Sacto. County CCW Application Question

[r6533]

What type of answer(s) to the underlined portion of the following CCW application question would be grounds for permit disqualification or other negative consequenses?

3. Are you now, or have you ever been, addicted to a controlled substance or alcohol, or have you ever utilized an illegal controlled substance, or have you ever reported to a detoxification or drug treatment program. If yes, please explain.

Thanks.

[VendetAR]

What type of answer(s) to the underlined portion of the following CCW application question would be grounds for permit disqualification or other negative consequenses?

3. Are you now, or have you ever been, addicted to a controlled substance or alcohol, or have you ever utilized an illegal controlled substance, or have you ever reported to a detoxification or drug treatment program. If yes, please explain.

Thanks.

Its up to you, but if you havent been arrested and/or sent to a treatment program for drugs or alcohol via the court system, I would say what they dont know wont hurt you.

[havoc]

They would rather give a ccw to a person who has smoked weed and told the truth then to a person who has smoked weed and lied about it...imo

[VendetAR]

They would rather give a ccw to a person who has smoked weed and told the truth then to a person who has smoked weed and lied about it...imo

If the government cant prove you have used, use or whatnot, its always the option to deny that you have. Thats not a recommendation to lie, its just an option.

[tb0n3z]

i told them i have smoked weed.. i was never a pot head.. but i felt that being honest was the best approach.. being that your whole interview is a test of moral character.

[Norcal_tom]

the way I saw it, it was kind of a trick question. you're going to be hard pressed to find anyone who has not at least tried weed once in their life. they are out there, but definitely in the minority. I told them yes, a few times when I was in high school, and they were fine with it.

[Dvrjon]

What type of answer(s) to the underlined portion of the following CCW application question would be grounds for permit disqualification or other negative consequenses?

3. Are you now, or have you ever been, addicted to a controlled substance or alcohol, or have you ever utilized an illegal controlled substance, or have you ever reported to a detoxification or drug treatment program. If yes, please explain.

Thanks.

Lies. Lies will get you shut out.

Advice related to, "What they don't know won't hurt you", often results in a surprise. The detectives you speak with are trained to pick up on lies. Then you can lie about the lie, or you can try to explain why you lied. Good luck with that.

Own your past and own your life. Tell the truth; it is, after all, the truth.

JR

[r6533]

Thank you to all who posted. I didn't want to lie and your comments reinforced that decision.

[bruss01]

Honesty is a great policy.

However, there is paper honesty, and there is moral honesty. If you are dealing with a moral issue, then moral honesty is the best policy. If you are dealing with a paper issue, then paper honesty is the best policy.

Its up to you, but if you havent been arrested and/or sent to a treatment program for drugs or alcohol via the court system, I would say what they dont know wont hurt you.

^^^ this

If the only record of something having happened is in your own memory, then forget it. Why? Because it's not relevant. If you got drug tested today, would you test clean as a whistle? Yes? Then what you may have done in your distant and forgotten youth is of no relevance whatsoever. Do you want to dredge something up from that era, put it down on paper in an official government document? Now you just upped the bar for all your future paper honesty - such as renewals, etc... who knows, that could even come back to haunt you in a court case. What if they change some law restricting some right or another from people who have ever used an illicit substance? Do you think you'll get a pass like Arnold did? ("It was the 70's, everyone did it then..." sure, right).

I have never used any illicit substance, but if I had, and there was no record of it anywhere... I would want to keep it that way.

YMMV

[Bainter1212]

I got in trouble in the military for failing a urinalysis. On my FBI record it shows up as an arrest with no disposition. It was taken care of non-judicially (article 15). I plan to be honest about it at my appt since it was over 10 years ago and it was a one time thing. I don't think I will be denied for something like that.

[titan2]

the way I saw it, it was kind of a trick question. you're going to be hard pressed to find anyone who has not at least tried weed once in their life. they are out there, but definitely in the minority. I told them yes, a few times when I was in high school, and they were fine with it.

I'm right here......'Never, not once!!!'