There's nothing wrong with applying this way if you feel like taking a passive-aggressive approach to towns that break state law. As much as people keep saying that overthinking NH P&R application process really shouldn't be necessary, as long as people are willing to let the police photocopy their driver's license or insist on phone numbers for references, towns will get away with violating state law until somebody finally takes them to court.
That said, saying "
Depends on the town" should be more like "
Unless you have a record or live in one of three(?) crappy towns, don't worry about it". Even in those crappy towns, 98% of applications are approved, I hear about
maybe one unreasonable denial case a year, usually involving an unsympathetic plaintiff like Derrick J, [thread=228700]
Randall Pratt[/thread] or
James Vittum.