Concealed Carry Permit

PittSpeed Automotive PittSpeed Off Topic
1

To all who carry on the board here:

What all do I need to take down to the county courthouse to get my concealed carry permit? I can’t find it anywhere on the PA site.

Thanks.

2

probably 2 forms of id and when i got mine years ago they needed a recent picture. usually the sherrifs office issues the permits so you can probably contact them by phone.

3

your drivers license and car registration work

it has to be pa id’s

4

depending on county, like Fayette since its poor as shit, they dont have an ID machine for the permits, so you need to take a passport photo there also, and they laminate it themselves… really professional hua? I know westmoreland has a regular ID machine like PennDot… I would call your county courthouse, its in the Sherrifs Department, they issue the permits.

5
6

Disagree.

When my wife got hers, about 2 years back, I took a digital photo in our house. Printed on photo paper, and gave them that and her PA photo id. They copied the id, and kept the photo on file.

But to anwser the question, take two forms of ID, and a nice color photo, our even an ole ID with a photo that looks like you. Then they will run your social through Instant Check. If all comes back clean, they may or may not do a back round check. If the do a backround check they just go see your listed references, nieghbors, and if they check out then they talk to your reference.

I know about ten people that walked in and walked out 15 minutes laterwith their permit, and others, like my wife, that waited about 4 weeks.

Good luck and glad to hear another person is packin’…

7

yeah if its allegheny county take in your PA ID and car Registration to the sheriffs office down town on grant street… i think it was like $18 or maybe a little more but its pretty easy to get

8

its $19. and as of last month there is now a 2 to 3 week waiting period

9

i believe its actually 25 now, i should be getting my slip in the mail next week to go down and pick up my permit. Allegheny County that is…

10

He went today and registered he’s gotta wait for the yellow card to come to him in the mail.

11

you gotta wait now…thats retarded you used to me able to get it within like 10min

12

It all depends on the county for the waiting period. If it is like Allegheny you need to take your PA Licence and Car registration and you walk out with it right then. Also make sure all your information is current and it MUST REFLECT your current address.

I had to actually go and have my registration changed on my car when I got mine because I had bought my car while living at the fire station and I used my dad’s adress for the registration (was a live in for 2 years but it was easier to have mail go to my dad’s). I never changed it just because I didn;t think to and had to at that time.

13

I dont care if you disagree or not… when I went, I HAD to have a passport photo (not your actual passport) but a photo from one of those photo booths at the mall. Thats what they made me do… maybe u had a different secretary that took your info and let it slide? She made me leave, told me to go to Uniontown mall and grab the pictures there.

14

It’s funny how you spelled backGround check. The way you spelled it made me think you were speaking heavy Pgh-ese, as in “The parkway is jammed yinz gotta go back 'raand the squirrel hill tunnels on forbes ave.”

15

Westmoreland county is sweet… walked in with my form and my ID. also had refrences cause they ask for those. and they took my picture and boom 5 min later i had my card in hand and was out of there.

16

I’m in the city, so I went downtown to get it. Basically just took my DL and vehicle registration, filled out all the paper work, and they said I gotta wait about 5 weeks for my card to come in and then I have to go downtown and pay for it at the county courthouse. Then I’ll be able to tote the .40 with me.

Thanks for the info guys.

17

interesting, Is that because you live in the city limits? Like I said I went downtown to the court house and walked out 10 min later with my permit when I got it back in 2003.

18

I bought a gun at the same store as a friend of mine (months apart). His “history” required a 2-day wait, but he still got it. I walked out with mine right then.

So it could be the county, or there might have been something that showed up that made yours take longer. (I’m not trying to say you have a record, just saying that’s one possible explanation.)

For my permit, it was Westmoreland, and I don’t think it even took 10min.

19

they changed the laws, its been four years…

anybody who applies for it in allegheny county has a wait time. you don’t get it right away anymore

20

Yea, I’m pretty sure the change was recent that you have the 5 week wait period now. I know a couple of people who got the permit a few years ago and they had it same day after taking the picture. It’s not too big of a deal at this point because I still need to get the gun transferred into my name, get a holster, etc…