My Concealed Handgun Permit process

day 1: went to sheriffs office
day 1: walked out with CCP 10 minutes later


/alabama

I really need to get off my arse and do this.

Mine was:

Fill out application on Tuscaloosa County sheriffs website.

Click submit.

Answer phone 2 days later that everything was in order and for me to stop by the office to get picture made.

Paid $100 for 5 years. ($20\year)

(Alabama just announced a lifetime for $300. Ill do that as soon as this one expires next year)

Mine

Took Renewal class 12-16-20 and submitted online same day.

I didn’t hear anything by 2-1-21 so I emailed LSP. I received an acceptance email a few hours later with payment link. Paid and received mine in the mail 10 days later.

Anyone doing a renewal that is over 30 days email them.

I’m 2 weeks in.....nothing yet

In Texas.

Hell, move here to Tennessee. Just passed a law to allow no-permit gun carrying. Will allow most adults 21 and older to carry handguns without first clearing a background check and training. Effective July 1st.

All those classes and training. Damn. Guess I'll still keep it up for reciprocity states.

LINK

I let mine lapse a few years ago (by like a month, just sloppy on my part). It got me into a nightmare scenario where they thought I was someone with a similar name who had like 12 felonies. These idiots became convinced that a guy with a different middle name in a different county was me, in part because the GBI just dumped a bunch of generic name records on them despite having submitted my fingerprints.

This is in Fulton County, which obviously could not give a shite about you trying to get a permit on an administrative level (pretty hostile but they can't do much other than make it difficult). Thankfully I happen to practice regularly before the court who handles the permit appeals, so I ended up getting it reversed (after about 3 months of bouncing between agencies) and got a mea culpa letter from a judge apologizing and confirming it was their mistake for any future difficulties/confusion.

But even in an easy permit state like GA, it just goes to show you that they can and will obstruct through intent or incompetence. But for me being a lawyer with a lot of contacts in that Court and knowing how the appeals for denial worked (and having the credibility to threaten to make it a hassle for them) - I would have been at a dead end for a while. At minimum someone would have had to spend a ton of time or hire counsel to get it resolved.

Took a course early summer 2020.
Mailed in paperwork/ fingerprint card in June.
Received notice in late September that finger print card was invalid.
Went to BR State Trooper in mid October for electronic scan (spent three hours here).
Received carry conceal late November.