They’re wrong about the President not passing one, though.
He was never convicted of a felony, to the best of my knowledge, and he is not – by any accounts – known to be a current user or addict of illegal drugs.
Form 4473 and the US code are quite clear that being a user or addict at the time of the transfer is* what disqualifies you; it doesn’t ask “have you EVER used an illegal drug?”
(* And they’re not falling for “I stopped using for five minutes to complete the transfer”, either, as that’s too transparent a dodge.
But if you stopped six months before and kept clean for a year after, you probably would get off on charges of lying on the 4473.)
March 19th, 2013 at 10:32 pm
Another reason to object to the prohibited person category. That category can be made to restrict gun ownership to almost no one.
TS
March 20th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
They’re wrong about the President not passing one, though.
He was never convicted of a felony, to the best of my knowledge, and he is not – by any accounts – known to be a current user or addict of illegal drugs.
Form 4473 and the US code are quite clear that being a user or addict at the time of the transfer is* what disqualifies you; it doesn’t ask “have you EVER used an illegal drug?”
(* And they’re not falling for “I stopped using for five minutes to complete the transfer”, either, as that’s too transparent a dodge.
But if you stopped six months before and kept clean for a year after, you probably would get off on charges of lying on the 4473.)