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JALLEN wrote:

Mr. Bean wrote:Part of my app includes 3years living out of state. Wonder if that is part of the delay compared to others. Any one else with outofstate background facing a delay?

Although a Native Texan, I lived virtually my entire adult life in San Diego. When I moved back and applied, that didn't seem to affect things. What did mess them up was having applied before I moved, then taking the course and having a Texas address, DL etc. It was easily resolved, though.

What impressed me was the ease of going through the process, the efficiency and low cost, compared to California, San Diego actually as permits are issued county by county by the Sheriffs, or not.

I had thought there were about 2,000 permits in San Diego, but I recently saw a chart showing that when I received mine, there were something like 800, in a county with a population of ~3.2 million.

I spent over $500, several interviews with SDSO, a training class with shooting with each of three pistols, maximum, I intended to have on the permit, then range qualification with the SO with each of said pistols, a letter of approval from my "care partner" (California speak for "wife" in my case, YMMV), from the board of directors of my employer (me) and three persons who knew me detailing our relationship and recommending me. I also had to demonstrate "good cause" which was not satisfied by merely exercising a right. I had "earned" a couple of death threats, among other distinctions, so this was the least of the challenges.

For California, this was doable. In some counties, you could get a permit but only if your "care partner" was the Sheriff's sister, or chairman of the Sheriff's re-election committee, and in some counties, not at all.