PA Sheriffs use COVID as a reason to suspend LTCF processing.

[Gunsnwater]

It is and he is wrong. Turn in your paperwork and watch for the reminder in the mail.

If they want to limit exposure they should ask the county commissioners for the 20 bucks per county resident, process them, and then mail then to every person in the county without the citizen being inconvenienced.

I already got my renewal notice. First time he actually sent one. Now this. It seems like a trap. The exception was for an honest mistake. The sheriff is in no position to grant extension periods and showing a judge this notice would prove it was done on purpose. Im not a lawyer but I hope one here will see this and let me know if im off base as I do believe its a one way ticket to prohibited status.

It does state they will be processing new applications so I guess thsy will grudgingly take renewals. I should have gotten there today but this threw me a curve. Hopefully I'll still be able to on monday.

The legislature needs to address this. It could be done renewals that is online with a cellphone picture.

[God's Country]

Potter county just suspended license issuing.

Do your fucking job!

They can still receive apps, process, and schedule appointments to have the picture and license issued with complete safety.......if they wanted to be bothered!

[Carson]

Harrisburg is down with regards to LTCF

That is what I was told.
I called the Blair county sheriff to see about a renewal ...... they are open ... for now
BUT ... something in Harrisburg is down/closed and they do not know why or how long .....
and because of this ...... the open sheriffs office can't handle my renewal.

Far from a complete story I know ......

its probably the pics issue causing renewal issues.

I don't know 100% what it is , but maybe , they didn't say ... and when the answer was... "no"... that was good enough for me
did not sound like they even were real sure .... just said Harrisburg

PSP issued a statement that in summary said "Technology challenges and a surge in requests resulted in PICS twice going offline on March 17, 2020. An isolated server issue for a morning outage from 8 am to 11:30 am and then another outage due to a backlog of requests from 5 pm to 8:40 pm. They are working with a vendor to increase processing power and will adjust staffing to meet demand. Despite the downtime, PICS completed 4,342 transactions as compared to 1,359 on the corresponding Tuesday in March 2019. Contrary to rumors on Social Media, PICS is and will remain operation during the COVID-19 epidemic."

So almost 3,000 more PICS checks than a normal day.

[Carson]

Harrisburg is down with regards to LTCF

That is what I was told.
I called the Blair county sheriff to see about a renewal ...... they are open ... for now
BUT ... something in Harrisburg is down/closed and they do not know why or how long .....
and because of this ...... the open sheriffs office can't handle my renewal.

Far from a complete story I know ......

its probably the pics issue causing renewal issues.

I don't know 100% what it is , but maybe , they didn't say ... and when the answer was... "no"... that was good enough for me
did not sound like they even were real sure .... just said Harrisburg

They are extending expiry dates on everything else, they should do the same on LTCF’s.

Which still provides no legal options for first-timers.

True. Just like first time applicants for a Pennsylvania Drivers License. Unfortunate timing.

[Bang]

Wow. What happened to twenty bucks? And for all who call it a permit, permit is official.

Bucks County
Pennsylvania, United States
Information
Statistics
Website
Bucks County Website
Sheriff's Website
Bucks County Sheriff's Website
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT INFORMATION
Permit Website
Bucks County Firearm Permit Website
New Permit Price
Paper
$35.00
Plastic
$46.00
Renew Permit Price
Paper
$35.00
Plastic
$46.00

[gghbi]

Wow. What happened to twenty bucks? And for all who call it a permit, permit is official.

Bucks County
Pennsylvania, United States
Information
Statistics
Website
Bucks County Website
Sheriff's Website
Bucks County Sheriff's Website
CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT INFORMATION
Permit Website
Bucks County Firearm Permit Website
New Permit Price
Paper
$35.00
Plastic
$46.00
Renew Permit Price
Paper
$35.00
Plastic
$46.00

http://www.buckscounty.org/governmen...f/CarryLicense says it is $20 cash or CC with a 2.8% surcharge. I think you have old info there!

[Jhaydeno]

Please remember these closures when you speak with your rep on lobby day in June. In addition to freeing up sheriff's manpower, this is just another reason to change PA to constitutional carry.

[SigForLife]

Here's my article on the topic - https://blog.princelaw.com/2020/03/1...l-prosecution/

[spandexlurch]

Ugh my LTCF expires on April 10th. I called the Sheriff's office here in Harrisburg before reading the thread. I'm required by law and work to have my LTCF, being that I'm an armed security officer.

[GunLawyer001]

. . . . I'm required by law and work to have my LTCF, being that I'm an armed security officer.

Are you sure about that?