sure what you actually mean. Do you maybe mean expunged? If so, it is not applicable. He is a convicted criminal but due to Texas law, his civil rights have been reinstated simply due to the passage of time. That does not allow him to have his record expunged though.
but the crime can be used in sentencing against you in the future if you are arrested.
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Once the civil rights have been restored at the state level the feds do not consider a conviction.
again, not true.