Actually, it's not as bad as that. I got mine in about 2-3 weeks, IIRC. Granted, it's still longer than it ever should be, but I think 90 days is the maximum amount of time that the state has to approve the locally approved permit.
I went through this horse and pony procedure just before y2k.
The law then was must issue within 60 days.
That didn’t matter. the local police were ABOVE the law and made me wait 5 days PAST the legal 2 month window. I was due to get the permit on Dec 29th and almost got a big mental review done on me just because I tried to hold to town of southington to the law as written. Didn’t get the permit until Jan. 4th.