methylene blue
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- Sep 17, 2019
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Hello SS members,
Down to brass tax - I am now in a living situation (renting an apartment individually, living alone) which will be safe for buying a gun and shooting myself in. I gathered a couple resources in one of the megathreads:
The gun I will buy: (from budsgunshop.com) https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/42605
Maverick 88 12GA 18.5" CYL 6RD
The ammo I will buy: (also from budsgunshop.com) https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/cPath/656_2081/products_id/60359
Winchester 12 Ga. 2 3/4" 9 Pellets #00 Buck
I have visited the website of my local FFL which is located right in my city (described as "Preferred FFL dealer!" who also does ammo shipments). According to their site, the procedure for receiving the gun includes:
- filling out and submitting the ATF's 4473 Firearm Transaction Record, a 6 page pdf file which I have downloaded and reviewed. I am uncertain I will pass the NICS background check because I have a mental disorder diagnosis of Bi-polar II disorder and Substance Use Disorder. I have voluntarily admitted myself to mental health hospitals on a handful of occasions but have never been admitted involuntarily, according to my own knowledge. I will return to this when I list my questions at the end.
- passing the Firearms Safety quiz (30 questions, must answer 23 correct to pass). The exam can be taken at the FFL gun shop and the information to study is supposedly online. This to me sounds like the easiest criterion.
- passing a hands-on demonstration of the ability to use the firearm, also done at the FFL gun shop location, test measures ability to lock safety, empty clips, and load and shoot gun with a "dummy" bullet. Something like that. Not having an actual gun to practice with, I guess I'll just have to learn this by watching videos...??? Of someone using the exact same gun???
So, does this all sound like the standard criteria for acquiring a gun? Am I missing something or am I misinformed?
Here are the rest of my questions and concerns. Most have to do with the ATF 4473 form and the NICS check.
I'm attaching a copy of the ATF form so people reading this can reference it to what I'm talking about.
NUMBER 11 (a-i)
Here is my criminal record:
1. Arrest for public intoxication (647-f) (5 years ago)
2. Arrest for public intoxication, revocation of (informal) probation (4 years ago)
3. Arrest for possession of controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and revocation of (informal) probation (4 years ago)
4. Arrest for public intoxication and revocation of (informal) probation (3 years ago)
5. Arrest for hit-and-run driving accident and reckless driving (4 months ago, case is still active in court, my lawyer is still working on it)
I have never been sentenced to jail time. I spent one night in the "drunk tank" in jail for my first arrest and for the others I spent the night at the police station, just to sober up and be released in the morning with a court date basically.
Arrests 3 and 4 can be found through an online search of me. 1 and 2 seem to have vanished and dissolved. I successfully completed the DEJ program in court to resolve (expunge might be the right term) my drug possession charge. So I don't really know what has stayed on my record but I'm pretty sure background checks (at least the ones employers do for new hires) can only find the arrests for public intoxication. Some organization (mental health) must have record of my psychiatric diagnoses and I wonder if and how the NICS test would find that information.
1. So my first question is, what will the NICS find about me?
2. Say I mark "no" for 11e (are you addicted to drugs? question), and the NICS finds out that I lied. Will I get in trouble for not saying "yes"? Could I go to prison?
3. Say I don't lie, put down all honest answers but I am denied by the NICS. Will I get in trouble just for being denied? Will an unqualified applicant be prosecuted for attempting to acquire a gun? THIS IS MY MOST EAGER QUESTION. I DON'T WANT TO TURN IN THE REPORT, BE DENIED, AND THEN BE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENSES FOR TRYING TO BUY A GUN! It would be great if I could just be denied, but then nothing else happens.
4. 11f asks if I have been "adjudicated as a mental defective" or been committed to a mental institution. Does a psychiatric diagnosis like Bi-polar II qualify me as a mental defective? It says this is determined by a court in the question 11f reference. It says committment to mental institution does not include voluntary committment. What do you think?
5. If I can not acquire a firearm through this method, what else can I do, that does not involve passing a background check or even passing the safety tests?
6. What is your overall impression of all of this? Do you think I can do it? Anything else? Any questions for me?
It may also be important to note that I live in and am a resident of California, and I have read that states such as California and Colorado have more particular gun laws. Will this affect anything?
Thanks for reading, I know I put a lot of information and maybe I could have been more concise, but I must be absolutely sure I know what I'm doing and so I tend to really spell everything out so I don't miss having one of my questions being answered or simply being reassured about something. I'm not always the greatest decision maker, I can be impulsive and not think things through or take important things into consideration. I intend this post as a consultation to those here who hopefully are stronger in those areas of judgment than I am.
