Pennsylvania State Police v. Heggenstaller

McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.

The Pennsylvania State Police (the PSP) petition for review of an order of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), appointed by the Office of Attorney General (OAG), upholding the appeal of Dean C. Heggen-staller (Heggenstaller) from the denial of his application to purchase a firearm. We now reverse.

On January 11, 2000, Heggenstaller attempted to purchase a firearm at Coopers Sporting Goods in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. In response to an instantaneous records check request from the firearm licensee and pursuant to Section 6111.1(b) of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act of…