Hi:
I have a rather delicate question about the application for concealed carry. I changed my name 25 years ago (just my last name, to my mother's side of the family). I was voluntarily committed to a psychiatric facility for a period of time following my journey through the 1960s (too much recreational "enhancement") under my former name. I'm now debating whether or not to indicate my name change and my stay in the psychiatric facility on my application for a concealed carry permit. I recently purchased a handgun and did not indicate either of those things on my background check application. I probably should have, but just figured it wasn't any of their business at the time, and both events were so long ago (30 years in the case of the psychiatric facility) that I just didn't feel like going through the hassle.
So, what should I do. My name is legally changed and although the concealed carry form says to include a list of prior names I've used I'm sort of reluctant to set that ball rolling, especially since I neglected to put that information on my background check form. I noticed that the concealed carry form doesn't really ask about voluntary commitment as long as it was longer than 5 years ago.
I feel I probably ought to include the name change, even though that may open a can of worms I'd rather forget, because in the event that I use a weapon for self defense that stuff may come out. I should say that I'm not 100% certain that I wasn't declared incompetent at the time of my hospitalization. I went through some sort of court hearing, or official board hearing, that may have had a judge. I vaguely recall contacting the facility some years afterward asking them to declare me legally competent, and seem to recall that they told me I had not been declared incompetent and that the record was expunged after six years anyway. I asked my mother what she remembered about it, and she didn't think I had been declared mentally incapacitated or incompetent either, but I'm not sure what that court proceeding was. It may have simply been to intimidate me into voluntary commitment, which worked.
So, again, how extensive are there background checks that are done. Should I indicate the name change and just blow off all the mental health questions? I'm all better now, btw. I'm sort of inclined to do that, even though it makes me a bit nervous (mostly because I didn't mention this stuff on the background documents). What would you do in a similar situation?
I have a rather delicate question about the application for concealed carry. I changed my name 25 years ago (just my last name, to my mother's side of the family). I was voluntarily committed to a psychiatric facility for a period of time following my journey through the 1960s (too much recreational "enhancement") under my former name. I'm now debating whether or not to indicate my name change and my stay in the psychiatric facility on my application for a concealed carry permit. I recently purchased a handgun and did not indicate either of those things on my background check application. I probably should have, but just figured it wasn't any of their business at the time, and both events were so long ago (30 years in the case of the psychiatric facility) that I just didn't feel like going through the hassle.
So, what should I do. My name is legally changed and although the concealed carry form says to include a list of prior names I've used I'm sort of reluctant to set that ball rolling, especially since I neglected to put that information on my background check form. I noticed that the concealed carry form doesn't really ask about voluntary commitment as long as it was longer than 5 years ago.
I feel I probably ought to include the name change, even though that may open a can of worms I'd rather forget, because in the event that I use a weapon for self defense that stuff may come out. I should say that I'm not 100% certain that I wasn't declared incompetent at the time of my hospitalization. I went through some sort of court hearing, or official board hearing, that may have had a judge. I vaguely recall contacting the facility some years afterward asking them to declare me legally competent, and seem to recall that they told me I had not been declared incompetent and that the record was expunged after six years anyway. I asked my mother what she remembered about it, and she didn't think I had been declared mentally incapacitated or incompetent either, but I'm not sure what that court proceeding was. It may have simply been to intimidate me into voluntary commitment, which worked.
So, again, how extensive are there background checks that are done. Should I indicate the name change and just blow off all the mental health questions? I'm all better now, btw. I'm sort of inclined to do that, even though it makes me a bit nervous (mostly because I didn't mention this stuff on the background documents). What would you do in a similar situation?
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