My Letter To The Editor of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Editor:
Re Gun law information now available by Acting Sheriff Mullen, 12 Dec. P-G Letters and earlier comment in 1 Dec. Letters re the lack thereof, some of the confusion will likely be eliminated. Other problems remain.
1. The increase in fees for original issue and or renewal of the Concealed Carry License from $19 to $25 is one such. The Sheriff's office today advised me that this is something that the state legislature should be addressed in regard to.
2. Another problem is the following, and applies to concealed carry license renewals, which previously were done "while you wait", the process involving perhaps 15 minutes. Sheriff Mullen is currently treating renewals the same way as original issue applications are handled, which allows up to 45 days for "processing". Mind this is how RENEWALS are being handled. The Sheriff's Dept. Firearms Unit states that the reason for this was that a person seeking to renew a carry license might have been arrested or indicted and subject to trial since they last renewed, and that the State Police (PSP or Coal and Iron Cops) might not have been notified of this fact by the courts. Why this breakdown in communications is a question that remains unanswered. Also, why respecting the purchase of a handgun, the Pennsylvania Insta-Check System works well enough, however it would not serve respecting carry license renewals. There seems a strange smell to that.
Readers might well want to hear more on this from the sheriff's office and or they might want to contact their legislators pursuant to what appear to be strange goings on. CCW holders outside Allegheny County might want to contact their county sheriff regarding how RENEWALS are being handled.
Editor:
Re Gun law information now available by Acting Sheriff Mullen, 12 Dec. P-G Letters and earlier comment in 1 Dec. Letters re the lack thereof, some of the confusion will likely be eliminated. Other problems remain.
1. The increase in fees for original issue and or renewal of the Concealed Carry License from $19 to $25 is one such. The Sheriff's office today advised me that this is something that the state legislature should be addressed in regard to.
2. Another problem is the following, and applies to concealed carry license renewals, which previously were done "while you wait", the process involving perhaps 15 minutes. Sheriff Mullen is currently treating renewals the same way as original issue applications are handled, which allows up to 45 days for "processing". Mind this is how RENEWALS are being handled. The Sheriff's Dept. Firearms Unit states that the reason for this was that a person seeking to renew a carry license might have been arrested or indicted and subject to trial since they last renewed, and that the State Police (PSP or Coal and Iron Cops) might not have been notified of this fact by the courts. Why this breakdown in communications is a question that remains unanswered. Also, why respecting the purchase of a handgun, the Pennsylvania Insta-Check System works well enough, however it would not serve respecting carry license renewals. There seems a strange smell to that.
Readers might well want to hear more on this from the sheriff's office and or they might want to contact their legislators pursuant to what appear to be strange goings on. CCW holders outside Allegheny County might want to contact their county sheriff regarding how RENEWALS are being handled.
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