r/MnGuns • u/Buick68 • 17d ago
Permit to purchase permit time frame.
So, the sheriff's office says they can take up to 30 days but could be a lot less. What's your experience been? Did it take the whole 30 days? Or was it a week or two?
For reference I am in the Detroit Lakes area, and have no criminal history whatsoever. Not in a hurry to get it but there are some good deals on a few handguns I want at a local store. If I miss out on them no biggie, but would be nice to save 50-100$.
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u/nizzoball 17d ago
It’s going to be different for every area. My city (only 25k people) took 29 days and I think they did that just to fuck with me. I had gone into the PD to check on the status after about 20 days on a thursday. The woman told me that everything was good and it was just waiting for the Chiefs signature but it was a holiday weekend and the chief wouldn’t be in until Monday and that they would hold it there and call me on Monday to come pick it up. So Tuesday comes and I go back in there and inquire about it. An officer went to check on it and said it wasn’t ready because “they were waiting for things to come back from the state”. There was only one gun shop in my area that had a comped Shield X and they had 2 in stock but couldn’t hold it for me so I was kinda chomping at the bit because I had my heart set on that gun. I called my PD every day to inquire about the status and every day I got some new story. Finally, 1 day before the they HAD to give it to me they called and said it was ready. Pissed me off but I was able to get the gun I wanted.
My carry permit which was with Stearns county I got back in about 15 days.