Down to brass tax - I am now in a living situation (renting an apartment individually, living alone) which will be safe for buying a gun and shooting myself in. I gathered a couple resources in one of the megathreads:
The gun I will buy: (from budsgunshop.com) https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/42605
Maverick 88 12GA 18.5" CYL 6RD
The ammo I will buy: (also from budsgunshop.com) https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/cPath/656_2081/products_id/60359
Winchester 12 Ga. 2 3/4" 9 Pellets #00 Buck
I have visited the website of my local FFL which is located right in my city (described as "Preferred FFL dealer!" who also does ammo shipments). According to their site, the procedure for receiving the gun includes:
- filling out and submitting the ATF's 4473 Firearm Transaction Record, a 6 page pdf file which I have downloaded and reviewed. I am uncertain I will pass the NICS background check because I have a mental disorder diagnosis of Bi-polar II disorder and Substance Use Disorder. I have voluntarily admitted myself to mental health hospitals on a handful of occasions but have never been admitted involuntarily, according to my own knowledge. I will return to this when I list my questions at the end.
- passing the Firearms Safety quiz (30 questions, must answer 23 correct to pass). The exam can be taken at the FFL gun shop and the information to study is supposedly online. This to me sounds like the easiest criterion.
- passing a hands-on demonstration of the ability to use the firearm, also done at the FFL gun shop location, test measures ability to lock safety, empty clips, and load and shoot gun with a "dummy" bullet. Something like that. Not having an actual gun to practice with, I guess I'll just have to learn this by watching videos...??? Of someone using the exact same gun???
So, does this all sound like the standard criteria for acquiring a gun? Am I missing something or am I misinformed?
Here are the rest of my questions and concerns. Most have to do with the ATF 4473 form and the NICS check.
I'm attaching a copy of the ATF form so people reading this can reference it to what I'm talking about.
NUMBER 11 (a-i)
Here is my criminal record:
1. Arrest for public intoxication (647-f) (5 years ago)
2. Arrest for public intoxication, revocation of (informal) probation (4 years ago)
3. Arrest for possession of controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and revocation of (informal) probation (4 years ago)
4. Arrest for public intoxication and revocation of (informal) probation (3 years ago)
5. Arrest for hit-and-run driving accident and reckless driving (4 months ago, case is still active in court, my lawyer is still working on it)
I have never been sentenced to jail time. I spent one night in the "drunk tank" in jail for my first arrest and for the others I spent the night at the police station, just to sober up and be released in the morning with a court date basically.
Arrests 3 and 4 can be found through an online search of me. 1 and 2 seem to have vanished and dissolved. I successfully completed the DEJ program in court to resolve (expunge might be the right term) my drug possession charge. So I don't really know what has stayed on my record but I'm pretty sure background checks (at least the ones employers do for new hires) can only find the arrests for public intoxication. Some organization (mental health) must have record of my psychiatric diagnoses and I wonder if and how the NICS test would find that information.
1. So my first question is, what will the NICS find about me?
2. Say I mark "no" for 11e (are you addicted to drugs? question), and the NICS finds out that I lied. Will I get in trouble for not saying "yes"? Could I go to prison?
3. Say I don't lie, put down all honest answers but I am denied by the NICS. Will I get in trouble just for being denied? Will an unqualified applicant be prosecuted for attempting to acquire a gun? THIS IS MY MOST EAGER QUESTION. I DON'T WANT TO TURN IN THE REPORT, BE DENIED, AND THEN BE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL OFFENSES FOR TRYING TO BUY A GUN! It would be great if I could just be denied, but then nothing else happens.
4. 11f asks if I have been "adjudicated as a mental defective" or been committed to a mental institution. Does a psychiatric diagnosis like Bi-polar II qualify me as a mental defective? It says this is determined by a court in the question 11f reference. It says committment to mental institution does not include voluntary committment. What do you think?
5. If I can not acquire a firearm through this method, what else can I do, that does not involve passing a background check or even passing the safety tests?
6. What is your overall impression of all of this? Do you think I can do it? Anything else? Any questions for me?
It may also be important to note that I live in and am a resident of California, and I have read that states such as California and Colorado have more particular gun laws. Will this affect anything?
Thanks for reading, I know I put a lot of information and maybe I could have been more concise, but I must be absolutely sure I know what I'm doing and so I tend to really spell everything out so I don't miss having one of my questions being answered or simply being reassured about something. I'm not always the greatest decision maker, I can be impulsive and not think things through or take important things into consideration. I intend this post as a consultation to those here who hopefully are stronger in those areas of judgment than I am.