Posted on 11/06/2007 6:51:01 AM PST by pabianice
In a letter from Governor Patrick’s Administration dated October 29, 2007, legal counsel Gregory Massing attempted to give explanations as to what was taking place with the license application processing. As GOAL members are aware, we have been sending license renewal complaints from our members directly to the Governor in an attempt to get some action on the matter.
In the letter Mr. Gregory stated that license application numbers in 2007 have increased over 80% since last year. He further stated that the average processing time at the state level was 5 days.
In a more disturbing example Mr. Gregory stated that of the applications being processed in a four day period “…only 48 (2.5%) were outside the 40-day statutory timeframe…” While that may be a fairly small number it works out to be well over 4,000 applications per year that are not being processed according to state law. This leaves a very large number of lawful gun owners vulnerable to the very unforgiving laws they are required to adhere to.
The letter from the administration ends by laying the blame at the feet of local licensing authorities. “CHSB is handling its piece of the transaction in a timely manner.” “We understand the frustration of GOAL members dealing with their local police departments in instances in which licensees have been unsuccessful in the attempts to timely renew their licenses.” These statements clearly are an attempt to shed the blame for a broken system.
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Screw gun licensing to h3ll.
Coup DeVal — The affirmative action governor.
He’s working hard to alienate everyone. What a guy!
Hmm, maybe there is a lesson to be learned.......
Absolutely right! When you bend the 2nd Amendment to accommodate licensing you deny its authority.
If they dont follow the law its just an inconvenience or scheduling/$$$ problem, and we are supposed to patiently wait[while rights are illegally abused] for them to move, but if I dont take food out of my kids mouths for that seatbelt ticket, Ill have a bench warrent issued asap...
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