Is there an in person interview on renewals?

[Safetech]

Mrs. Safetech and I just put in our paperwork. This is our first renewal.

Will we have to do interviews again, or is that just on the first go-round?

 

[ericahls]

I didn't.

I didn't even get a call from a Trooper. She sounded like an admin. She asked 3 or 4 questions and that was it.

That was my first renewal by the way.

 

[KH195]

My wife and I both recently renewed for the first time. No interview, no phone calls, nothing. We both received permits in about 2 months mailbox to mailbox.

 

[CypherPunk]

Maryland Handgun Permit Subsequent Renewals.

All supporting paperwork must be submitted again, even if it was previously submitted to the MSP as part of the original application.

Fingerprints must be resubmitted.

Current business license must be (re)submitted. (eg just resubmit articles of incorporation)

3 mos current bank statements (front & back)

3 or more references (they typically won't even be contacted)

I have never heard of a renewal applicant being reinterviewed.

Good luck.

 

[steves1911]

No interview and this go around your permit will be good for 3 years instead of the initial 2 years.

 

[Straightshooter]

Maryland Handgun Permit Subsequent Renewals.

All supporting paperwork must be submitted again, even if it was previously submitted to the MSP as part of the original application.

Fingerprints must be resubmitted.

Current business license must be (re)submitted. (eg just resubmit articles of incorporation)

3 mos current bank statements (front & back)

3 or more references (they typically won't even be contacted)

I have never heard of a renewal applicant being reinterviewed.

Good luck.

Where did you come up with the requirement for 3 mos current bank statements (front and rear)?

Here's what is on the application

Handgun Permit -
Fees required by the Maryland State Police per statute:
Original - $75.00 fee
Subsequent - $50.00 fee
Renewal- $ 50.00 fee
Retired Police - $0 fee - Per statute
Additional documents required per Handgun Permit Category:
1. Owner or Employee of a Business: Submit photocopies of the Traders License or Business License, and if the
purpose of the permit is for:
(a) Making deposits: Photocopies of six (6) random deposit slips for the business showing the deposits within a
year of the application submission date or a letter from the bank attesting that your business has a
monetary flow;
(b) Cash Flow: Photocopies of ten (10) receipts showing purchases for supplies and/or payments received for
services; or
(c) Requesting a permit for one of your employees, or if you are an employee and you have permission from your
employer to obtain a permit: A letter from your employer on the business stationery, explaining in detail
why you need to carry a handgun as part of your duties.
2. Professional Activities: Doctors, pharmacies, etc., must show evidence of legitimacy of business activity and valid
certification or license. Additional requirements may apply.
3. Correctional Officers: Must submit verification of employment and documentation of threats and/or assaults.
4. Former Police Officer: If you have resigned or retired, you must show evidence of your tenure in law enforcement,
such as a letter from your agency, and a letter from your agency indicating you left in good standing. Additional
requirements may apply.
5. Private Detective/Security Guard/Special Police & Railroad Police Commissions: All applicants who are employed as
Private Detectives, Security Guards, Special Police, and Railroad Police, must submit a certification of qualification
with a handgun from a Maryland State Police Certified Handgun Instructor on an MSP form. A copy of the form
letter supporting “good and substantial reasons,” ownership of weapon, and location where the weapon will be
maintained is also required. (This form can be obtained from your employer).
6. Personal Protection: There must be documented evidence of recent threats, robberies, and/or assaults, supported
by official police reports or notarized statements from witnesses

 

[CypherPunk]

Some guy teaches a class on the subject. I might have heard it there.

 

[Straightshooter]

I'm not being cocky, but what I posted came straight from the MSP web site just five minutes before posting. I'm just asking if there has been a change that I haven't heard about.

The requirements listed on application is what I submitted for my initial permit and unless I'm missing something, those requirements haven't changed. Please enlighten me.

 

[CypherPunk]

I'm not being cocky, but what I posted came straight from the MSP web site just five minutes before posting. I'm just asking if there has been a change that I haven't heard about.

