sadhvacman
Member
To those who aren't up to speed with my predicament; While attempting to purchase a handgun earlier this year, I was denied. I live in GA. So, I obtained a copy of my GBI background printout and learned that I had a felony conviction on my record yet am not classified as a felon. I know this makes no sense so I will try to explain it. 15 years ago a stupid highschool kid (me) ran over some mailboxes. I was sentenced in probate court, which can only handle misdemeanor charges, to repair or replace all mailboxes damaged. Somehow the misdemeanor charge of criminal trespass never made it to my record. Instead the charge was recorded as criminal damage to property in the first degree. not only a felony but a violent one. It was all a clerical error. And all at my expense. So then, since I was not tried in federal court or in superior court I was not in the system as a felon although I had a felony conviction on my record.
i am just fortunate to be in good standing with the probate Judge that presided over my case all those years ago and he has contacted the GBI and had my record amended. I am so relieved to now be a legal gun owner again. I was illegal for 15 years and had no idea! The sad part remains that in ga felony charges cannot be expunged or cleared from a perons record. the charge remains on my record although the conviction does not. Sad because I never commited the charge that is on my record. i am a victim of the system. I am forever subject to what a computer says about me. I am thankful that I was able to get all of this done without hiring an attorney which i could not have afforded.
i am just fortunate to be in good standing with the probate Judge that presided over my case all those years ago and he has contacted the GBI and had my record amended. I am so relieved to now be a legal gun owner again. I was illegal for 15 years and had no idea! The sad part remains that in ga felony charges cannot be expunged or cleared from a perons record. the charge remains on my record although the conviction does not. Sad because I never commited the charge that is on my record. i am a victim of the system. I am forever subject to what a computer says about me. I am thankful that I was able to get all of this done without hiring an attorney which i could not have afforded.