This is a HORRIBLE law. To those who say 'just don't get arrested and it's not a problem' as if only criminals get arrested... that's not always the case. My mother, who lives alone and is in her 50's, attemtped to buy a firearm a while back for self protection and was denied. I don't even know if the lady has a speeding ticket in the last few decades for goodness sake. We went down to get her a nice little Glock and when the background came back denied I thought it was a joke from the local shop workers since they know me pretty well. Come to find out she was arrested when she was 19 years old in the 70's in Nebraska for something stupid and was never even charged with anything. She appealed it and took all the steps requested including obtaining a copy of the arrest record from Nebraska to send in and still nothing. I wasn't sure why until I read that this law even existed. Now it makes complete sense and I can't believe something like this even exists. Seriously? It's an arrest, not a conviction or even a charge for that matter. Unbelievable and I can't even imagine the dialog that occurred to convince enough people this was a good idea when it was originally passed.
'We're going to punish people before they're even charged... that's what this country is all about!'
What a load of crap! [Bang] [Rant1] [M2]
