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    Question Are references required for Delco carry permit application?

    I'm looking into applying for a Pennsylvania carry permit. Are the references a requirement in Delaware county, specifically? I have 2 NFA weapons, I'm super squeaky clean, but I don't know that I can come up with 2 reliable references, and I don't really want anyone at work to know that I have a permit. It would be easy if I could use family, but that's specifically disallowed.

    EDIT: There is an online form for applying for the permit. It won't let me submit without references.
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    Default Re: Are references required for Delco carry permit application?

    I tried responding to your PM about this but your mailbox is full and it won't allow me to send.

    I renewed late summer and as far as I know, my references were never contacted. This was my 3rd renewal and I don't believe any reference was ever contacted.
    Do you go shooting with anyone? What about a FFL that you buy guns from? I used 2 work friends as references who own firearms.

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    Default Re: Are references required for Delco carry permit application?

    I think they still ask for them but nobody ever calls them. That has been my observation the past 2 renewals.

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    Default Re: Are references required for Delco carry permit application?

    Quote Originally Posted by bogey1 View Post
    I think they still ask for them but nobody ever calls them. That has been my observation the past 2 renewals.
    I agree. My references have never been called. I have been a reference for at least a dozen people and I have never been called.
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    Default Re: Are references required for Delco carry permit application?

    I applied in 2020 and a friend did this year. In both cases, no references were called.

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