but how can they tell i am a user? im not saying ur wrong bigbull, i just dont know why i have been told that it doesnt matter by police + gunshop owners. if i have a record that shows i got a citation in march, and i answer "no i am not a drug user" in august, and im truly not smoking then, then how am i lieing? even if it were to say "have u been convicted of a drug charge" then I could still say no because i wasnt convicted, i was on STET. And, to exhaust the situation, if i was convicted, right, then how long would i have to wait to purchase a handgun? that one misdeminour marijuana charge would stop me for ever from buying a handgun? i dont know. again, u are probably right, im just voicing my opinion