r/RIGuns • u/haldolinyobutt • 28d ago

CCW Licensing Warick CCW

I've gotten most of my stuff together for my CCW. Shooting test passed with ease, notarized my BC and passport, application notarized, letter of need is done. I'm going through the references section now and it's my own fault for not realizing that these stupid fucking reference letters need to be NOTARIZED??? what purpose does that serve? I'm not from this state, I have friends here but it's such a huge inconvenience to be like "hey can you come down to the bank with me to sign this stupid letter". Or go back to my home state and have it done? Sorry just venting about this dumbass process. Anyways, if anyone knows of an easier way to have it done, that's done it in the past, let me know.

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u/Hot_Sauce_717 28d ago

Yes, it’s an extra step that I’m sure is intended to discourage applicants by making them go through all these hoops. However, most banks, shipping centers (UPS/FedEx) or even your local gun shop will likely help with notarizing signatures for CCW purposes. The pistol safety course Warwick has for new applicants is far more of a hurdle in my opinion.

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u/haldolinyobutt 28d ago

Right but then I have to get three people down to a bank or the like to have it notarized. Everyone has to be in the same place. Otherwise, it wouldn't be an issue 

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u/Hot_Sauce_717 28d ago

They can go on their own time. You don’t need to be there. They can mail you the signed hard copy afterwards. I agree that it’s a pain, don’t get me wrong, but it’s manageable.

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u/haldolinyobutt 28d ago

It's definitely manageable, it's just fucking dumb. Reference letters, fine whatever. Notarized reference letters. Stupid. Just another way to deter people from carrying. 

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u/ZackAttack- 28d ago

A lot of people know someone who is a notary, but there’s some towns that don’t require notarized, I went through foster to avoid the notarized reference letters, but there’s trade off is it took 2 years to get my permit.

You’ve got options you can still shop around for a town that doesn’t require letters, or if you’re set on Warwick, get your references together to get them notarized and buy them a beer or ice cream for their troubles.

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u/haldolinyobutt 28d ago

I've already got my warwick application with my pistol score notarized. 

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u/mn9500 24d ago

as someone who is considering applying for an out of state permit, is there any reason to go thru warwick rather than providence? from what i can tell, providence requires less hoops to jump thru (no reference letters, no letter of need). thanks in advance.

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u/haldolinyobutt 22d ago

If I remember correctly, I think Providence doesn't want to deal with people that aren't Providence residents and they can take a while to get processed. Warwick is known to get it back to you in like 1-2 months. There are people that wait 1-2 years in certain towns 

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u/Drew_Habits 28d ago

It serves the purpose of making it unnecessarily difficult to exercise your rights in the hopes that you won't do it

Same as the pointless slowfire qualification

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u/67mPem 27d ago

Worked for me. I took the test, easily passed with a 1911 (way to go imo) and lost interest. No reason to go to RI with the wife and/ or the kids. They don't have quite as much to offer as other places in New England that I can carry in. That plus not being able to carry, we don't go. We just go elsewhere. NH, ME, MA, CT get our money instead.

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u/Drew_Habits 27d ago

Thanks for sharing all that, it's super relevant to all of our interests

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u/Touch_Me_There 27d ago

You don't need to be there. They can go have it notarized on their own.

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u/geffe71 28d ago

I had my references get their stuff notarized when I applied for NYC

It’s not a big deal in reality

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u/deathsythe 28d ago

Still an unnecessary hurdle though.

Where did you take the 18h class mate? I need to get on that myself.