I don't know the validity of the statement, but I've been told that Gwinnett county doesn't really like issuing CCW permits, and takes as long as they legally can to issue them, to the point of holding the license and not mailing it out even if the processing is done. I obtained my permit in Walton County, and it took a little under two weeks (that was probably how long the background check took), and my father (in the same county) got his in about a week. The law states that, unless the FBI background check pulls up something that would make you ineligible (basically, the same kind of things that would make buying a gun illegal), they must issue the permits, but some counties make it easier than others.