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I was wondering. Is there a way to see if you qualify to purchase a firearm before you go though the research part of finding the one you want only to find out you cant have it. When I was 18 I was convicted of a UCW(Handgun). In the 13 years since I have had nothing but a traffic ticket or 3. Do any of yall think that would affect a gun purchase. I just want to put this to you guys since yall have more experience with the gun world than I do.

Simple UCW is a misdemeanor. Misdemeanors other than domestic violence don't disqualify you from buying firearms.

Kevin

To answer your question, you might get an FFL to run you through the system on a slow day.

UCW can be a misdemeanor or felony. It's a felony if you carry in a place where alcohol is sold.

Misdemeanor convictions are not an obstacle to purchasing a firearm, except domestic violence misdemeanors.

Even though you have no legal impediment to purchasing a firearm, people are sometimes rejected because of erroneous information in the NICS.

Many of your questions are answered here: http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/faq/

- Jim

seamusTX wrote:To answer your question, you might get an FFL to run you through the system on a slow day.

UCW can be a misdemeanor or felony. It's a felony if you carry in a place where alcohol is sold.

Misdemeanor convictions are not an obstacle to purchasing a firearm, except domestic violence misdemeanors.

Even though you have no legal impediment to purchasing a firearm, people are sometimes rejected because of erroneous information in the NICS.

Many of your questions are answered here: http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/faq/

- Jim

It is a violation to run a NICS on a person who has not filled out a 4473 and is not actually attempting to purchase.

In fact, we always required the person to fill out the form and pay for the firearm before we ran the NICS.

Get a CHL. Then you never have to worry about a NICS check again. Ever.

Well... as long as your CHL is valid.

txinvestigator wrote:It is a violation to run a NICS on a person who has not filled out a 4473 and is not actually attempting to purchase.

I didn't know that.

- Jim

llwatson wrote:Get a CHL. Then you never have to worry about a NICS check again. Ever.

Well... as long as your CHL is valid.

I think, as far as the original post is concerned, if you can't pass a NICS, you probably can't get a CHL.

O6nop wrote:

llwatson wrote:Get a CHL. Then you never have to worry about a NICS check again. Ever.

Well... as long as your CHL is valid.

I think, as far as the original post is concerned, if you can't pass a NICS, you probably can't get a CHL.

Right...CHL is the goal. I just wanted to know If I could find out if I could before I got psyched up about it only to get denied. But as txinvestigator stated it looks as if the answer is no. Guess Ill keep shopping around to find what I think is a deal. Thanks for all the reply's.

You could always contact the court clerk for the jurisdiction in which you were convicted and ask for the formal disposition of your case. If they say it was a felony conviction, you're out of luck. If it was a misdemeanor conviction, you're still good to go. It may cost a few buck to get the disposition.

barres wrote:You could always contact the court clerk for the jurisdiction in which you were convicted and ask for the formal disposition of your case. If they say it was a felony conviction, you're out of luck. If it was a misdemeanor conviction, you're still good to go. It may cost a few buck to get the disposition.

It was a class b misdemeanor. I do remember that much. I guess I should have put that in the original post.

I pled no contest to an UCW charge in November 1985. That did not pose a problem for either buying a handgun or getting my CHL.

I took my CHL class in September '95 and the license was received in February 1996.