Why so long for Colorado CCW?

[jess357]

Years ago before governor Ritter, I decided to get a Utah CCW. At the time they were cheaper than the Colorado permit, and non-resident permits were valid in Colorado. Also, I didn't want to be listed in a criminal database in Colorado. Well Gov Ritter changed all that when he signed his order to not accept non-resident permits because they were not up to "Colorado's standards". Actually I believe that the Utah is more strict as you cannot have had an incident of moral turpitude, where Colorado's does not have that stipulation. My issue is that when I applied for the Utah permit, I had my permit in two weeks. I was told by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office that they would call me back in three months , then take my picture and print the permit. Three months! is there still a high demand for the permits? I get the impression that they want to stall as long as possible before letting a peasant carry a gun around. What do you guys think?

[OgenRwot]

Drove me nuts too. Arizona took me 5 business days. PA non-resident, two weeks. They have 90 days by law and they take full advantage of that. I think they do it as a discouragement in some counties.

[motorep]

90 days is statutory. If they told you two weeks, you'd likely be on the phone bugging them every day. Ted Mink is pro 2A.

[jmg8550]

Weld county told me up to 90 days. They called me back in about a month. I didn't think that was an unnecessary long wait.

[DOC]

Give them an inch and the take a month.

[AirbornePathogen]

When I got mine in May of 07 through El Paso County, it only took about 2 1/2 weeks. Haven't checked with Arapahoe, I'll just renew through El Paso when the time comes.

[SideShow Bob]

When I got mine in May of 07 through El Paso County, it only took about 2 1/2 weeks. Haven't checked with Arapahoe, I'll just renew through El Paso when the time comes.

Arapahoe county uses pretty much every day of the 90. But the renewal wait time, I don't know about so I will make sure to do it at least 90 days before it expires.
I don't think you can renew through El Paso county with an Arapahoe county address.

[Byte Stryke]

as I Understand it "Shall issue" States have 90 days before they must give you an answer.
Either they mis-spoke or you misunderstood that they will notify you within 90 days. Depending on the County, you can get in in a few weeks up to the whole 90 days.

I got mine in about 70-something

[Irving]

Give them an inch and the take a month.

LOLZ

[Beefy]

At least where I work, the couple of people who work on these are swamped and also have multiple other job responsibilities. Everyone makes assumptions as to why they take so long and nobody is really going to know except for those who are doing the work. Just a thought.