Orange County Makes Changes to Pistol Permit Application

Orange County, NY has made some changes to the process of getting a pistol permit. Previously, an applicant had to have tentatively purchased a handgun in order to complete the permitting process.

One of the reasons that this change is occurring, according to a press release, is that some firearm merchants were requiring pistol permit applicants to place large down payments on items, to hold them while the permitting process was being wrapped up. Then, if the process was delayed, the merchant (in some cases) would then charge additional holding fees during the time of the delay. Should a person be denied the pistol permit there were also instances when persons would not be able to get their money back, but only get a store credit. The businesses also spoke up about issues of their inventory being held up during the process, thus holding up their cash flow and sale-able inventory. These changes will go into effect immediately.

Orange County Sheriff DuBois commented,

"This is a common sense approach to the gun permit process. An applicant receives approval for a gun permit and then goes to a merchant to purchase one. I continue to support the right of law abiding citizens to obtain pun permits and I strongly encourage all such gun permit holders to become proficient with the handgun they select by seeking appropriate training."

Here is the entire press release: