San Diego CCW

[luv2shoot]

Look at when you called and the 1st available appointment. Took me 7 months also; I called in September and my appt was April 2nd, which I obviously missed.

Since Gore opened-up on his GC (thanks in no small part to a real estate agent being violently attacked in L.A.) the SD has been overwhelmed with applications. IIRC, there are only 2 deputies assigned to the CCW dept. My last communication with the SD was letting me know that I just needed to come in for prints and a picture; and this is for an initial permit. I may be wrong, but that leads me to believe I'm approved and just need the photo and prints for the permit.

I'll advise if that was, in fact, the case.

[ezaircon4jc]

Look at when you called and the 1st available appointment. Took me 7 months also; I called in September and my appt was April 2nd, which I obviously missed.

Since Gore opened-up on his GC (thanks in no small part to a real estate agent being violently attacked in L.A.) the SD has been overwhelmed with applications. IIRC, there are only 2 deputies assigned to the CCW dept. My last communication with the SD was letting me know that I just needed to come in for prints and a picture; and this is for an initial permit. I may be wrong, but that leads me to believe I'm approved and just need the photo and prints for the permit.

I'll advise if that was, in fact, the case.

[CessnaDriver]

[luv2shoot]

Exactly.

I carry a folder, it's there to open boxes or cut the seatbelt if I'm stuck in the car after a wreck, or some daily task. Perhaps dealing with an aggressive animal that won't let loose of a person/child has come to mind when a firearm is not a safe option. Now I can't CCW at work, I drive back and forth to work generally with just a blade and flashlight, so stopping for gas or take out on the way home, I'm not at my best equipped. I need to think on that.

[ParadigmGuy]

Hey all,

Have a couple questions that I'm asking on behalf of my sister who's currently living in SD county and needs a CCW.

To give some background, she was recently granted a TRO against an abusive domestic partner who was served last week but still has not surrendered his firearms to a LE agency or FFL. She currently owns a handgun and wants to apply for a CCW permit. Will a TRO against this individual suffice in meeting the good cause requirement?

The other question is, she hasn't had a chance to update her address since she just moved down to SD a couple months ago and her CA ID still has her previous address in LA. However she is renting an apartment in SD and has the lease agreement and utility bills to prove residency. Is she good to go or does she need to go to the DMV to do an address change?

Thanks in advance for any help.

The address on the driver's license does not matter as long as she has two pieves of evidence of residence.

[CessnaDriver]

GREAT points, Cessna!

I hesitate to mention it, but one CAN carry a knife most places too. And, it is trivial to have the knife in hand, ready, when you are in a place where your spidey sense tingles.

I hesitate to mention it because whenever I take training for/with the knife, almost the first thing they say is, "If you get in a knife fight, YOU will get cut. Be ready for it, accept it, and make sure you give more than you receive." (Apparently it is common for people to give up after the first cut, even if that cut was far from lethal. Never give up.)

My opinion is that if I am in a place where the knife is my best option, I screwed up long before that to get into the situation...

Katie

Exactly.

I carry a folder, it's there to open boxes or cut the seatbelt if I'm stuck in the car after a wreck, or some daily task. Perhaps dealing with an aggressive animal that won't let loose of a person/child has come to mind when a firearm is not a safe option. Now I can't CCW at work, I drive back and forth to work generally with just a blade and flashlight, so stopping for gas or take out on the way home, I'm not at my best equipped. I need to think on that.

[Kate]

I carried pepper spray before I had the CCW. I still do.
Options options options. And a compact very bright flashlight.
You can blind someone rather well even in daylight.

GREAT points, Cessna!

I hesitate to mention it, but one CAN carry a knife most places too. And, it is trivial to have the knife in hand, ready, when you are in a place where your spidey sense tingles.

I hesitate to mention it because whenever I take training for/with the knife, almost the first thing they say is, "If you get in a knife fight, YOU will get cut. Be ready for it, accept it, and make sure you give more than you receive." (Apparently it is common for people to give up after the first cut, even if that cut was far from lethal. Never give up.)

My opinion is that if I am in a place where the knife is my best option, I screwed up long before that to get into the situation...

Katie

[Rorge Retson]

[WS6]

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/de...ne/coa/welcome

Appreciate you giving some solid info.

[luv2shoot]

No one in the sheriff's office, which is what you were implying.

[CessnaDriver]

I carried pepper spray before I had the CCW. I still do.
Options options options. And a compact very bright flashlight.
You can blind someone rather well even in daylight.

[Rorge Retson]

LOL Actually someone is...

No one in the sheriff's office, which is what you were implying.

[Kate]

I totally hear you! The months between sitting in my car crying my eyes out after being threatened and racing to my car, and the time I could legally carry were VERY difficult for me.

As an aside, when I applied the SDCSD clerk asked me what other methods of self defense I used, such as pepper spray, self defense classes, and such. Embarrassed, I had no response. But in the time between, I decided she was absolutely correct. I am not a victim unless I choose to be. I started self defense classes, and researched pepper sprays. (I had no idea pepper spray was such a complicated product!) For a month or two after I do the hand to hand update class, I feel like if someone has a gun pointed at my face within arm's distance, there is a better than 50-50 chance I win. That skill dies quickly, hence the need for regular updates. But that feeling might provide a more liberated feeling than the weapon.

A gun is great. I am much more comfortable with it. And, there is SO much you can do without the gun, even if your attacker is larger, but hopefully stupider.

Just a thought from someone who may have been in sort of your shoes...

Katie

[luv2shoot]

No one's out to get you, dude. Lighten up and be persistent.

LOL Actually someone is...and he’s a violent felon who tends to dabble with drugs and guns, hence the need for a permit. Fortunately he’s in custody at the moment for fighting with the police.

[Rorge Retson]

I certainly do hope that’s the case but am a bit discouraged by what I learned here. As for prioritization, my good cause, occupation, and documentation makes issuance a no brainer if I can ever get into the dang process. In my communications with the licensing folks, they have been very responsive, I’ll give them that. I’m just a bit frustrated they claimed to be 'closed' when they’re really not.

I think you're taking certain events personally, not taking in what other people are writing here, and creating your own narrative that doesn't fit with others' experience.

No one's out to get you, dude. Lighten up and be persistent.