Meriden is averaging 124 days from application to permit in hand — 68 days past the eight weeks state law allows, across 8 resident reports.
Meriden runs about 73 days slower than the Connecticut median of 51 days.
You can only apply where you live — but neighbouring waits show whether a delay is local or regional.
Answers here are written from Meriden’s own reports and refresh as new entries come in.
Residents report an average of 124 calendar days, from 70 at the fastest to 275 at the slowest, across 8 reports. State law allows eight weeks — 56 days.
With your local issuing authority — in most Connecticut towns the municipal police department, and where there is none, the resident state trooper or the first selectman’s office. Call Meriden town hall to confirm who takes pistol permit applications and whether they require an appointment.
Meriden runs about 73 days slower than the Connecticut median of 51 days.
Ask the issuing authority for a written status update and keep the copy. Past 56 days the application is late by law, and a denial — or continued silence — can be taken to the Board of Firearms Permit Examiners. The filing guide has the appeal route.
Read the eight-step route first — the course certificate and the fingerprint appointment are what usually delay a filing, not the town.
How to apply in Connecticut →Two dates is the whole contribution, and Meriden rests on 8 reports — each new one moves this number.
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