LTCF - Record Levels in Erie County

[Gun]

http://goerie.com/gun-permits-at-rec...in-erie-county

Is it just crime or the election?

[HiredGoon]

The writer and or the sheriff's office seem a little confused. It sounds like they are combining figures for the LTCF and the sportsman's firearm permit (SFP).

The SFP is issued by the county treasurer and should have nothing to do with the sheriff's office.

An individual who is age 18 or older and is licensed to hunt, trap or fish, or who has been issued a permit relating to hunting dogs, may apply for a Sportsman's Firearm Permit by submitting a completed application along with the required fee to the county treasurer's office. The permit shall be issued immediately and be valid throughout this Commonwealth for a period of five years from the date of issue for any "legal firearm", when carried in conjunction with a valid hunting, furtaking or fishing license, or permit relating to hunting dogs.

The issuances of a Sportsman’s Firearm Permit allows the individual to carry a firearm if such persons are actually hunting, taking furbearers, fishing or training dogs, or are going to the places where they desire to hunt, take furbearers, fish, or train dogs during the regular training season, or returning from such places. A Sportsman's Firearm Permit is NOT a License to Carry a firearm concealed.

[NathanB]

it could be the fact that erie is getting worse and worse. it wasnt the greatest when i moved away and from what my mom says its not getting any better.