Background check for concealed carry permit?

[Jughead]

Is this the same background check that is done when you purchase a hand gun in Allegheny County?

Who does the background check for hand guns?

[D-FENS]

The background check will probably be through PICS (PA Instant Check System) it's run by the State Police.

They can also do other background checks, such as calling your references (they didn't call mine), etc. The criteria for rejection is extremely ambiguous so they can pretty much do whatever they want.

Took me about 4 weeks to get mine, no references called. I suggest that you get there at 8:00 on the dot because they get pretty packed and traffic is pretty bad.

Good luck

[Jughead]

The background check will probably be through PICS (PA Instant Check System) it's run by the State Police.

They can also do other background checks, such as calling your references (they didn't call mine), etc. The criteria for rejection is extremely ambiguous so they can pretty much do whatever they want.

Took me about 4 weeks to get mine, no references called. I suggest that you get there at 8:00 on the dot because they get pretty packed and traffic is pretty bad.

Good luck

Thanks. I just got back from the court house. I hate government offices.

Is the background check the same for CCW & hand gun or is it different?

[D-FENS]

Thanks. I just got back from the court house. I hate government offices.

Is the background check the same for CCW & hand gun or is it different?

IF it even goes througn PICS, it would be the same check. PICS only doesn't one kind of check and it takes just a few minutes. The 4 weeks it'll take you to get it is just because they want to slow the process down and hope people will forget or not care.

If you can buy a handgun, you can get a LTCF.

[Jughead]

IF it even goes througn PICS, it would be the same check. PICS only doesn't one kind of check and it takes just a few minutes. The 4 weeks it'll take you to get it is just because they want to slow the process down and hope people will forget or not care.

If you can buy a handgun, you can get a LTCF.

Well I didn't buy a hand gun yet that's why I'm asking. I had a felony arrest in 1992 but the result was "guilty without verdict." The case & record were expunged.... I paid a lawyer to do a background check and he found nothing. But I'm a little paranoid. Someone told me to apply for a CCW before I buy a hand gun. If nothing shows up, and it shouldn't, I should be in the clear.

[Johannes_Paulsen]

If you fail the PICS, they won't let you buy the handgun in the first place.

I'd be inclined to try to buy one first, just so you'd know instantly -- or within a week or so, at least. In Allegheny Co., it'll take minimum 3 weeks for the Sheriff to run the check.

[Grey Bearded One]

If you can buy a handgun, you can get a LTCF.[/B]

Not always true.

[Grey Bearded One]

Took me about 4 weeks to get mine, no references called. I suggest that you get there at 8:00 on the dot because they get pretty packed and traffic is pretty bad.

Really? My daughter mailed her application on a Friday, had the yellow car by the end of the following week. We went downtown and were in an out of the courthouse in twenty minutes, if that long.

[soberbyker]

Really? My daughter mailed her application on a Friday, had the yellow car by the end of the following week. We went downtown and were in an out of the courthouse in twenty minutes, if that long.

The post you are replying to was posted June 29th, 2007, 09:42 AM, maybe things have changed in the 7 years since?

[Grey Bearded One]

The post you are replying to was posted June 29th, 2007, 09:42 AM, maybe things have changed in the 7 years since?

I didn't notice that it was a necrothread. It took a month to get cleared thirty years ago but it took me a week when I got my Pa permit again after escaping from Maryland.

Maybe it has to do with the individual and their history.

Come to think of it, I didn't even have to do any paperwork for renewals back in the old days. I just went in and five minutes later walked out with my new license.