My question involves civil rights in the State of: Washington. I have a friend that wanted me to ask the question above. In 1997 he was convicted of a Class B felony in the State of Washington. Since then he has received his "Certificate and Order of Discharge" in 2007 giving all of his Civil Rights back except firearms, and in 2009 he applied for and received the "Order Restoring the Right to Own Firearms". He has no prior felonies or misdemeanors and has had no contact with the police or legal system except for his Discharge and Firearm Restoration papers since his conviction and release from jail in 1997. He has been assured by his former attorney and the Washington State Patrol records division that he is legal to own firearms and that they have sent the Restoration papers to the NCIS and FBI clean back in 2009. So he took it upon himself to also send certified copies to both agencies. Yet he is still getting his purchase denied by the Federal Government when he tries to buy a hunting firearm. His crime was not a violent crime and his probation and fines were paid and he was released from probation in 2000. He also never went to prison. His sentence was 2 years in jail suspended and he had to complete 4 months of County jail time and 3 years probation.

Can anyone think of a reason that he is still being denied by the insta-check system? My buddy is worried that because he has been denied the purchase that the police will now come kicking in his door. It's causing him quite a bit of stress. He insists on doing everything legal so he hasn't yet bought a firearm person to person thereby avoiding the check system.