three months!!! yeah three to get a permit

[masraum]

Originally Posted by red-beard

In Texas, there is no requirement for training to own. But you not only have to have classes on the law, but you must also demonstrate safe firearm handling AND accuracy to have a carry permit.

The libertarian in me is appalled at this. OTOH, I like the idea that someone has to be able demostrate they can hit a target at 15-25 feet to be able to have a carry permit.

Hmm, my class had nothing about safe handling, and we both know that the accuracy test is a joke. You'd have to be blind or have Parkinson's or both to NOT qualify.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by masraum

Yea, I think he's talking about a permit to buy/own a gun, not concealed carry. NJ makes it very hard to get a gun. I've heard that they are trying to outlaw the sale of ammo including BBs.

To buy a gun here in TX takes about 30-45 mins for paperwork and a phone call for the background check. If you have a valid CHL then it takes as long as it takes you to pay.

20-35 of that is picking out the firearm! And if you have a CHL, there is no phone-call.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by masraum

Hmm, my class had nothing about safe handling, and we both know that the accuracy test is a joke. You'd have to be blind or have Parkinson's or both to NOT qualify.

They didn't teach, you had to demonstrate safe handling. But you also had to hit a target at 15-25 feet. If you can't do that, you shouldn't have a permit.

[VINMAN]

Thats a long time. I got mine in under a month.

Are you talking NJ fireams ID card. Or permit to urchase a handgun?

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by NY65912

Try NYC.

I know, NYC is a nightmare.

[targa911S]

No wait in PA. If you pass the quizz and get a clean phone call it's cash and carry.

[rattlsnak]

Wow, something Georgia is actually good at. To buy a gun, less than 10 minutes. Fill out paperwork, fax it off, wait 5 minutes for a reply. To get a CCW, takes an hour. Walk into the courthouse, fill out paperwork, wait 30 minutes to get fingerprinted, walk out. CCW permit comes in the mail in less than 5 days. No kind of course, or training or anything like that at all. Paperwork, prints and gone.

[Jim Richards]

IIRC, it was 10 days here in DC. 3 months is nuts.

[NY65912]

In NYC it's not so much the wait or the $$.

It's the way a person is made to feel like a criminal, like there must be something in your past that we (they) can find to deny you a permit.

But, a criminal can always pick up a gun without a background check at his local housing project, cash and carry. Go figure.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by NY65912

In NYC it's not so much the wait or the $$.

It's the way a person is made to feel like a criminal, like there must be something in your past that we (they) can find to deny you a permit.

But, a criminal can always pick up a gun without a background check at his local housing project, cash and carry. Go figure.

When DC started allowing handgun permits, the people working in the office that handled gun permits were super nice and took the time to explain the whole registration process to applicants. Everything went smoothly each time I went through this process.

[svandamme]

For my 1911 i got mine in 3 but this is Belgium...
Ordered another permit for an National Match M1a, sent it in early januari, i hope it arrives soon.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

I just looked up NJ firearms law. You are talking about a permit to purchase/own, right?

correct. I have my FID.

[Rot 911]

Where I live the County Sheriff actually encourages people to get a CCW license. He knows people that get them are law abiding and have taken a firearms safety class.

[on2wheels52]

In my spare time last year I transferred some guns.



Jim

[sammyg2]

In the people's republik of kalifornia, just applying for a pistol permit is grounds for arrest and prosecution.
Consider yourself lucky

[RWebb]

PARF it up, spammy!

[azasadny]

My concealed pistol license took 3 months to arrive... typical for Wayne County, MI. My wife's also took 3 months and that was three years after I got mine...

[azasadny]

I got my Curio and Relics FFL in less than 30 days... go figure.

[Red88Carrera]

Got mine today, after 147 days of waiting!

[azasadny]

Congrats!