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Denied for being a DM suspect.
My wife and I applied for permits with the SB Sheriffs dept. She got her background check approval a little bit over two months after the interview. My background check decision languished for over a month more. Nearly a month ago I received a denial. They wouldn't tell me why except that I didn't pass the background check. I did my own investigation and the only thing that even remotely amounts to a record for me is a domestic violence call that I made where my Ex and I were getting divorced and she tried to take away something from my hands by force.
Turns out, I'm listed as a suspect in the police report.
I told my ex about it (we ended up in good terms), and she sent a letter to the SB Sheriffs dept explaining how the whole incident wasn't my fault, that I never laid my hands on her or threatened her, etc (which I didn't). She thinks the whole incident was petty anyway. I called this Monday to find out if they received my Ex's letter (she sent it a little over a week ago) but instead they told me my Ex's letter wasn't on my file, but that I had already been denied a second time.
What gives here? Guilty until proven innocent, except that in this case they seem to be not letting me prove my innocence because my Ex's letter is not even in my file! I'm debating whether or not to escalate this (file lawsuit) or wait for one of the several cases going before POTUS about carry rights to yield fruit before proceeding. What do you guys think?
I understand where the SD is coming from and how they don't want CCWs in the hands of possible DM offenders, but this is ridiculous! What's funny is that the officer that I spoke to in the PD where the report is filed couldn't even believe that they would deny me for something so minor. Is there any recourse to clearing my name as suspect? There were no arrests, no charges, nothing.
My wife and I applied for permits with the SB Sheriffs dept. She got her background check approval a little bit over two months after the interview. My background check decision languished for over a month more. Nearly a month ago I received a denial. They wouldn't tell me why except that I didn't pass the background check. I did my own investigation and the only thing that even remotely amounts to a record for me is a domestic violence call that I made where my Ex and I were getting divorced and she tried to take away something from my hands by force.
Turns out, I'm listed as a suspect in the police report.
I told my ex about it (we ended up in good terms), and she sent a letter to the SB Sheriffs dept explaining how the whole incident wasn't my fault, that I never laid my hands on her or threatened her, etc (which I didn't). She thinks the whole incident was petty anyway. I called this Monday to find out if they received my Ex's letter (she sent it a little over a week ago) but instead they told me my Ex's letter wasn't on my file, but that I had already been denied a second time.
What gives here? Guilty until proven innocent, except that in this case they seem to be not letting me prove my innocence because my Ex's letter is not even in my file! I'm debating whether or not to escalate this (file lawsuit) or wait for one of the several cases going before POTUS about carry rights to yield fruit before proceeding. What do you guys think?
I understand where the SD is coming from and how they don't want CCWs in the hands of possible DM offenders, but this is ridiculous! What's funny is that the officer that I spoke to in the PD where the report is filed couldn't even believe that they would deny me for something so minor. Is there any recourse to clearing my name as suspect? There were no arrests, no charges, nothing.
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