NEED HELP ON HOW TO APPLY FOR PISTOL PERMIT

[ForeverPA]

Be prepared to furnish references on the application. This one step has given me pause.

[str8shooter]

Be prepared to furnish references on the application. This one step has given me pause.

@psully. Just to be clear, ForeverPA is referring to the LTCF application. No references are required to purchase a pistol in PA.

@ForeverPA: Why? Not judging, just curious. I asked two neighbors if they'd mind me using them as references on the off chance that they'd be contacted. One owns several guns and said no problem, and used me as a reference on his application. The other said he'd never have a gun in his house, but had no problem with me having a LTCF because it wasn't going to change the fact that I have a small arsenal in mine.

If you're uncomfortable using your neighbors as references, stop in at the next PAFOA meet-n-greet in your area, break bread with a few of us and get a couple names to put on your application.

[wanneroo]

In most cases your counties sheriff will have a website and will have a section on LTCF process and have a downloadable form to fill out and bring in.

[chrisjp]

welcome to PA...enjoy your freedoms....get that permit and learn the carry laws and transport...they are pretty simple....most of all....enjoy that new toy!!

[str8shooter]

In most cases your counties sheriff will have a website and will have a section on LTCF process and have a downloadable form to fill out and bring in.

Here's the Montgomery County LTCF application APPLICATION FOR A PENNSYLVANIA LICENSE TO CARRY FIREARMS . Getting a LTCF and purchasing a pistol are mutually exclusive. Unlike NY, you do not have to specify the make and model of gun you intend to buy or carry. You don't even need to own a gun to get a LTCF, and conversely, you do not need to have a LTCF to buy a gun. In PA you can open carry without a LTCF in most public places (see .).The LTCF allows you to carry concealed, carry a loaded gun in your car and carry a loaded gun in Philadelphia whether open or concealed.

[ForeverPA]

@psully. Just to be clear, ForeverPA is referring to the LTCF application. No references are required to purchase a pistol in PA.

@ForeverPA: Why? Not judging, just curious. I asked two neighbors if they'd mind me using them as references on the off chance that they'd be contacted. One owns several guns and said no problem, and used me as a reference on his application. The other said he'd never have a gun in his house, but had no problem with me having a LTCF because it wasn't going to change the fact that I have a small arsenal in mine.

If you're uncomfortable using your neighbors as references, stop in at the next PAFOA meet-n-greet in your area, break bread with a few of us and get a couple names to put on your application.

It all depends on the individual. I am not that close(and I am not talking distance) to my neighbors to walk up to their doors and ask if they mind if I could put them as a reference on my gun carry permit application! They may not even recognize me. Such is life in the suburbia. The people you would ask such a favor from are your gun buddies.

[hertz]

Not everywhere.

OP, do not be discouraged if your county makes you wait a while. Mine makes us wait up to 2 months unless we jump through extra hoops. Still, beats the PRNY. Welcome to PA.

Which is total bullshit. I have some friends from Montgomery co. and I was amazed at what they told me they had to do to get their LTCF. In Mifflin, my home county, I was in and out in less than 10 minutes.

[Brick]

PSULLY

If you are in Bradford County. You need to go to the Sheriff's office in the Court House in Towanda.

You'll need you PA driver's license and the name address and phone # of 2 personal references.

Fill out the application and pay the fees. Some offices do a PICS check and hand you the license before you leave some make you wait. IIRC the license to carry firearm must be issued within 45 days.

As others have said you do not a "permit" to purchase as in NY and you may own and use handguns without the LTCF. Open carry is legal in Pa. But you MAY NOT carry your handgun in a vehicle. But you may transport it to and from range or repair shop. Must be unloaded and secured, separated from the ammo.

[psully]

guess who just exercised her 2nd amendment right for the first time ever??? This gal!!

It's so good to be an ex-N.Y. er!

[xd40c]

guess who just exercised her 2nd amendment right for the first time ever??? This gal!!

It's so good to be an ex-N.Y. er!

It is great here in PA. I moved here from Marylandistan 2 years back. What a difference. I can only imagine how the taste of freedom must be for someone from NY.