bleedthefreak
Member
- Mar 27, 2022
- 19
I want to buy a shotgun and have two major fears:
- I may have already been flagged somehow in such a way that will show up on a background check.
- I have no criminal history, but I fear I haven't been as responsible as I should have been with my google searches over the years. I think I'm just being paranoid, but is there really some sort of watchlist you can be put on for googling / asking suspicious questions on the internet in a way that can be traced to your actual identity?
- Two years ago I made the mistake of ordering a shotgun online from a large retailer, telling myself I would rise to the occasion when it was ready to be picked up. I chickened out for the reasons listed here, and the order was automatically refunded after the pickup window passed. Will this raise red flags if I attempt another purchase from the same retailer? Could it have raised a red flag to other retailers as well?
- I have a doctor's appointment this week and want to seek mental health treatment. At what point does this typically compromise one's ability to purchase firearms? From my local laws it sounds like you can't buy a gun if you were involuntarily institutionalized or have history of addiction, so hopefully I'm good, but the language of "history of addiction" seemed really vague when I read it. I assume it only counts if it's acknowledged by a court or something.
- When I show up to make the purchase, the clerk will immediately see through me, decline the purchase, and call the cops.
- I have crippling social anxiety and am not very smart, so I am not confident in my ability to play it cool if they so much as make casual conversation about what I'm buying it for, or guns in general. I feel like I wouldn't sell to me if the roles were reversed. I know nothing about hunting, home defense, or sport shooting - I know I need to research for myself, but any guidance would also be appreciated. Do clerks for large corporate retailers typically ask questions, or do they just run the background check and get it over with as quickly as possible? Perhaps it would be a good idea to go during peak business hours.