Permit to Purchase time

[xd ED]

The following is my opinion:

Getting a PTP is completely understandable and required before purchasing your first pistol; but I think that sometime within that first year (before it expires), one should get their PTC. Now I think carrying is a good thing, but that's beside the point of my post... my point is that with a PTC one doesn't need to wait for a PTP since a PTC is good for 5 years AND it also acts as a PTP as well. BONUS!!

So, in short, what I'm seeing in thread is reasons why people who already own pistols should get a PTC.

Just an observation.

I agree with your opinion, but perhaps for a different reason. Although the fact that a PTC acts as a 5-year PTP, which is great, I think the better justification for getting a PTC is the training and thought necessary to do so. Regardless of your familiarity with firearms, PTC classes often require a more than cursory review of state laws and requires the practitioner to consider and prepare for having to use the firearm in a defensive situation. For this reason, I think it is valuable regardless of whether you intend to carry the weapon or choose to never carry. The better educated and responsible each gun owner is, the better for all of us.

Absolutely agreed. That is yet another good reason, and there are many.

- Purchasing
- Can carry
- Better training

...just to name a few.

One more reason to get a carry permit:
If they dick around beyond the 30 days, and you get a lawyer, they can be held accountable for your legal fees, I believe. No such protection with a PTP
Personally, I've had good service from SPPD, and excellent service from Ramsey Cty.

[sgruenhagen44]

I am still curious if umnshooter applied at the correct location. It appears from the OP that the application was to Hennepin County for a PTP, but isn't all of Hennepin county urban or city? If so, then a PTP application would have to be made to the chief of police of the city of residence. If all assumptions are correct, hell may freeze over before Hennepin County responds to a PTP application from a city resident.

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I got my PTP through the City of North St. Paul. Not Ramsey County. I actually went there after 10 days cuz I didn't recieve it in the mail and I picked it up then. They must approve them and then wait to mail them out just cuz they can. You should double check who you applied through.

[XDM45]

If they dick around beyond the 30 days, and you get a lawyer, they can be held accountable for your legal fees, I believe. No such protection with a PTP. Personally, I've had good service from SPPD, and excellent service from Ramsey Cty.

True. That's a good reason too.