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    Default Permit Application References

    Do the 2 (non-family) references on the Allegheny county pistol permit application have to be Allegheny county (or even PA) residents? I just moved here last May and besides an aunt and uncle that live in the area, the only local person I could really list is my boss.

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    Quote Originally Posted by ryan.hope View Post
    Do the 2 (non-family) references on the Allegheny county pistol permit application have to be Allegheny county (or even PA) residents? I just moved here last May and besides an aunt and uncle that live in the area, the only local person I could really list is my boss.
    I don't think so. I applied for mine right after I moved here from NJ, and don't think I knew anyone here. I used 2 guys from my old firehouse in NJ.

    Also, welcome to the area, and to PAFOA! Feel free to join us at the group shoot in April at PMSC.
    Last edited by TooBigToFit; February 5th, 2017 at 02:07 PM.

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    Legally, no. There is no requirement. Some sheriffs however, choose to ignore the law and make their own requirements. I'm not sure about Allegheny County, but I'm sure someone out that way can chime in on the subject.

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    FWIW, I got my license today and both my references were from NY.

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    I've never heard of anyone's references being contacted, FYI. (For Allegheny and Westmoreland County applications.)
    In America arms are free merchandise such that anyone who has the capital may make their houses into armories and their gardens into parks of artillery. - Ira Allen, 1796

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    Mine expired and I'm a PA resident, in Allegheny County. I suspect they only check if you have summary offenses. A general background seems to be all they check.

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    Quote Originally Posted by ryan.hope View Post
    Do the 2 (non-family) references on the Allegheny county pistol permit application have to be Allegheny county (or even PA) residents? I just moved here last May and besides an aunt and uncle that live in the area, the only local person I could really list is my boss.
    Any non-family reference.

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    Quote Originally Posted by JoshIronshaft View Post
    I've never heard of anyone's references being contacted, FYI. (For Allegheny and Westmoreland County applications.)

    Same here. Mine were not contacted.
    Can you imagine the additional manpower/hours it would take to call two references for each and every applicant?
    I called to check my ZIP CODE!....DY-NO-MITE!!!

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    Default Re: Permit Application References

    In Cumberland County, my 2 references were never contacted (and they gave me my license in about 10 minutes, so there wasn't time anyway). Ditto for my wife.

    Mind you, as others have said, it varies county-by-county and I don't know how it is in Allegheny.

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