Delaware County.

From Rick Schumeyer (rschumeyer@ieee.org), March 23, 2001:
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...I just received a letter from Sheriff Chad Kenney of Delaware County
PA granting my carry license. In DE county, you must appear in person
twice - once to fill out the application and once to pick up the license.

The letter states "A License to Carry Firearms may not be issued by
mail, so you must appear personally..."

Also, this sheriff's office apparantly performs thorough background
checks. They even wanted to speak to my supervisor at work!

Finally, when I went up to fill out the application, they demanded home
AND work numbers for the personal references.

On the one hand, this was not as convenient as doing the whole thing
by mail; on the other hand they didn't hassle me and I got the permit
once their investigation was finished.

Oh, it took about two months from the first visit.
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