Hmmmmm...interesting topic.
I note a certain mindset here from the residents of the lovely State of Confusion.
One word keeps up a recurring drumbeat..."may - may - may". The CLEO "MAY" issue, based upon this or that [perceived] need, on the good (and expensive) offices of some bottom feeding lawyer, OR...just because the requester is a (1) politician, (2) liberal big shot, (3) a Hassidic diamond merchant plying his dangerous trade in downtown LA, (4) a close personal pal of the CLEO (That's how my father-in-law did it in San Bernardino County for years.), (5) a rapper who just wants to protect himself from his buds...OR finally, (6) a Hollywood superstar.
I doubt that many Joe Sixpacks EVER get a CCW in California. I certainly never could.
Just to refresh the [painful] memories of those who I left behind when I moved from CA to the Commonwealth in '96, the operative word in MY state is "SHALL" issue, not "MAY" issue.
Here's an unpleasant culture shock: When I travel back to La La Land, which is often, I feel REAL naked. On one trip last year, two very nasty looking, tatted up uglies were making evil eyes on my person...and at my age, one does NOT return that glance from gangsters, whom these dudes clearly were. My first thought was to slap the place on my person where I normally have my pistol. Then it hit me...IDIOT! You're not at home...you're in La La Land. NO GUN here dude! I just pointed the car in the other direction and eased away. Made me feel real hinky though.
I am truly sorry for you guys & gals. Socialism is a bitch. I hope you can change the laws...but it isn't going to be easy.
Is that one reason why middle class whites are fleeing the state at a rate of 100,000/year...or is that a totally bogus number?
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