Firearms Permits in Mississippi

[michaelknight]

You may obtain a "firearms permit" by applying at the major Mississippi Safety Patrol stations throughout Misssissippi. You must be 21, not a drug user, not a wife beater, etc. Anyway, a permit costs $100 plus a $32 fingerprinting fee.
The permit is good for 4 years and is also accepted in Alabama,Alaska,Colorado, Florida,Georgia,Kentucky,Louisiana,Michigan,Montan a,New Hampshire,North Carolina,Oklahoma,Tennessee,Texas,South Dakota,Utah,Washington and Wyoming. It allows for concealed carry of pistol or revolver (really, I guess you could carry both). I found it to be an excellent setup but you do have to wait 4 months for the permit to arrive in the mail. P.S. You do not have to wait for a background check when buying a handgun. You can leave with the handgun at the time you buy it if you present your permit....

[PascalFleischman]

That is all correct. A few guys I know said the maximum wait for a permit is 12 weeks, but I could be wrong. It took them every bit of that, though, to get theirs. However, there are specific locations you have to go (not necessarily "locations throughout"). For example, North Mississipians must to to Batesville. There is no classroom requirement, although it's highly reccommended. Plus, MS has a Castle Doctrine...a major plus.

[Chuck-Baby]

Most of the two above posts is correct. I applied for one in New Albany, the local highway patrol office in northeastern Mississippi, on the 3rd of October and I received my permit on February 2nd. That is four months less one day. The main reason I think was that the 3rd would have been on a Sunday. With the office in New Albany and the one in Batesville, there are two in northern Mississippi. Renewal requires another trip to the highway patrol office because another set of fingerprints is required since the FBI does not accept a set of fingerprints older than 6 months. When I checked the "official" website for such, the price was not correct. The price of a set of fingerprints went up since the website was updated. For more information, go to http://www.dps.state.ms.us/ and click on Firearm Permit Unit, then on Individual Permit. I also bought a new pistol at a gunshow in Tupelo before my permit arrived and the vender made a phone call and within a few minutes, the gun was mine to walk out the door with. He even told me that if I had a permit it would have taken a little longer and I would have had to fill out one or two more lines on the "form".