Bucks Co. members, I need your help. UPDATE: Please see post #1

[Palerider]

I renewed at Doylestown courthouse in DEC last year. Woman who processed me for the plastic card was very efficient and friendly. Not a word was said about any special 'rules' with the license. I remember her saying it was good I went in on a weekday b/c the place was packed on Saturdays.

[unloved]

I'm no mathematician, but it seems to me that I should be able to reconcile this:

(h) Fee.--
(1) In addition to fees described in paragraphs (2)(ii) and (3), the fee for a license to carry a firearm is $19. This includes all of the following:
(i) A renewal notice processing fee of $1.50.
(ii) An administrative fee of $5 under section 14(2) of the act of July 6, 1984 (P.L. 614, No. 127), [FN2] known as the Sheriff Fee Act.
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(ii) An additional temporary fee of $5 shall be remitted by the sheriff to the Firearms License to Carry Modernization Account, which is hereby established as a special restricted receipt account within the General Fund of the State Treasury. Moneys and investment income in the account shall be awarded as grants to sheriffs to implement the system, including grants to reimburse sheriffs for expenses incurred prior to the effective date of this paragraph.
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(3) An additional fee of $1 shall be paid by the applicant for a license to carry a firearm and shall be remitted by the sheriff to the Firearms License Validation System Account, which is hereby established as a special restricted receipt account within the General Fund of the State Treasury. The account shall be used for purposes under subsection (l). Moneys credited to the account and any investment income accrued are hereby appropriated on a continuing basis to the Pennsylvania State Police.

with this:

Fee for a license to carry is $46.00. Cash only, no personal checks will be accepted. The license is valid for five years from date of issue. An upgrade to the new plastic card from the present paper permit is $21.00. Paper permits are still available for $29.00 (two digital photos required, available at our offices for $10).

$19+$5+$1=$25, no?

Where does $46, $21, or $29 come from?

[mrjam2jab]

Because the Sheriff is not at two places at one time.

and that goes back to what is done at Doylestown that can't be done in Levittown?

(not trying to argue the point..just trying to understand the process)

I'm no mathematician, but it seems to me that I should be able to reconcile this:
with this:
$19+$5+$1=$25 no?

Where does $46, $21, or $29 come from?

THats something i've asked several times.

[theo]

and that goes back to what is done at Doylestown that can't be done in Levittown?

Wow, and I thought I was thick.

[mrjam2jab]

Wow, and I thought I was thick.

OK...then maybe this thick head can word it differently....

For those who go to Doylestown...and get to walk out with LTCF in hand in 15 minutes...Does Donnelly personally have anything to do with that? Does he actually look at and approve each application that comes thru his office?

I forget which...but i just read on here that at least one particular County's dept has a dedicated person who handles the apps...Doylestown probably has similar...why cant Levittown/Quakertown?


(Sorry unloved....don't mean to crash you post)

[unloved]

Has anyone been given any printed material that contains any incorrect info?


I've been reading through some other threads, and I'm getting the impression that the verbal instructions are highly inconsistent.

[theo]

I - will -try -to - speak -real -slowly.



The Sheriff's Office is in Doylestown, not Levittown.



If you want to go their office, drive to the Sheriff's office in Doylestown, and get your approved license while you wait.



OR: Drive to the Levittown Government Service Center (note it does not say Sheriff's Office as Stated 3 times, the Sheriff's Office is in Doylestown). They will take your information and money and forward for your convenience to the Sheriff's Office in Doylestown. The Sheriff's Office in Doylestown will then send back to The Government Service Center. They will call you to pick it up. My renewal took one week.


Man, i need a vacation.

[unloved]

It almost sounds like one employee is just making it up as she goes along.

...told me that the county had recently passed a prohibition on carrying firearms in county parks.

...they still give out the misinformation that it "has to be concealed"

... made no mention of the prohibition on carrying firearms in county parks.

...can't carry in Federal and State buildings, have to honor "no gun" signs on private property...

"Any place you enter that has no guns sign, or a picture of it, you will not enter or you will be arrested and lose your license".

I just renewed in Doylestown about 2 weeks ago and not a word was said.

Not a word was said about any special 'rules' with the license.

She said "No, you mean a Concealed Carry application".
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I was then told, "Its the law that you must carry concealed". "Any place you enter that has no guns sign, or a picture of it, you will not enter or you will be arrested and lose your license".

[unloved]

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Come on guys, if you want to have this argument, could you do it somewhere else? Please?

[theo]

Come on guys, if you want to have this argument, could you do it somewhere else? Please?

I am done. If you want help in Doylestown, PM me.