NJSundevil

Playing Devil's Advocate, I don't think the number of rounds total has been raised by most people. The thing that most people are saying is "This guy got 90 deliveries of ammo over under 60 days". The UPS man was delivering ammo to this guy, in a suburban area, once or twice each day every day. And they are not saying that the ammo retailer should be psychic, but if that unusual purchase pattern had sent up a red flag, perhaps warranted a 'closer look', be it an at home visit or intense background check, then maybe this could have be prevented. Would any of you guys really be against an at home visit for ammo purchases that sent up 'red flags' for one reason or another? I am not saying police searching your home, but someone knocks on your door, sits down for twenty minutes and asks some questions to make sure you are not insane. Would this stop every tragedy? Of course not. But I for one don't find a very minor inconvenience (That does not violate my constitutional rights) if it could stop one or two of these situations even. As for the few people who do hear '6000 rounds' and say "That's awful!" They are either ignorant or just have never been around firearms. The media (those from both political ideologies) likes to use big numbers to scare people in all sorts of situations. One of the reasons this country has polarized itself into deadlock. But that is a rant for another day.

Maybe I am just blind, but I can't find any legal section or listing of four attorneys. Could you direct me where on the site they are listed?

Danno--Sorry, bad choice of words. They took me to the emergency room and had me wait in a little until the doc on call came in and told me "you can sign yourself in to our psych floor otherwise I will have to put you in there because I don't know if you are a threat to yourself". Looking back, I am guessing that the guy was busy and just trying to pawn me off, and that if I had refused to sign anything that he would have probably just let me go. Stupid on my part, but I was young and scared of being committed to some psych place. The irony of the whole thing was that at that point in my life I was happier than at any other point in my life.

Just to clarify, this is correct. In both instances I was simply with people who were (unknown to me) in the wrong. Thankfully, in both cases, this was quickly realized and the charges were dropped.

New to this forum, and thought it would be a great place to get some advice. I have wanted to get a Firearms Id and Purchase Permit for some time, and just recently decided to go ahead and do so. I decided to consult an attorney because I was once in a mental hospital (see below), and because I have seen a psychologist on and off for a few years (I have chronic pain and some physical problems that don't affect my use of firearms but I like talking to someone about it). Anyway, I contacted a lawyer and he asked about my background. He asked if I was ever arrested and I said yes, twice...once at 18 for shoplifting (dropped a week later) and once 8 years ago when I was in a car that was pulled over, they found drug paraphanalia and charged both of us, but those charges were eventually dropped too when the driving admitted that it was his. BOTTOM LINE: The lawyer seemed more interested in getting the arrests expunged and said he will do that plus deal with the mental health stuff for $1800. I need to know if that is reasonable...(2) if it is even necissary, as I was under the impression that being arrested but not convicted would not be held against me. And (3) If I have a chance in hell of even getting the permit to begin with. I am on disability right now, so $1800 is no small amount, but I really do want to do this if it is possible, but I have a feeling I have NO shot and would be wasting the money. Any help would be great. Below is anything that could be used against me: Arrested for shoplifint at 18, charges dropped Arrested for drug paraphanalia at 24, charges dropped (I am 33 now) Born with congenital birth defect-Have some chronic pain and walk with slight limpT Take pain medication for that condition (Take it, of course, as prescribed, no overuse/abuse) Once in mental hospital---Long story i'll try and make it short as possible: My best friend thought it would be funny to give his little sister's best friend my # since she had a crush on me. The kid was like 15 and kept calling me every day. One day she called at 6am complaining about her life and after babling for 10 minutes says she is a loser for being single and being tired and annoyed I said "Well I have been single for a year so I guess I should just kill myself!" and I hung up the phone. Twenty minutes later I have two police at my door taking me to the hospital psych ward. They told me I could sign in otherwise they would commit me, so I signed in, but then (thinking i was so smooth), I tried to sign out right away. Since they had not evaluated me yet, they denied me the ability to leave, and sent me to St. Claires. After evaluation (And getting beat up by a guy who thought I was conspiring with Bill Gates and Satan to put chips in his brain--Dead serious true story) They said I was fine and let me go. See psychologist for issues related to pain and other medical issues (I had 20+ surgeries growing up)