San Bernardino CCW pre-interview questions...

[iMatthew]

I'm filling out my CCW application, do the pre-interview questions have to be answered after the "shall issue" decision? Im referring to the questions about having a traffic violation or drinking alcohol or anything like that. "Shall issue" should mean I should not have to answer any of these questions....right?
Thanks!
Matt

[Hamsterman]

I'm afraid that's not how it works. All the questions, except 'good cause', are still presumed to be legal.

If you want to change that, either write your congresscritter or spend a few years in court arguing your case. Or move out of California.

[Mark49]

Wrong.

The application is the first source for the IA to weed out possible candidates., red flags etc

Fill out every question, return and wait for the next step.

If you're a pretty good guy, you should have no issues with SBCSD.

San Bernardino is a GREAT county for allowing us great folks to have protection.

[Jeepergeo]

Locate, read, !understand!, and follow the Sheriff's instructions. Do not add, do not delete, do not parse, and be complete.

If the Sheriff wanted certain items not to be completed, the instructions would reflect that.

[sirvimmy]

Shall issue means that you can't be arbitrarily denied if you meet the requirements. The good moral character requirement is still law in CA until it gets challenged and ruled on, so that's the arbitrary part at the moment.
If the IA doesn't expand their GMC requirement to include stuff so that is essentially the "may issue" part of the process, then yeah you could consider it shall issue. You still have to meet the requirements that are set out by law to get a ccw. I'm sure that over time it will be challenged. There's a letter from the CA DoJ attorney general you can read describing their interpretation of Bruen in regards to CA ccw law.

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[Quiet]

Originally Posted by iMatthew

I'm filling out my CCW application, do the pre-interview questions have to be answered after the "shall issue" decision?

Yes, they need to be answered.

The SCOTUS ruling and the CA OAG notice only prohibits the requirement for a good cause statement, but did not prohibit the good moral character requirement for issuance under the CA CCW issuance system.

Originally Posted by iMatthew

Im referring to the questions about having a traffic violation or drinking alcohol or anything like that.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff Department uses those questions, along with other factors, in their determination that the applicant is a person of good moral character.

[iMatthew]

Got it! Thank you!