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Originally Posted by Blown353

It is state specific but you must be issued the permit by the head of law enforcement in your specific county of residence; it it not a global state office that issues the CCW permits, but rather one of the law enforcement chiefs in your county of primary residence. In my case, the past sheriff was not very receptive to issuing the permits. (granted he was also found guilty of a couple of felonies himself, but that's another matter....) I only have two non-law enforcement friends in my county who managed to get their permits; ones owns several on-location ATM machines at private businesses and carries lots of cash on him for work, and the other is a farmer who gets lots of stolen cars dumped & burned on his property late at night and he has had several documented encounters with these thugs while out checking irrigation.

Me being a "regular citizen" just wanting to have the option to carry legally in order to defend myself was not enough of a reason to be granted a permit by our previous corrupt Sheriff (he was indicted and convicted of several felonies.) My place of work is in a somewhat rough area of town and I sometimes have to go down late at night to check on some 24/7 environmental testing equipment when it calls me with an alarm condition; I used that as my justification for requesting a CCW but was denied. Now that we have a new Sheriff who is a genuinely nice guy with a level head I'm going to try again and see if I get a warmer reception.

Just look here and see the issuance percentages for the various counties here in CA. Some are pretty sad, others are not bad at all:
http://californiaccw.org/forums/list...3406BA80516A6D

Glad I live in NV. It took me 7 hours to get my CCW.