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The long wait for the gun permit was for a simple purchase permit. (Actually I think it was 5 1/2 months.) Surprisingly, the local police dept. treated me very nicely during the application process. It was at the state level I ran into roadblocks. And this was before McGreevey became governor, so I am sure it is growing worse.

A carry permit in NJ is almost impossible unless your last name is McGreevey, Lautenberg, or Corzine. (Don't laugh -- Rudy Guiliani was rabidly anti-gun for all law-abiding NYers, yet I read that he holds a concealed carry permit himself.)

No, I know full well about the double standard concerning NJ and NYC gun laws. Childhood friends of judges have gotten carry permits in NJ. That goes along with the usual celebrities, brahmins, etc.

I saw an excerpt of the NYC carry list that was done through a FOI filing. It read like a who's who of NYC. Harrison Ford, Howard Stern, William F. Buckley, Donald Trump. Pretty much every rich guy and celeb you could think of.

If a bodega owner in bed-stuy applied for one, fugghetaboutit.