[pepsi_junkie]

yeah, my neighbor is a local cop and I put him down as a reference, before I realized that references would actually get a questionnaire in the mail that they had to fill out and get notarized (not kidding) so I went over and gave him a heads up. He told me that he recently purchased his old service sidearm from the city and they made him go through the same process. This is an active township police officer who carries a city provided gun every day; and yet he still had to provide references, fill out several forms, etc.

The process takes up to two months to complete, they told me. I'll be finding out.

I think they sandbagged me though. I wanted a shotgun for shooting trap and when I turned in the forms the old lady at the desk said "why, you didn't check the box for handguns! You won't be able to purchase one, you know. Don't you want to check that, just in case you decide to buy one?" She talked me into it and I'm worried that she put me on a different, tighter process which is more restrictive. We'll see.

[Capt_Hank]

I lived and worked in NJ, for 31 years. I had to send an email to the State Senator in my district, about the slow response (89 days) for a “Permit to Purchase a Handgun”. The detective in charge of this was an A$$. He was anti-gun, all the way. I would go for three permits, at a time. He called me and wanted to know could I afford three handguns in 90 days. I messed with him, I purchased three and one time.

He must of heard from the Senator’s office, my next permits were processed in 30 days.

When I knew that I was going to retire, moved to PA. Got my carry permit without a hitch. I’m now in Florida for the final hitch.