How Long Did Your HQL Approval Take?

baltoed · Dec 19, 2016

completed 11/15

so today its 34 days in *pending*. And I assume that even after that I will be waiting for the card to ship..yes..frustrating watching all the Xmas specials go by me.

Ed

gooder · Dec 19, 2016

baltoed said:
completed 11/15

so today its 34 days in *pending*. And I assume that even after that I will be waiting for the card to ship..yes..frustrating watching all the Xmas specials go by me.

Ed

Some shops will let you to purchase (at least the ones I've been to) if you don't have your HQL yet. You just can't fill out any paper work. I purchased my g19 gen4 over a month before I had my HQL just to take advantage of the sale. Check with you LGS or whoever you're looking at to see.

tttongli · Dec 19, 2016

23 days

baltoed · Dec 19, 2016

gooder said:
Some shops will let you to purchase (at least the ones I've been to) if you don't have your HQL yet. You just can't fill out any paper work. I purchased my g19 gen4 over a month before I had my HQL just to take advantage of the sale. Check with you LGS or whoever you're looking at to see.

hmm just to be clear..do you mean you put it on layaway or something other than *purchase? I cant think of how the paperwork would go with say a credit card payment prior to the day your approved..or maybe Im just old fashion stupid?..

Maybe a lay away or something as such might do the trick and nothing beats a failure like a try..thanks for the thought

Ed

gooder · Dec 19, 2016

Ed - pm'd you.

Dragonchef · Dec 20, 2016

NICS, CJIS and Secondary Review - all Incomplete.

Anyone know what this means?

lonzo · Dec 20, 2016

You can technically buy a handgun, but you wouldn't be able to pick it till you get that HQL, or moved out of Maryland. I brought my first handgun in Delaware and had it shipped to Maryland, and then waited till I got my HQL and picked it up...stupid Maryland...I still dont understand how this is legal..you wait 30+ days for a license to buy a gun, but then you must wait 7 days..dont give me the bs that its to make sure you have "proper training"....nanny state.../rant over

Blacksmith101 · Dec 20, 2016

lonzo said:
You can technically buy a handgun, but you wouldn't be able to pick it till you get that HQL, or moved out of Maryland. I brought my first handgun in Delaware and had it shipped to Maryland, and then waited till I got my HQL and picked it up...stupid Maryland...I still dont understand how this is legal..you wait 30+ days for a license to buy a gun, but then you must wait 7 days..dont give me the bs that its to make sure you have "proper training"....nanny state.../rant over

You had to wait the 7 days even before the HQL law passed so in order to infringe on our civil rights the most they could they just added them together. The 7 days was explained as both time for the MSP to conduct a background check or time for a "cooling off" period so you didn't get mad buy a gun and go shoot someone. Neither explanation holds water because if 7 days is enough time for a background check why does the HQL need 30 days; the feds do it while on the phone. The cooling off period won't float because you still have to wait 7 days even if you already own a gun. :mad54:

Biggie313 · Dec 21, 2016

After 7 days I only have the DHMH completed.

bigred · Dec 21, 2016

Biggie313 said:
After 7 days I only have the DHMH completed.

I'm the same as you, let's see if we are completed and receive it at the same time.

plinkerton · Dec 21, 2016

Meter just started running

Steyr40 · Dec 21, 2016

Biggie313 said:
After 7 days I only have the DHMH completed.

I called a few days ago to make sure my training certificate was properly attached to my app and was told that, after the fee, the DHMH was always the first thing to be completed within a few days of recieving the app. When I asked how long the process normally takes I was told, "We have 30 days to complete." which I took to mean As Long As Possible.

Biggie313 · Dec 30, 2016

17 days in and still only the DHMH - Department of Health and Mental Hygiene check completed...

Steyr40 · Dec 30, 2016

Application/Fee 12/5, DHMH 12/10, Lots of activity 12/28, Active 12/30. Total 25 Days. Now the wait for the card begins.

Blacksmith101 · Dec 30, 2016

Steyr40 said:
Application/Fee 12/5, DHMH 12/10, Lots of activity 12/28, Active 12/30. Total 25 Days. Now the wait for the card begins.

Went active on 12/30 will be one of the last issued this year. We could use the number you get assigned except for the last two digits if you would be willing to share it for use in our ongoing tracking of how many HQL's are issued. See this thread for details:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=177968&page=5

When you get your card either send me a PM or post the number with the last two numbers XX.

frombaltimore · Jan 2, 2017

application/fee 12/5, active 12/30

HQL-2016-0279XX

Blacksmith101 · Jan 3, 2017

frombaltimore said:
application/fee 12/5, active 12/30

HQL-2016-0279XX

Thank you frombaltimore I will work on updating the numbers and post the end of year stats in a day or so.

And welcome to MDS Forum you might want to drop in the Introduction Section and tell us a little about yourself.

srrc · Jan 3, 2017

12/7 Submitted

NICS, METERS, Secondary review incomplete...
Anyone knows if this is bad for HQL application or not?
thanks in advance for any suggestion.

Blacksmith101 · Jan 3, 2017

Thanks to new member frombaltimore we have some data.

In 2016 the MSP issued approximately 27,900 new HQL's which is a new record yearly total which resulted in a new record of 77 issued per day. Personally I believe each HQL also represents at least one handgun purchase because no one would go through the expense and hassles without buying one.

The complete analysis and totals since the inception of the law can be found in this thread:
How many HQLs are active in MD?
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=177968

glimo · Jan 3, 2017

Nov 15 fingerprint

Still pending...

So far 46 days

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