Just Applied For My North Carolina Concealed Handgun Permit

[BC1]

I'm in Buncombe county, I applied in January, counted down 90 days +. Got tired of waiting and on April 12th I called about it. The lady said "oh yea, it's ready come on and pick it up". The renewel date on it is Feb 28th, that's how long it sat up there. If I hadn't called I'd still be waiting.

Renewal? What's up with that? So it's not really a shall issue state if they can refuse the renewal. If they aren't allowed to refuse it then why isn't the permit issued for life? I'm confused. NYS permits are issued for life.

[nightster]

34 days and its here woohoo

[NCGunDude]

Renewal? What's up with that? So it's not really a shall issue state if they can refuse the renewal. If they aren't allowed to refuse it then why isn't the permit issued for life? I'm confused. NYS permits are issued for life.

I'm not sure why the renewal requirement, except it's most likely a revenue source for the various counties. I don't have the numbers, but I'm sure it's a significant amount of revenue.

You're right on about the NRA classes and taking all available safety precautions, well said.

[TooCalm]

Be careful about going past 90 days. The state can make you reapply, repay all the fees and go through the waiting period once again. They did it to me. I already had a ccw from Utah so I told the man at the sheriffs dept. No Thank you and left.

[g27gen4]

I went on 8-23 to do my finger printing and paperwork with the sheriff. Anyone know the average time in Rowan county.

[kd8x]

I applied for CCWP on Nov 30, 2011 and just got called to pick it up on Jan 10, 2012 so if my math is right that is 41 days for Cabarrus County to get the permit....

[radartech]

Ok.. This is so weird.. I applied for my permit on the 12th or 13th (I have not looked back at the paperwork)... and there were a couple strange calls on my cell last week.. so I finally had time to call them back.. yep it was the Sheriff's office... Permit was in.. went to get it and he renewal date was Dec 16, 2016... Now explain this to me... If I dropped it off on the 12th.. or 13th of December.. and it was issued with a renewal date of the 16th.. does that mean it got issues in 3 or 4 days from the application or that is just the date it was submitted?

Or was this just fast???

[jg1967]

Sounds like you got lucky! ;-)

[KirkS]

I'm in a rural county, but I understand only about 10% of the residents have the conceal carry permit.

I expected the number to be higher. It would be interesting to see some statistics for all of NC.

[ajr2820]

Applied 2/8/12...and the countdown begins for Guilford County.