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Liko81 wrote:Good question. I think KBCraig hit it on the head; even if the state determines it's "family violence", it doesn't qualify under federal law as a domestic violence conviction. Your brother in law might as well be some stranger who picked a fight with you in the bar.

WHOA WHOA WHOA! I HAVE a CHL, as well as have bought enough guns lately to fill my safe.

thanks for your input, though.

thanks, Steve, will do. There was a kidnapping incident in his neighborhood not long ago, so now he's all paranoid (I like to call it "enlightened" ).

would anyone mind posting the statute of the Family Violence thang?

thanks in advance.

well, shuck-e-darns!

thanks for the speedy reply, though!

Well, among my group of associates, I am the bastion of CHLness, so whenever a question comes up, I'm the (sad, I know) go-to guy.

But this I did not have a definitive answer for (I do not claim to have all the answers, just have a great forum to find said answers )

anyway, my friend, we'll call him Joey, had a question for me, which I will pose to ya'll. About eleven years ago, he got into a scuffle with his sister's boyfriend over whatever. He was charged at first with assault, but was then upgraded to a Family Violence charge, do to the sister and the boyfriend getting married. He was convicted of the Family Violence charge.

now, he's been told by "people" that he can't buy a handgun, can't buy a long gun from an FFL, but can obtain a long gun if he buys it from a FTF sale (no paperwork).

so, can he, eleven years later, purchase a handgun, or even possess a handgun?
can he buy a long gun from an FFL? the other method sounds a little like a straw man purchase to me, but admittedly I don't know.

He was also afraid that if he attempted to purchase a handgun or long gun from an FFL, knowing that he could not pass a NICS check, he would also be in violation of attempting to purchase, when he can't.

anyone here know? also, can he get a CHL? Does that Family Violence thing preclude him during the background check?

thanks again, ya'll, for the info.