About 11 years ago I was 21 and thought who needs to keep auto insurance paid up? Well by the time the law caught up with me my license ended up suspended. How did the law catch up with me? They found my truck in the side of a tree in the middle of the night, I was lucky that I wasn't there when they found the truck. Long story short I came back to NY with a promise of pending tickets. I left the Mass state troopers with my address and that was the last I heard. Fast forward 11 years and I am now a father, husband and gainfully employed for many years with a good union job. I have had several background checks over the years and that issue in Mass never showed up anywhere, I even took care of my license and registration after I came back to NY and a couple of weeks ago I received my concealed carry permit in NYS without issues. I went to transfer a 9mm onto my permit and failed the NICS check. ***?!?...I appealed the decision and they notified me in writing on Saturday that I was denied because I was a "fugitive from justice". Guess what, my idiot youth just came back to haunt me. Mass issued a default warrant back in 2003 for a missed court appearance. My wife and I left our home at 3:15am and drove to Greenfield Mass and had every thing dismissed as well as the warrant canceled by 10:30 am with not so much as a court fee. Spoke with customer service at NICS today and they said I'll be able to transfer a gun with no issues once the records are updated in Mass. I can't believe I was able to get a ccw permit in NY with an issue like that pending. I got luckier than I had a right to. Not all hope is lost for gun owners I guess, thought you guys would like a positive story for a change.
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