Santa Clara

[ColdDeadHands1]

We have good cause info in hand, but it will take a couple of weeks to redact and scan. Please stay patient - Santa Clara is on the radar.

This is absolutely great news Brandon. Finally some visible movement on SCC! I already have my app filled out and am waiting for the word.

Thanks again for all your hard work.

[wildhawker]

This is absolutely great news Brandon. Finally some visible movement on SCC! I already have my app filled out and am waiting for the word.

Thanks again for all your hard work.

You might have to fill out your app again, but glad you're ready to roll.

i hope more people will get ccw in Santa Clara eventually! Sheriff Laurie Smith is actually awesome and i love it that there is a female sheriff there, and actually it is not her but all the liberal people in Santa Clara that are the ones who don't want ccw. i think if things change, she would give lots of ccw's!!

I really have to ask you what you're basing your assertions on. We have real data which shows otherwise. If you have something tangible, please PM me as I'm very curious as to what evidence you have that would suggest Sheriff Smith is even mildly pro-CCW.

[tabrisnet]

Tax deductible??

Seriously? Not sure if you're joking or not. Sheriff Smith is absolutely anti CCW unless of course you concede to her corrupt ways. A mere $5k "campaign donation" is sure to get you a CCW in SCC. I wouldn't be surprised if she lands in jail at some point in the forseeable future.

Is it tax deductible?

[Paladin]

i hope more people will get ccw in Santa Clara eventually! Sheriff Laurie Smith is actually awesome and i love it that there is a female sheriff there, and actually it is not her but all the liberal people in Santa Clara that are the ones who don't want ccw. i think if things change, she would give lots of ccw's!!

2C2S, if you want to help more people get CCWs, you could start by using my "business card fliers" (see my 15 things YOU CAN DO linked in my sig line), to share w/people about what CGF is trying to accomplish. Again, today, I met another total stranger (he was wearing a camo baseball hat), struck up a conversation, and 5 min later had another "convert." If you choose your "targets" its like shooting fish in a barrel. More ideas can be found here:

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=362574

Sheriff Smith can change things anytime she wants. She could start accepting self-defense for GC right now if she wanted. That way people who want a CCW could actually get one. She could even start w/baby steps like posting some -- any! -- information about CCWs on their website. But she has chosen not to.

Unfortunately, I think you've made a different choice than Luke . . . .

[tabrisnet]

You might have to fill out your app again, but glad you're ready to roll.

The next question is, where can one go to practice the drill for qualifying... Not that the reqs are very high, but when I went to the range to test myself on the SCC Sheriff reqs, I got in trouble for firing too fast. 10 shots in 20 seconds is too fast.

[vladbutsky]

The next question is, where can one go to practice the drill for qualifying... Not that the reqs are very high, but when I went to the range to test myself on the SCC Sherrif reqs, I got in trouble for firing too fast. 10 shots in 20 seconds is too fast.

Metcalf range. Every 1st and 3rd Sunday from 10am to 4pm at 75yard range.
PM me if you want more details.

[tabrisnet]

Seriously? Not sure if you're joking or not. Sheriff Smith is absolutely anti CCW unless of course you concede to her corrupt ways. A mere $5k "campaign donation" is sure to get you a CCW in SCC. I wouldn't be surprised if she lands in jail at some point in the forseeable future.

If it were to be found to be illegal for her to require a donation/bribe, would that not also produce charges for those who donated in order to get a CCW?

[BanjoGunner]

Volunteered and sponsored.

[Gray Peterson]

If it were to be found to be illegal for her to require a donation/bribe, would that not also produce charges for those who donated in order to get a CCW?

Yep.

[ColdDeadHands1]

We have good cause info in hand, but it will take a couple of weeks to redact and scan. Please stay patient - Santa Clara is on the radar.

Looking forward to the GC statements. Hope all is proceeding well with the redaction effort.

You guys are probably seeing a lot of this:

"I live in Saratoga and am afraid of people from San Jose coming into my neighborhood. Laurie should have received my $5,000 donation by now."

[ColdDeadHands1]

Bumpin up the stale Santa Clara thread! Anything new out there on the GC Statements?

Along those lines, once they are released, then what? Do we find one that fits our situation and apply?

[Flopper]

i hope more people will get ccw in Santa Clara eventually! Sheriff Laurie Smith is actually awesome and i love it that there is a female sheriff there, and actually it is not her but all the liberal people in Santa Clara that are the ones who don't want ccw. i think if things change, she would give lots of ccw's!!

You should change your name to "Miss Information."

[Gray Peterson]

You should change your name to "Miss Information."

No sheriff has been defeated over the sole issue of CCW ever in the state's history. Ever. The sheriff herself has the authority to issue licenses.

2Cute2Shoot, if you know Laurie Smith personally, please advise her that the County Board of Supervisors has no authority to restrict her issuance of licenses, and her next election is 2014 and she will not be defeated over the issue of CCW. Sheriff Hennessey in San Francisco can more freely issue licenses and he still wouldn't be defeated for election. No one cares except for us and the Brady campaign crazies.

[yellowfin]

her next election is 2014 and she will not be defeated over the issue of CCW.

Of course that's the entire problem. She and the whole lot of them should have been thrown out over the issue LONG ago.

No one cares except for us and the Brady campaign crazies.

They sure do seem to disproportionately affect things given that it's only a tiny number of them.

[kcbrown]

Of course that's the entire problem. She and the whole lot of them should have been thrown out over the issue LONG ago.They sure do seem to disproportionately affect things given that it's only a tiny number of them.

It's not their numbers, it's their power. People in High Places want to reserve RKBA strictly for themselves so they'll have a greater power advantage over us "little people". They probably think that by doing things that way, they reduce the risk to themselves. It's another variation of the "outlaw all guns and there won't be any more gun crimes" argument.