I know of a felon who was issued a CHL in RI. It was written up in the Providence Journal some years back.seamusTX wrote:Anti-RKBA groups have made noise about felons being issued CHLs.
Does anyone know if a felon was ever issued a CHL or concealed weapons permit in any state?
Lists of felons used to disqualify voters have proven inaccurate because of name mixups or people who were arrested and not found guilty being listed.
BTW, it is a crime for a felon to apply for a CHL and make false statements on the eligibility affidavit, isn't it?
- Jim
The guy had robbed some kind of clothing store some years back. Later on, (after more or less going straight for a number of years) he developed friendships with a number of high ranking RI pols and police officials. So he was able to arrange to get his record expunged, even though he did not qualify for expungement under RI law. (You can't get an armed robbery conviction expunged.)
The judge "sort of" admitted that he had made a "mistake". But be that as it may, the expungement stood if memory serves.
After the expungement, he applied for and received a pistol permit. (This is what RI calls a CHL.) Even though RI was and is a "discretionary/restrictive" state, someone with his connections would have no problem getting approved.
This all came to light when the guy committed some new (non-violent) crime.