Due to the wonderful advice on this informative website, i just received my PA carry license and the entire process took less than 14-days from start to finish. I guess the FL license is the next project. Thanks again for passing along the good info.

Glad to hear you got your license quickly. I got mine in 8 days from the time I mailed it. Mine is from Centre county. May I ask what county you applied for yours in? Would like to pass as much good info as I can to other shooters I know.
       Tom

They are Great...hope to try for Florida soon..I need to get over and be finger printed..

Florida is painless, and good for 5 years.
Get 'em while you can.

I received my paper work already,,just have to start,,did you have any tbl getting the finger print card done??

Nope.
Most states and agencies are using electronic figerprinting these days.
If you're in Fla, there are a lot of places.
In NY, you have to make some calls.
Get busy though.
They're (always) coming for our rights.

14 days?!?! They must be slackin off! I think the record was mailed on Monday, license in hand on Friday. (Of course, this was Centre County)

Florida is now good for 7 years.

Quoted from phoenix27

Due to the wonderful advice on this informative website, i just received my PA carry license and the entire process took less than 14-days from start to finish. I guess the FL license is the next project. Thanks again for passing along the good info.

Congrats!

So does your LTC say reason: "protection"?
I thought in PA, you had to have a NY lic with no restrictions, not "to and from the range", to get a LTCF.

Quoted from PM

Nope.
Most states and agencies are using electronic figerprinting these days.
If you're in Fla, there are a lot of places.
In NY, you have to make some calls.
Get busy though.
They're (always) coming for our rights.

A few months back I just went to my local SCPD precinct.  They asked why I wanted the fingerprints.  I told them for the Florida gun permit and they asked for $10, my drivers license and the blank fingerprint cards.  A few minutes later, I was called and a civilian(?) took my fingerprints. The room where I was fingerprinted was dedicated to taking fingerprinting for background checks.  The process was quick, pleasant and painless.  I was told to hold on to my receipt for $10  so that, in case the fingerprints were rejected by Florida, they would reprint for free with the receipt.

Just call your local precinct.  When I asked, they told me to come any time 7x24 for fingerprinting, but you should call ahead to confirm.

20 years back the fingerprinting for background checks at the precinct used to be done in the arrested persons holding area and you had to wait for the holding area to be empty before they would take you there to be fingerprinted.

When you get finger printed, do they do it the old fashioned way with ink? Or is it the electronic style? If it's the new electronic fingerprinting, what do they give you to send to Fla?

Quoted from SingleAction

Congrats!

So does your LTC say reason: "protection"?
I thought in PA, you had to have a NY lic with no restrictions, not "to and from the range", to get a LTCF.

There have been reported issues with the Suffok Sportsman license but a modified carry license should be just fine.

Quoted from CJ

When you get finger printed, do they do it the old fashioned way with ink? Or is it the electronic style? If it's the new electronic fingerprinting, what do they give you to send to Fla?

Ink.  The whole room was set up for ink printing for background checks needed by other agencies.  It seems that the fingerprints taken there are not used by the Police themselves.  It is a service to the public.

I went to the 6th precinct located at 400 Middle Country Road Selden, NY 11784 phone: 631-854-8600

THE END IS NEAR  

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1777462.html

Quoted from cas

THE END IS NEAR  

http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/story/1777462.html

Wow I can't believe PA would want to slow this revenue source.  Seems like a no-brainer.

Quoted Text

Sheriff Denny Nau said the county processed about 9,900 licenses to carry last year, more than half of them from out of state. Nau said the new system will be nicer and easier, but it will probably mean a huge drop in the number of licenses his office processes and the money that it brings in. At $26 a license, with $20 of that going to the county, processing those out-of-state applications brought in almost $100,000 a year.
“We didn’t start this as a revenue (generator) because we never thought it was going to be like this,” Nau said.

Quoted from glocklife

Wow I can't believe PA would want to slow this revenue source.  Seems like a no-brainer.

The state doesn't care cause the money is for the counties.  Its still worth a little drive.  PA is a nice place to visit.  I would do it.

hell yeah, Id still drive there. To the OP, how does it feel to be able to protect your family and yourself in PA?...lol

got my PA license yesterday 8 days for when I mailed it. next is FLA

I sent in the papers for my PA license this past Thursday, can't wait to see
how long it takes! Thanks to all who posted this info!

What are the requirements for a PA license?

Quoted from Starman

What are the requirements for a PA license?

Not much. I mailed mine in on Monday.

a copy of your NY license, 26.00 check, a PA application and a SASE. It really couldn't be any easier.

Jefe, congrats.  Now you can carry full time in PA.  

I'd have no problem gong to PA to renew....I'd make a nice trip out of it!

Like others here, PA took me less than two weeks to get.

Mailed my paperwork last Monday 3/1, PA license in my hand as we speak 3/8...love line 6 on the license Reason to Carry: Self Defense...kudos to Sheriff Nau on understanding our rights as citizens of the United States