Phil

A little more context. My local PD either couldn't or wouldn't do the background check until they had every other piece of info. It took 3 months for them to receive the mental health info back from the State. After that they completed my background check and sent the application to the court 2 days before Murphy signed the new legislation. The new legislation takes the court out of the process. With this, the AG issued a statement saying the PD's no longer need to send applications to the court and that the courts should complete what they have on hand within 60 days. However, seems the Essex county judge(s) wanted nothing to do with this and roughly 4 weeks later they returned my application to the PD for them to complete without the courts input. In the end my permit was issued by my local PD with no signature from a judge or even a place indicting where the judge should sign as well as no listing of the handgun I qualified with. When I picked up the permit the detective pointed out that no firearms were listed and that the permit was good for any handgun I owned and carried. This whole process is in a state of flux and county by county confusion and, I believe, it will remain that way as the most recent legislation goes thru restraining orders and litigation.

Essex County - Applied 8/29, Issued 1/24. Start to finish - 4 months & 26 days. No restrictions on which handgun can be carried.