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JALLEN wrote:

ATDM wrote:

JALLEN wrote:
I would say that UT and Fl are easier, Texas is somewhat more difficult, and CA is harder to impossible, depending on the county you live in. I had a permit issued in San Diego County, one of fewer than 2,000 or so, in a county of just over 3 million. San Francisco and Los Angeles are "no issue", San Diego is "rather not issue" and some of the rural inland counties are virtually "shall issue."

Why is it not centralized like in Texas - only Austin issues the license, no matter where you live... Strange.

The statute gives the power to issue CCW to the local Sheriff or Chief of Police in a municipality. In practice, virtually all COPs have ceded the authority to the Sheriff of each County. The statute provides a permit can be issued upon, among other things, a showing of "good cause."

What is "good cause" you ask? Whatever the Sheriff says it is. There is litigation over this presently pending in several counties. Some Sheriffs decided that good cause involves a contribution to their re-election campaign, but that is officially frowned upon. A few years ago, Orange County Sheriff was issuing permits quite liberally when, all of a sudden, he was indicted along with his wife on several unsavory charges. A replacement was chosen by the Board of Supervisors (like the Commissioners' Court here), an experienced female police executive from LA. She summarily revoked all the permits. I don't know if they ever got that straightened out or not. Permits are good statewide, so if you lived in say, Mariposa County where Sheriff Jim Allen used to issue permits to all who qualified, you could carry in San Francisco, or LA or anywhere.

There are forms, questionnaires, letters of recommendation, letters from your board of directors if you are a corporation owner, letters from your spouse/significant other/care partner or other person of similar dignity. The process is neither easy nor cheap, and that is if you show good cause.

JALLEN wrote:All things are relative, and some things are more so.

I have had permits in CA, UT, FL and am waiting for my TX to arrive, having completed all the requirements.

I completed the requirements for FL and UT while in California, including the required training course, impossible for Texas since the course MUST be taken IN Texas.

I would say that UT and Fl are easier, Texas is somewhat more difficult, and CA is harder to impossible, depending on the county you live in. I had a permit issued in San Diego County, one of fewer than 2,000 or so, in a county of just over 3 million. San Francisco and Los Angeles are "no issue", San Diego is "rather not issue" and some of the rural inland counties are virtually "shall issue."

nightmare69 wrote:I would be willing to bet that its a lot easier to get a CHL in Florida than Texas.