Damn. I didn’t know it was that thorough. Maybe it’s different in Colorado, or maybe he recieved treatment out of state and it never made it back to law enforcement.
Perhaps it is different in other states. I can only speak from personal experience. I had to make an appointment just to fill out the paperwork.
Unfortunately I was about five minutes late due to a traffic accident blocking my route. Even though I was the only one applying for a permit that afternoon I had to make another appointment. Two weeks later I made my appearance on time. It took all of twenty minutes to fill out the paperwork and get fingerprinted. Had to fill out permission for every mental hospital and clinic in the area to release any records they might have on me.
I think it was almost three months later when they notified me my license was ready. Good for five years but they will not notify you when it is about to expire. My CCW instructor told me I needed to start the process at least three months before the license expires. I hesitate to think what the process is if it should expire.