This question pertains to Oregon, and I have heard multiple accounts of people with expunged records getting denied when purchasing firearms. OSP states that they can see federal disqualifiers and are denying on those grounds, but other states will approve. Does someone with an expunged record risk getting charged with unlawful possession of a firearm?
EDIT: To frame it differently: You are contacting someone who is in possession of a firearm, you can see they have a record, and they hand you court paperwork stating that their record has been set aside, do you charge them with unlawful possession of a firearm?
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No. I have an expunged charge and though they can see it I posses a weapon openly and have never had an issue.
Just having your record expunged doesn’t always automatically reinstate your rights, depending on the state you live in.
Some states will automatically reinstate rights but others it’s a separate process which has to be applied for (but automatically granted because the record has been expunged.)
I can’t speak to Oregon, but that’s not even really a question for LE. That’s more a question for a 2A attorney