LAPD Wants To Take Concealed Carry Permits Away

By Brandon Curtis

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA — The Los Angeles Police Department wants to revoke nearly all of the issued concealed carry permits in their city, because they feel that the people are not entitled to those permits.

Chief Michel Moore said in a sworn declaration he did not believe a group of people who obtained so-called CCWs as the result of a 1994 lawsuit were still entitled to the permits, because it was unlikely the individuals still faced extraordinary physical danger to their lives.

“I do not believe the continued wholesale allowance for each to possess a CCW license based on circumstances that may have existed 24 years ago is in the best interest of the public,” Moore said.

California allows the issuance of concealed carry permits, but it’s up to each locality as to whether or not they issue them to applicants. The state requires an applicant to provide a ‘valid reason’ for the permit, such as a current threat.

Apparently, as a result of the lawsuit, the city issued …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation