I live in NY too (orange county)...its probably been at least 6 months since i first started the process for getting my pistol permit, and about 4 since I handed everything in and went in for the interview with a detective. good luck.
fucking garbage
im hopin they go easy on me since i work as an AO in pa, but the ny version of going easy is taking 4 months -_-
do you really have to interview with a dt? i figured they just got all your info and shit and you just wrote your reasoning and shit on paper. any tips for picking people to be witnesses or w/e?
Yea I had to do an interview, and I think I might still have to speak to a judge or something. Your county may be different though.
When i first went in to get the fingerprinted, the cop told me i could literally stop people leaving the jail/sheriffs building and have them be my character witnesses. The trick is, they need to sign the shit and it needs to be notarized. I sorta cheated and had people i "know" at the bank be my witnesses since they also notarize shit at the bank lol. It helps that my wife works there too. For the "reasoning" the guy who i took the class with basically said to write "I request an unrestricted permit for use while hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, target shooting,
and other lawful purposes"
The stink of it is that they want you to put a deposit on a gun beforehand. I figured i didnt want to make silly payments on a gun and piss off the store, so i paid in full right away. Now i "own" a gun but cant use it since it sits locked in the stores gun safe.