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CCW Methods & Issues => General CCW Discussion => Topic started by: SturmRugerSR9 on October 05, 2019, 01:11:44 PM

Title: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: SturmRugerSR9 on October 05, 2019, 01:11:44 PM
Does anybody have any info on the possibility of being able to once again being able to get a PA. non-resident CC permit in Lancaster again if the current sheriff is replaced? I understand there is a lot of turmoil in the office under Sheriff Chris Leppler and the retention rate of employees is down 42%, including 3 administrative staff in the sheriffs office where permits are obtained.
Leppler is the one that needs to go and be replaced with some one that will reinstitute the non-resident Pa. permit again.

What say all?
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: seniorgeek on October 05, 2019, 10:10:25 PM
I called last week because I was going to PA and want to renew my CCW but the lady in the office was very polite but told me the current sheriff was not issuing non-resident permits,
so I went to the airport in Reading and got my permit renewed in less than 20 minutes and returned to (lower slower) DE.

If you need a PA permit, make the trip to Reading.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: lynch on October 06, 2019, 09:26:04 AM
I called last week because I was going to PA and want to renew my CCW but the lady in the office was very polite but told me the current sheriff was not issuing non-resident permits,
so I went to the airport in Reading and got my permit renewed in less than 20 minutes and returned to (lower slower) DE.

If you need a PA permit, make the trip to Reading.

Yep. That's what I did. Figured in 5 years maybe the Lancaster office will return to issuing non-res permits.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: SturmRugerSR9 on October 07, 2019, 03:06:35 PM
Anybody know when Leppler's term will be up? He needs to go.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: CorBon on October 08, 2019, 01:07:59 AM
I called last week because I was going to PA and want to renew my CCW but the lady in the office was very polite but told me the current sheriff was not issuing non-resident permits,
so I went to the airport in Reading and got my permit renewed in less than 20 minutes and returned to (lower slower) DE.

If you need a PA permit, make the trip to Reading.

Yep. That's what I did. Figured in 5 years maybe the Lancaster office will return to issuing non-res permits.

York works, too.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Clarence on October 08, 2019, 10:00:45 AM
I called last week because I was going to PA and want to renew my CCW but the lady in the office was very polite but told me the current sheriff was not issuing non-resident permits,
so I went to the airport in Reading and got my permit renewed in less than 20 minutes and returned to (lower slower) DE.

If you need a PA permit, make the trip to Reading.

Yep. That's what I did. Figured in 5 years maybe the Lancaster office will return to issuing non-res permits.

York works, too.

Good to know.  York was requiring you to have business dealings in county and not issuing same day.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Just Bill on October 08, 2019, 11:24:52 AM
I have always had good luck in Media, but it may take 2 trips.  Parking is the pits!!!
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: SturmRugerSR9 on October 08, 2019, 01:50:48 PM
Hopefully the term of Sheriff Chris Leppler ( the same Sheriff that did away with issuing non-resident CC permits) won't last long. Since he took over the Lancaster Sheriff's Office, it has been steadily going down hill. Read the article below:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/staffing-shortages-and-low-morale-in-sheriff-s-office-leading/article_e7f0a56a-c3c7-11e9-8ee3-17bba9a04fc3.html
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Cbmarine on October 09, 2019, 02:46:38 AM
I have always had good luck in Media, but it may take 2 trips.  Parking is the pits!!!
yes, two trips. Parking tough.  On second trip to pick up license, you can jump to the head of the line and the clerk will give you your permit.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Radnor on October 09, 2019, 11:40:02 AM
Or the Reading Airport...  Lots of parking. 1 trip. 20 minutes.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Packing_Nine on October 09, 2019, 01:08:11 PM
Or the Reading Airport...  Lots of parking. 1 trip. 20 minutes.

Thanks for the tip. I'll keep that in mind. I last applied in Lancaster, but I believe I am due next year. I'm not hopeful that things will change before then.

Reading is only an extra 15 minutes away for me. Is there anything special to keep in mind when renewing a PA LTCF? I assume I just appear with my completed (but unsigned) SP 4-127, photocopies of my DE permit and drivers license, and a $20 bill? Do they care that I applied in one county five years ago, but a different county the next time?


Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Cbmarine on October 10, 2019, 02:26:05 AM
... Do they care that I applied in one county five years ago, but a different county the next time?
Media had me to give them the Lancaster LTCF when I received the Media LTCF.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: lynch on October 10, 2019, 08:53:34 AM
... Do they care that I applied in one county five years ago, but a different county the next time?
Media had me to give them the Lancaster LTCF when I received the Media LTCF.
At Reading airport they gave me back my expired permit. 20 minutes sound about right. I was the only person there.
Title: Re: PA. Non-Resident CC Permits
Post by: Radnor on October 10, 2019, 12:14:25 PM
Or the Reading Airport...  Lots of parking. 1 trip. 20 minutes.
... Is there anything special to keep in mind when renewing a PA LTCF? ...
The only other thing I would do is call them BEFORE you leave.  The day I renewed mine there PICS (background check system)
was down in the morning.  But it came up about 1.5 hours before I arrived so I was ok.