About 10 yrs. ago they changed the way permits are viewed as far as privileges. It used to be a permit holder could buy a gun and not need a NICS check and take the gun home at time of purchase. A three part form was filled out at time of purchase. The purchaser got a copy, the shop retained a copy, and the PD from the city or town or rural area got a copy. The local PD was supposed to maintain sort of a running monitor thru the state PD on your legal right to have the permit. The local PD was "supposed" to return their copy of the purchase receipt within six weeks. Money to finance this mess was never allocated to the respective depts.. So the whole thing was dropped, and NICS checks are now required. Under the old system a couple of the more liberal cities tried to use the receipts to build a gun owner library, so to speak. That was/is illegal. Although it's not required I'm told by friends on local PD's that they appreciate bring notified of guns on your person or in the car if your stopped.

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