Great article - thank you for thinking of me.
Still waiting (impatiently) for my FL CCW. We moved down three months ago and there was a *problem* with my prints - my ridges are not pronounced, so I have to go through the system the *long* way. Had that problem when I applied in GA, too.
:-(
As a certified firearms instructor here in Florida, let me give you the scoop on this state. Florida rules say we're a SHALL ISSUE state and if it's all IAW the law, the permit must be issued within 90 days. My experience has been that especially in the area of fingerprints, the state will wait exactly 89 days before they kick them back and you have to start over. At least that's the way the system started out when we first got the CCW permit back in 1987. They've improved a bit over the years. But just a little bit.