This is one of the things that bugs the crap out of me about our justice system. Arrests records should be amended to reflect the final disposition and removed in the case of dropped charges. There was that cop in Corvallis that falsely arrested a guy for DUI in 2007 (i think); charges were dropped but now the guy had an arrest record and couldn't get a job because it kept coming up in background checks. I believe Oregon law was amended because of this case.I had the Kali DOJ put a "delay delivery" on one 4473 for a NFA lower. When I called them to question the action, they said it was for a vehicular felony "arrest" in 1970. I told the DOJ that the charge ended up a misdemeanor. The DOJ said to contact the court where it was tried and get a copy of the disposition. When I went to the court clerk's office, 70 miles away, they said they don't keep misdemeanor records past 1975 (that was 9 years ago). I relayed that information to the DOJ and reminded them that an arrest is not a conviction. Since there was no felony record, they released my lower. PAX