The requirements listed on application is what I submitted for my initial permit and unless I'm missing something, those requirements haven't changed. Please enlighten me.

Maryland Handgun Applicants often spend a great deal of unnecessary time & effort trying to impress with the size, or frequency of their deposits, or worry needlessly about the method of payment on their invoices. Criminals, who are mostly stupid and/or high have no way of knowing how much cash, checks or negotiable instruments are in a deposit envelope.

Additionally, financial institutions like BoA will feign having to give birth an Mdeng size baby through their rectum if you ask them to write a letter saying, "<Name>, has one or more accounts with a monetary cash flow".

Through much practice and experience, I have developed multiple techniques to simplify and streamline the process of begging permission to exercise one's inalienable rights.

One of those techniques is to ask for the last three months of bank statements (front and back). We typically obscure the applicants account number with Adobe Acrobat's redaction feature (or a black Sharpie).

It is efficient, easier to implement, and easier to explain to applicants.

Complete disclosure: I was taught this technique by an attorney, who is also an IP on MDS.

 

[Straightshooter]

In other words, its not a requirement but rather is your personal advise to your students. I'm good with that but it'll be a very cold day in hell before I offer up my bank statements.
Hopefully, by the time I apply for renewal in June, I'll simply need to enter "personal defense" as G&S.

 

[CypherPunk]

In other words, its not a requirement but rather is your personal advise to your students. I'm good with that but it'll be a very cold day in hell before I offer up my bank statements.
Hopefully, by the time I apply for renewal in June, I'll simply need to enter "personal defense" as G&S.

A bank statement. Singular & redacted.

 

[Safetech]

1.Owner or employee of a business. You must submit photocopies of the Trader's, Business or Narcotics License or Articles of Incorporation to support Business ownership or as an authorized employee. You must also submit photocopies of six random deposit slips or deposits within a year for the business or a letter from the bank attesting that you have a business account. If you are an employee, you must submit a letter from your employer on the business letter head, verifying your employment and detailing the requirement or desire from the owner that you be armed.

I just submitted letters from our bank. Same as last time.

But I apparently screwed up on something else. I forgot the business license copies.

I'll wait another week or so (so that they have the applications) and send them along with a letter explaining where they go.

 

[Brooklyn]

A bank statement. Singular & redacted.

Be advised that acrobat redaction is, unless it's been revised, cosmetic only.

Once printed it should be fine just don't send a redacted file

 

[daggo66]

I submitted bank statements and was told I needed deposit slips instead. Submitting bank statements will just be a waste of time and won't help you in any way.

 

[Stoveman]

I submitted bank statements and was told I needed deposit slips instead. Submitting bank statements will just be a waste of time and won't help you in any way.

Not sure how you could consider that an accurate statement as there are many examples of both being sufficient on this and other threads.

Problem seems to be no continuity of process within MSP. Sounds like some of us had our forms reviewed and interviews with troopers and others with investigators....

 

[HeatSeeker]

Not sure how you could consider that an accurate statement as there are many examples of both being sufficient on this and other threads.

Problem seems to be no continuity of process within MSP. Sounds like some of us had our forms reviewed and interviews with troopers and others with investigators....

This is a perfect example why I have debated on several different threads why all these codes that are quoted, recited, or copied and pasted really mean nothing in the Maryland Wear and carry permit process. Maryland permits are not issued based on codes they are issued based on the opinion of the MSP.

Nothing could make this more clear than the statment "we will know G&S when we see it".

 

[HeatSeeker]

As for the Op's question....no interview no phone call. I don't think they even contacted my new references.

It almost seems that if you can provide the same info for renewal that you did for the initial 2 years ago and still pass a background check, the renewal is kind of a given. I am guessing a second renewal may be a bit harder to get though.

 

[Safetech]

I am guessing a second renewal may be a bit harder to get though.

Why would that be?

 

[Shemp]

No, just received mine. No contact at all

 

[redeemed.man]

Why would that be?

Personal protection. If the threat is not ongoing or recent they will not renew you. See the Woolard case.