rperyam
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California is every two years, a four hour class, recertify with your guns (you can have four listed in Butte County) and about a week's wait from your Sheriffs department.
My wife and I had the "standard" Idaho CCW licenses for years before the "enhanced" versions became available. Then, when Idaho went to "no license required" for concealed carry, we waited until our "standard" versions expired, and then took the class to get our "enhanced" Idaho CCW licenses.Here in Idaho, no CCW license is required to carry a concealed firearm. We also have a standard concealed weapons permit that requires fingerprints and a background check, and an enhanced license that requires the background check and about 8 hours of training.
Are you referring to Cuyahoga County? Other counties are much quicker. My last renewal in Lake County took 15 minutes and I walked out with my renewed license in my wallet. Well worth the drive to Painesville from North Olmsted.Here in Ohio they call it a CHL (Concealed Handgun License). They are issued by the Sherriff's Department by county. Last I heard they require a 12 hour course of instruction reduced from 16 hours. Once you take the course the current wait is 6 months to get in for the interview followed by weeks to get the license. Of course COVID and demand is to blame. Just maybe if law enforcement were allowed to do their jobs people would not want to have to take their own protection into their own hands. There is a strong push for constitutional carry which should pass. The current governor has no problem signing it into law. Till then for new applicants it's a train wreck.
Ron
same here in WI. renew every 5years. Did everything online had new permit in less than 2 weeks.
Me too. And having a LTC makes it easier to buy firearms here.Texas has gone constitutional carry, but I renewed my LTC anyway to maintain interstate reciprocity. Did it online. New license showed up a few days later.
Exactly. Should have mentioned that.Me too. And having a LTC makes it easier to buy firearms here.
Your county must be pretty busy? After reading your post, I went to Wood County's site. My wife and I license renewal isn't due until September. I thought if 6 months was the backlog, we'd better set up an appointment. Nope, Wood County is only setting up appointments 2 months out. And a random date checks showed many open slots.Here in Ohio they call it a CHL (Concealed Handgun License). They are issued by the Sherriff's Department by county. Last I heard they require a 12 hour course of instruction reduced from 16 hours. Once you take the course the current wait is 6 months to get in for the interview followed by weeks to get the license. Of course COVID and demand is to blame. Just maybe if law enforcement were allowed to do their jobs people would not want to have to take their own protection into their own hands. There is a strong push for constitutional carry which should pass. The current governor has no problem signing it into law. Till then for new applicants it's a train wreck.
Ron
Must provide proof of completion of the required CCW training course (the minimum hours requirements for a firearms competency certification course is 8 hours which includes two hours of in-person training that consists of range time and live-fire training, and allows for a combination of in person and online training). You will be required to sign an affidavit attesting to this completion when you make application.
Good point and as you know, here in Ohio (I was addressing new issue permits) you can register to see the sheriff in your own county or an adjacent county. I happen to be in Cleveland, Ohio so new permits can be interviewed for in Cuyahoga or any adjacent county. As o0f six months ago the wait up here to get in for the sheriff was six months including adjacent counties. The last I looked into it for a friend who did the CHL class it was six months. Even at that I see two months as too long for a right people should have had in the first place. I can walk into my local gun store, buy a gun, have my BCI check completed and walk out in 15 minutes. This should not be a delayed process and I do not want to hear about COVID excuses.Your county must be pretty busy? After reading your post, I went to Wood County's site. My wife and I license renewal isn't due until September. I thought if 6 months was the backlog, we'd better set up an appointment. Nope, Wood County is only setting up appointments 2 months out. And a random date checks showed many open slots.
I guess now they only require a minimum of 8 hrs. training.
You're welcome!Good point and as you know, here in Ohio (I was addressing new issue permits) you can register to see the sheriff in your own county or an adjacent county. I happen to be in Cleveland, Ohio so new permits can be interviewed for in Cuyahoga or any adjacent county. As o0f six months ago the wait up here to get in for the sheriff was six months including adjacent counties. The last I looked into it for a friend who did the CHL class it was six months. Even at that I see two months as too long for a right people should have had in the first place. I can walk into my local gun store, buy a gun, have my BCI check completed and walk out in 15 minutes. This should not be a delayed process and I do not want to hear about COVID excuses.
Also, thank you as yes, it appears the courses are now 8.0 hours including proficiency in live fire. What I found strange is looking at the course material seems to focus on proficiency skills rather than the laws. Years ago the emphasis was on learning the laws.
Ron
Same here. To me, it doesn't make sense not to renew your LTC.Texas has gone constitutional carry, but I renewed my LTC anyway to maintain interstate reciprocity. Did it online. New license showed up a few days later.
Absolutely! It's one thing to stop giving out new ones, but to cancel existing "lifetime" deals is just fraud, IMO.If you really want to get on my nerves, turn something I got as a "lifetime" (no expiration date) guarantee into "now you gotta pay a price" deal.
And that's for anything.
Ours in Texas look just like our drivers license.I live in Dinwiddie County now despite my credentials under my username.
I had to renew right in the middle of the height of the scamdemic. I waited longer than planned, I had originally planned to do the mail in deal, but because of my procrastination I had to go the courthouse just a couple weeks shy of my expiration.
I walked straight into the courthouse with no mask (I've not wore one anywhere the whe time) and did what I needed to do. No one said anything to me and there were many other employees without face diapers.
Anyhow less than week later I had my renewal in the mail. AND, to my surprise it wasn't the paper I had been so accustomed to, it was a hard copy just like a DL, sans photo.
Me too. And having a LTC makes it easier to buy firearms here.
OK but leaving me a little confused. So when it comes to carrying a concealed handgun what id the difference between a base license and an enhanced permit?But it is an extra step and expense compared to many other states in this thread. I'm not sure if the shooting parts is required for the base level renewal. The shooting requirements for the enhanced license were much more rigid than for the base permit.