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In Michigan there are two ways.
With a CHL the buyer can pick up the handgun in one trip & needs only to take it to their local PD for "safety inspection"(registration.)
For those of us without a CHL it's a bit more involved.
My example:
I have to take the first of three trips to my local police dept records unit.The first thing is a payment of $5/permit application.(One permit=$5.Twenty permits=$100)Then I fill out a form w/the usual name,address,phone #,aliases,SS#,& the number of handguns registered.Then a 20 question true/false "basic pistol safety"questionaire.The nice thing(?)is that only one set of paperwork is required no matter how many permits you're after.Then I give my rh thumbprint & leave w/just a receipt & a phone number w/the admonition to call back within 7-10 business days. Now the local law says 3-5 days but they are NEVER ready within 5 days.Always excuses like "the girl who does the permits is on vacation"& etc.
After waiting my two weeks I can then go back to the PD to pick up my permit.It is good for ten days-not ten business days-10 days.The actual permit is three copies of the same info.The dealer has to fill out the permit w/stuff like serial number,caliber,barrel length,& his(the dealers)shop address.He keeps a copy.
The final trip back to the PD I take the trigger locked gun to the desk officer.The officer has to confirm the ser.number so that they can initial the permit.Then I take the permit only back to the records dept so that the gun can be registered.They confirm the dealers entered info &,really irritatingly,double check the barrel length.The guns box may say 10.5 inches but the clerk might enter just ten."I don't think that it looks like 10.5 in".sigh.
I did have some fun with the clerk when I brought in my first Dan Wesson.hehehe.I took the barrel off & just turned in the frame.She didn't get the joke.hehehe
well,that's it.That is what a Michigander in my town has to go through to get a handgun.Some PDs have instant check requiring only two visits but not mine.
Sooooo,what's it like where you live?
With a CHL the buyer can pick up the handgun in one trip & needs only to take it to their local PD for "safety inspection"(registration.)
For those of us without a CHL it's a bit more involved.
My example:
I have to take the first of three trips to my local police dept records unit.The first thing is a payment of $5/permit application.(One permit=$5.Twenty permits=$100)Then I fill out a form w/the usual name,address,phone #,aliases,SS#,& the number of handguns registered.Then a 20 question true/false "basic pistol safety"questionaire.The nice thing(?)is that only one set of paperwork is required no matter how many permits you're after.Then I give my rh thumbprint & leave w/just a receipt & a phone number w/the admonition to call back within 7-10 business days. Now the local law says 3-5 days but they are NEVER ready within 5 days.Always excuses like "the girl who does the permits is on vacation"& etc.
After waiting my two weeks I can then go back to the PD to pick up my permit.It is good for ten days-not ten business days-10 days.The actual permit is three copies of the same info.The dealer has to fill out the permit w/stuff like serial number,caliber,barrel length,& his(the dealers)shop address.He keeps a copy.
The final trip back to the PD I take the trigger locked gun to the desk officer.The officer has to confirm the ser.number so that they can initial the permit.Then I take the permit only back to the records dept so that the gun can be registered.They confirm the dealers entered info &,really irritatingly,double check the barrel length.The guns box may say 10.5 inches but the clerk might enter just ten."I don't think that it looks like 10.5 in".sigh.
I did have some fun with the clerk when I brought in my first Dan Wesson.hehehe.I took the barrel off & just turned in the frame.She didn't get the joke.hehehe
well,that's it.That is what a Michigander in my town has to go through to get a handgun.Some PDs have instant check requiring only two visits but not mine.
Sooooo,what's it like where you live?
