Looks like this may be happening elsewhere as well.
No permit to purchase licenses until Sept 8th??

ETA: No, this was another incident in MPLS.

I applied around August 7th with the Minneapolis Sheriffs office and the letter they sent me was dated September 3rd. (During the convention)

I believe I received my permit on the 5th or 6th but unfortunately I wasn't checking my mail during that time.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office handles Carry Permits.
The Minneapolis PD handles Transferee aka Purchase Permits.

http://www.twincitiescarry.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119901#119901

We might have mixed signals here. You're talking about a Carry permit, right? The OP in this thread was about Transferee aka Purchase Permits.

Yeah I got mixed up... I was talking about my carry permit.