three months!!! yeah three to get a permit
 

Jeez what the flock. There's nothing quite like being treated like a criminal. Three months to get a pistol permit here. I have got to move.

That's not all that bad. Here in Ct it was like 3 to 4 + the approx. $300.00 between class, fees, fees to fill out the fee form. You get the picture. But eventually got it.

Pretty common... OK is a shall issue state, which means they have 90days to find a reason not to issue the permit, or they have to issue you one.... From what I've heard, they take most of it. I'll let you know after April 21....

Try NYC.

My understanding is that PA is shall issue as well. $20 and up to 45 days to get a response. Depending on the county, that can be interpreted as 45 business or calendar days. PA also allows for open carry without a permit except in a city of first class (i.e. Philly...contain your laughter :) )

The above info is worth exactly what you paid for it. ;)

Oh, and its $200 for a 10yr permit in OK....

maybe they have been reading your posts here

What permit?

G

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

I love AZ. No permits needed to purchase or carry, openly or concealed. Takes me 5 min. to buy a gun in a store. Great for that impulse buy.

Yes it is. Only costs $25 and good for 5 years. I have a non res FL permit as well. You can open carry unless you have a permit, then you have to conceal...go figure.

Cal guns foundation will be serving the county of LA and OC shortly. If you are willing to help please try to get your permit hin your county. 30 people getting denied isn't a case. 300 is a fluke but 3,000 getting denied is a pattern. 30,000 and they have a real case.

Texas is great as well! Walked into an academy on a lunch break and walked out 15mins later with a glock 40. Took longer to pick out which model gun than it did to do the paperwork. God bless Texas!

Jim,

Good info on the Calguns action. However, I was serious with my question. He may be talking about a permit to buy the gun. I had a friend in MA who wasn't a citizen and he had to do annual police station visits to keep a permit for a shotgun to go bird hunting ...

George

What happened to the Brady Bill? I thought there was a Federally mandated waiting period of a few days on handguns. At least there was when I bought a Beretta 92FS back when I lived in Vermont. Otherwise no gun control laws in that state...cash 'n carry.

If you don't have a carry permit, its 10-14 day wait here.

Its $50 and a 30 day wait for a carry permit. We are a 'shall issue' state, so there is no police discretion for non-felons. No training requirements, which frankly, I don't like. It wouldn't kill first time gun owners to sit through a 1 hour safety lecture.

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.

It expired long ago, but was also moot once a state got onto the NICS system. I moved to VA right when the Brady Law went into effect, but VA was already on the NICS system, so they never had to have a waiting period. Some of the cities and counties passed waiting periods, but then a state preemption law got passed and nixed all of those too. The Brady Law was another feel-good, do-nothing law that only expanded federal powers and stroked Bill Clinton's ego.

Exactly. The waiting period was only temporary until the NICS system was put into place.

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.

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.

20-35 of that is picking out the firearm! And if you have a CHL, there is no phone-call. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/wat.gif

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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.

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

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

I know, NYC is a nightmare.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

correct. I have my FID.

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.

In my spare time last year I transferred some guns.

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Jim

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

PARF it up, spammy!

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...

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

Got mine today, after 147 days of waiting! :D

Congrats!