How long did your LTC-A take in your town???

joshk1025 said:
Check here, there is a lawsuit going on right now for your situation. http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=273792
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Thanks appreciated. Just did a read of MA laws, and new changes as well. Confusing. I will wait till the 40 days are up, then go from there. Funny (but not really), the law is clear-within 7 days of application completed fingerprints to be sent off. Well I got printed 30 days after. So much for that. 40 days for answer deny or approve. Anyone want to bet on that? It makes me a little hesitant to think about suing the town/police. On the other hand, laws are there to be followed, most of all by uh police.

If I could pick and choose a few laws to ignore without penalty, flagrantly with police aware, got as couple in mind lol :). /sarcasm

<note to self-time to donate some money one way or other of my decision, to comm2a.org they are awesome after doing some reading>
 
Wellfleet update: Approaching 40 days now just 2 off, called MA licensing number yester, still in review at Police station not submitted. No CoP interview scheduled. Suing the police has me concerned, but being treated like a criminal, and knowing the police have broken 3 MGL laws is annoying (no receipt, no 7 day fingerprint, no 40 day yes or no). Being told 3-4 months, and LTC-A Target and Hunting by the officer whom fingerprinted me, and then he told me I am legal to CCW with Target and Hunting restrictions??!!

I don't see anyone taking a town to task over the 40 day topic...just ALP restricted suits 2 of them by Comm2A.

Think am going to wait a little longer, I contacted Comm2A, no response. I also donated 50 bucks to them :). Not sure next step....hate the idea of suing my local PD in a small town.
 
joshcape71 said:
Wellfleet update: Approaching 40 days now just 2 off, called MA licensing number yester, still in review at Police station not submitted. No CoP interview scheduled. Suing the police has me concerned, but being treated like a criminal, and knowing the police have broken 3 MGL laws is annoying (no receipt, no 7 day fingerprint, no 40 day yes or no). Being told 3-4 months, and LTC-A Target and Hunting by the officer whom fingerprinted me, and then he told me I am legal to CCW with Target and Hunting restrictions??!!

I don't see anyone taking a town to task over the 40 day topic...just ALP restricted suits 2 of them by Comm2A.

Think am going to wait a little longer, I contacted Comm2A, no response. I also donated 50 bucks to them :). Not sure next step....hate the idea of suing my local PD in a small town.
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Your contact is in the queue. We are an all volunteer operation on this front and so some things sit there to ripen a little (especially 40 day issues when you are only on day 30...[grin]). If you decide you want to file a suit, please send another note in stating that. Brent is dying to beat on a PD on this issue.
 
terraformer said:
Your contact is in the queue. We are an all volunteer operation on this front and so some things sit there to ripen a little (especially 40 day issues when you are only on day 30...[grin]). If you decide you want to file a suit, please send another note in stating that. Brent is dying to beat on a PD on this issue.
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Open question (in my mind) is the 7 day fingerprint and 40 day yes/no per MGL, calendar days or M-F business days? If its 40 calendar days, I submitted evening of 1/8, so 1/9 + 40 is today. If its 2 months based on 40 days M-F then I have to percolate a bit more.

I thought about this some more-I believe based on the firearm officer conversation, that I will end up in court anyhow very likely. I would be willing to go forward with a court action on the 40 day topic. I have a clean CORI, and have a copy of my application, and think would be a good case. Anyways whatever happens thanks again for doing what you do. Even if not deciding to assist me, I appreciate the work in MA (and donated already without any license)!
 
Applied 12/27/2014 application and fingerprint. Activated on Jan 30. 2014 by the state and now just getting it as of 2/19/2015. The state started to refused giving me an answer of why it was activated on Jan 30 and took 19 days to mail off.. Quincy, MA
 
usnguyenaf said:
Applied 12/27/2014 application and fingerprint. Activated on Jan 30. 2014 by the state and now just getting it as of 2/19/2015. The state started to refused giving me an answer of why it was activated on Jan 30 and took 19 days to mail off.. Quincy, MA
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The state refused to give you an answer. Yeah sounds about right.. ****ing pukes
 
Applied 1/5/15 (fingerprints, forms, pictures). Picked up 2/20/15. It appears to have been activated on 2/2. The license was delayed slightly due to printing, at least that's what I found out when I called the FRB. Total time: 46 days...Chicopee, MA
 
Worcester: I applied for my appointment ia April 2014. Was given a date of late October. After lots of callinfand being in the mail for two weeks, I picked up in early December.

Long but got done.
 
Wellfleet - 57 days as of today and counting from 1/9. In review at police Station per MA hotline. So much for receipt, 7 day fingerprint, and 40 day yes/no per MGL. That's 3 laws broken. I'd like to get my choice of 3 MGL laws can break without consequence.
 
Non resident so a little different
applied in sept 2014, interview dec 11, received feb 27 2015
with no restrictions
Half of the info I have received from "people in the know" was crap.
from no one no matter what your background qualifies for no restrictions the first time, to MA wants a list of all your firearms and pet names. It is still a bunch of BS compared to NH(apply every year and 100 dollars) We should do the same to MA folks applying in NH, (I am kidding)
 
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I am in Melrose, and I gave mine to the PD on 3/18, so hopefully like some of the other posts I have read about melrose, I can go in next Tuesday for pictures. Then more waiting until I can get my license. Hopefully, I don't get restrictions though, since I put my reason as recreational. [hmmm]
 
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Stow

Applied 1/23/15
Fingerprints 1/26/15
Called FRB 3/20/15 and my LTC is "activated" but not printed and sent to the local PD
Called FRB 3/25/15 (It's been 2 months, couldn't wait a full week) and it's shipped and I should "ask my PD about it next week". Guess I'm not going shooting this week...

Luckily my PD (or at least the officer doing my fingerprints / paperwork) were very pro LTC, so once it gets there I shouldn't have trouble. I did make the mistake of only looking at the first couple pages of this thread before applying so I thought the process was going to be a month tops (which was true in 2009 and not the case now...)

On the plus side I did do a one on one lesson at MFS because I really wanted some trigger time, and they totally understood. Tried out a half dozen guns and found out which ones work best and which ones I don't like (man those M&Ps shot like shit!)
 
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I just got post card reminder from Chelsea stating that my FID was expiring soon (Sept 2015) and I should reapply as soon as possible stating an increase in applications. This is 5 months from now!
 
1/13/15: interviewed for my renewal (told me 4-6 weeks)
1/15/15: check was cashed
3/3/15: called FRB to check status, says it was activated on 2/3/15
3/3/15: emailed licensing officer to check status at local PD, says he has not received it yet from FRB but will call me hen it comes in.
4/6/15: still waiting? 90 day grace period coming up in a few weeks!
 

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