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Where to Apply for an LTC or FID in Whitman, MA

Whitman Police Department

Address
20 Essex St. Whitman, MA 02382
Phone
781-618-9600
Licensing page
Open the department's licensing page

Every town follows the same state process, in which you apply at your local department online through the MIRCS Unified Gun Portal or on paper, and the fee for most applicants is $100. The sections below show what the Whitman department adds to it.

How to apply

  • No completed applications will be accepted by the dispatch officer.
  • All applicants must complete and sign the application form (see form attached).

Appointments and hours

  • All applicants are taken on a first come, first serve basis.
  • Firearms permits will be processed from 8:30am - 8:30pm on days that a department licensing official is available.
  • Please call 781-618-9600 to check availability.

What to bring

  • All applicants shall provide proof of age in the form of a birth certificate, driver’s license or positive identification with date of birth.
  • Each new-issue applicant for a license to carry firearms designated Class A shall submit with application three letters of recommendation describing the applicant’s good character.
  • Each letter must state that to the best of the writer’s knowledge the applicant is an emotionally stable person with no excessive drinking habits, drug dependency or violent temperament.
  • No letters from relatives of the applicants shall be accepted.
  • If the carrying of a firearm designated Class A is a requirement of an applicant’s employment, said applicant for a license to carry a firearm shall obtain a letter from the employer stating the basis for any such requirement.

Fingerprints and interview

  • All applicants whose fingerprints are not on file with the Department of State Police shall be fingerprinted.

Sources

Taken from the department's own pages and documents, checked October 20, 2026.