Hey all, 1st post but let me get right to it.
I applied for my pistol permit back on June 27th. I currently stand at 18 weeks and counting against the state statute requirement of 8 weeks. I know that my town directly violated two requirements of the state statute: they did not forward my background request on to SPBI until August 3rd (violating 5 business day requirement), they did not notify my in writing as to the cause of the delay when they had not made a decision on the status of my application by week 8.
I have filed a constructive denial appeal with the BFPE (after 12 weeks past) but my hearing date is not until April of next year. Are there any other options at my disposal to render a more near term decision? I want to point out the statute violations to the local PD but all permit inquires are referred to the records department so it just feels like I'd be wasting my breathe with an uninterested party at that point. I'm almost positive that the answer will be that I'm more or less stuck, just frustrated as I don't really want to wait the additional 6-8 weeks that the PD is suggesting it will take.
Also, assuming that I do eventually receive my permit sometime at the end of this year before my appeal date, is there any avenue to report the town's statute violation to perhaps encourage them to change behavior for the next group that applies?
Sorry for the long rant/venting
I applied for my pistol permit back on June 27th. I currently stand at 18 weeks and counting against the state statute requirement of 8 weeks. I know that my town directly violated two requirements of the state statute: they did not forward my background request on to SPBI until August 3rd (violating 5 business day requirement), they did not notify my in writing as to the cause of the delay when they had not made a decision on the status of my application by week 8.
I have filed a constructive denial appeal with the BFPE (after 12 weeks past) but my hearing date is not until April of next year. Are there any other options at my disposal to render a more near term decision? I want to point out the statute violations to the local PD but all permit inquires are referred to the records department so it just feels like I'd be wasting my breathe with an uninterested party at that point. I'm almost positive that the answer will be that I'm more or less stuck, just frustrated as I don't really want to wait the additional 6-8 weeks that the PD is suggesting it will take.
Also, assuming that I do eventually receive my permit sometime at the end of this year before my appeal date, is there any avenue to report the town's statute violation to perhaps encourage them to change behavior for the next group that applies?
Sorry for the long rant/venting
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