pierre
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I know that this is kinda off topic for an open carry forum, but this is pretty much the only gun forum that I look at, so I thought some of you might be able to give me some advice.
My father in law went out and bought a new gun right before deer opener this year. Sale goes through fine, and the shop gives him his rifle.
Fast forward a few days, and he gets a message to return a call to an agent at the Department of Justice...
He returns the call and it ends up the person he is calling is a female BATFE agent.
She tells him that he is prohibited from owning a firearm by the "Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban" (aka the Lautenberg Amendment)
She tells him that he needs to get rid of the gun immediately, and that she is emailing him affidavits that he will need to fill out and return to her stating who the gun went to, etc.
The thing is, he has never been convicted of Domestic Violence. He was arrested during a domestic dispute in 1991, and was convicted of Disorderly Conduct. I went and looked at WCCAP page, and this conviction doesn't even show up.
He kindly explained all of this to the BATFE agent, and she basically told him he was screwed, and he shouldn't bother fighting this.
So the advice I am looking for is where should he even start fighting this? Does anybody know? This entire thing is wrong. He isnt a rich guy, he works as a CNC machinist. He cant really afford lawyers.
Any advice would be much appreciated. After reading up on this Lautenberg Amendment, it seems absolutely illegal. The conditions of the law apply RETROACTIVLY?!? It was my understanding that you cant make retroactive laws.
Otherwise the ATF would have outright banned machine guns in '86 if they could have correct?
Thanks
Pierre
I know that this is kinda off topic for an open carry forum, but this is pretty much the only gun forum that I look at, so I thought some of you might be able to give me some advice.
My father in law went out and bought a new gun right before deer opener this year. Sale goes through fine, and the shop gives him his rifle.
Fast forward a few days, and he gets a message to return a call to an agent at the Department of Justice...
He returns the call and it ends up the person he is calling is a female BATFE agent.
She tells him that he is prohibited from owning a firearm by the "Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban" (aka the Lautenberg Amendment)
She tells him that he needs to get rid of the gun immediately, and that she is emailing him affidavits that he will need to fill out and return to her stating who the gun went to, etc.
The thing is, he has never been convicted of Domestic Violence. He was arrested during a domestic dispute in 1991, and was convicted of Disorderly Conduct. I went and looked at WCCAP page, and this conviction doesn't even show up.
He kindly explained all of this to the BATFE agent, and she basically told him he was screwed, and he shouldn't bother fighting this.
So the advice I am looking for is where should he even start fighting this? Does anybody know? This entire thing is wrong. He isnt a rich guy, he works as a CNC machinist. He cant really afford lawyers.
Any advice would be much appreciated. After reading up on this Lautenberg Amendment, it seems absolutely illegal. The conditions of the law apply RETROACTIVLY?!? It was my understanding that you cant make retroactive laws.
Otherwise the ATF would have outright banned machine guns in '86 if they could have correct?
Thanks
Pierre