I recently renewed my firearms license. I was pretty proactive with all the paperwork and had my interview with the arms officer 50 days before my license was due to expire, thinking that would be plenty of time to get things sorted. Well, 118 days after the interview and 68 days after my license had expired, my new license finally arrived at an address where I hadn't lived for 15 years! And this was after doing my best to contact the arms office several times to see where it was (they flat out didnt reply to voicemail or email, and were very difficult to get hold of by phone).
I'm sure most renewals go smoothly, but be prepared for the odd bit of blatant incompetence...
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