I was convicted of failure to register a pistol, a law that has been repealed since I was convicted. I wanted to apply for a CCW permit, but I was reading that in MI I have to wait 8 years before I can get a CCW in this state. Is there any way to challenge that in court, because it seems like that goes against the 2nd amendment and 14 amendment, especially since it was a non violent misdemeanor. Other than that, I dont even have a moving violation on my record.
Is there anyone from Michigan in a similar situation?
shrug You do the crime (federal right?), you do the time. This doesn’t mean once someone does their sentence, they won’t do something ‘bad’ again. Have fun trying to over turn it, I doubt you can change a law.
Except try seeing if there is something you can do at the court house. Go and ask them there. What are they going to do? Not tell you something you don’t know already, which is nothing.
[quote]kneedragger79 wrote: shrug You do the crime (federal right?), you do the time. This doesn’t mean once someone does their sentence, they won’t do something ‘bad’ again. Have fun trying to over turn it, I doubt you can change a law.
Except try seeing if there is something you can do at the court house. Go and ask them there. What are they going to do? Not tell you something you don’t know already, which is nothing.[/quote]
Shows what I know ; ) Since it was a misdemeanor, then it must of been domestic battery, right? So you can’t even own a gun in your house to defend yourself? Sucks man, hope the best for you.
I really would go down to the court house and ask then if there is anything you can do. Or find a pro bono lawyer : ) I’ve heard they DO exist.
[quote]clip11 wrote:
No it was not a federal crime.[/quote]
[quote]kneedragger79 wrote:
Shows what I know ; ) Since it was a misdemeanor, then it must of been domestic battery, right? So you can’t even own a gun in your house to defend yourself? Sucks man, hope the best for you.
I really would go down to the court house and ask then if there is anything you can do. Or find a pro bono lawyer : ) I’ve heard they DO exist.
[quote]clip11 wrote:
No it was not a federal crime.[/quote]
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No it was not domestic battery, it was failure to have a pistol safety inspected, since you must be nosy.
I had a felony charge in Arizona that was plead to a misdemeanor circa 1982. However, since I failed to appear on O.R. and it was a felony charge the record was given to the feds unbeknown to me. Even after straightening it all out the felony charge remained with the FBI also unbeknown to me. I had no idea when I went for a CCW that they would dig up that seemingly outstanding early 80’s charge. They had no record of the resolution of the case as a misdemeanor though they also had no warrant or anything.
I got proof (for 80 bucks) from the Maricopa county records that the case was long since adjudicated as a misdemeanor and resolved. I would need 3 more pages to lay out what I went through trying to get the FBI to drop the record and send me the documentation without charging me several hundred dollars which I didn’t have.
I never did prevail and the state told me that there is absolutely ZEEROH wiggle room in this area. They saw my docs from Arizona and absolutely believed it was resolved as a misdemeanor lo those many years ago, but told me that until they got proof of it’s being expunged from the federal books they could not give me the permit.
What’s the point? They do not bend on this or at least they sure didn’t for me.