CA CCW Map

[Paladin]

It would be nice if it were true that 13+ percent of the residents of Butte County had permits to carry. It would be nice to be able to post at the entrances to Butte County that it is the most armed County in the State. But, unfortunately that is simply not the case. While we have a pro gun sheriff and there are approximately 3000 permits, your population numbers appear to be off by a factor or 10.

If you are talking about the graphic in my post #53, it is NOT percent (per 100), but per 1,000, and the population is # of adults, not total population.

[baggss]

If you are talking about the graphic in my post #53, it is NOT percent (per 100), but per 1,000, and the population is # of adults, not total population.

He was not. The number in my table in post #1 (for his county) was missing a number. 225,000 vice 25,000.....

[HRDLEDR]

I talked to the Solano county sheriff tonight. He said they currently have 1900 permits issued. Quite the increase!

[robert101]

Thanks for the hard work baggss. I was discussing the results with my family. Surprisingly is was good for a family discussion.

[Cokebottle]

Thanks for the hard work baggss. I was discussing the results with my family. Surprisingly is was good for a family discussion.

Yup yup yup.

Not easy to keep up with this.

[baggss]

Thanks for the hard work baggss. I was discussing the results with my family. Surprisingly is was good for a family discussion.

Yup yup yup.

Not easy to keep up with this.

Thanks for the kind words.

I have to give credit to the original producer of the map (I used his last update as the basis for my first version) which was kept on the now defunct CalCCW forums. He apparently retired and moved up to the mountains and the map languished for over a year with no updates. I decided to pick it up after creating the table, and CGN member Paladin contacted me and has been assisting me. He assisted the original producer (who's name I do not know) with it when was at CalCCW. He's been a huge help and we continue to work on improving and updating the map as a team of sorts (he's been at it far longer than I and has lots of background information on how things have changes over the years).

The table was just my own idea since I, like many here, had the same questions about CCW statewide and in various counties. I just decided to start putting together stats from existing sources to get a better picture of what the actual numbers in the state looked like.

Now if only I could get it made into a sticky....

[packnrat]

i am surprised as there are a couple counties that one would think would be a will issue county.

maybe they are just

not ask,

not look,

not tell.

counties?

[baggss]

It's always possible. We look at most counties published policies and then comments from folks here on CalGuns to fill in the gaps. If you come across anything in other forums or other sites that implies that the color of any county would be different from what we have it as, please let us know. The map is done in my spare time and we can't look everywhere.

[Capybara]

The last best number for Ventura County is 1554 permits as of 31 Dec 2015. Thats out of a County population of 830,536 people. I'll let you do the math....

I saw a figure somewhere that VC is now up to almost 2,600 CCWs in 2016?

[baggss]

I saw a figure somewhere that VC is now up to almost 2,600 CCWs in 2016?

If you can find the source I'd like to see it. Sheriff Dean has been slowly but steadily issuing as long as you meet the morals requirements and pass the the background check.

[v.kevin]

I was at a school board meeting while they were discussing SB707 and whether they would/should allow CCW holders to carry on school campus with the Superintendent's permission.

Tulare County Sheriff was in attendance and mentioned that there were 13,000 CCW permit holders in Tulare County. I understand the graph shows 2015 stats and this meeting was in September of 2016, but I wouldn't guess that there is that much of a rise in issued permits in the last 9 months. Maybe there is, maybe I misheard him.

[baggss]

I was at a school board meeting while they were discussing SB707 and whether they would/should allow CCW holders to carry on school campus with the Superintendent's permission.

Tulare County Sheriff was in attendance and mentioned that there were 13,000 CCW permit holders in Tulare County. I understand the graph shows 2015 stats and this meeting was in September of 2016, but I wouldn't guess that there is that much of a rise in issued permits in the last 9 months. Maybe there is, maybe I misheard him.

I suppose it's possible. The last good data we have is from 2014 so it's 2 years old. Thats a lot of permits though. If you hear anything else let us know.

[Paladin]

i am surprised as there are a couple counties that one would think would be a will issue county.

Please state which counties you would think would readily issue but are not and I will tell you what I know about them.

[Paladin]

I saw a figure somewhere that VC is now up to almost 2,600 CCWs in 2016?

Tulare County Sheriff was in attendance and mentioned that there were 13,000 CCW permit holders in Tulare County. I understand the graph shows 2015 stats and this meeting was in September of 2016, but I wouldn't guess that there is that much of a rise in issued permits in the last 9 months. Maybe there is, maybe I misheard him.

Remember, the Muslim terrorists' attack in San Bernardino was a year ago. After that (and after the San Berdo sheriff came out and called for more people to apply for CCWs), there was a HUGE backlog of apps. I'm guessing most of those apps have gotten approved in the past 3 months with more to get approval over the next 3 months.

Whenever there's a major terrorist attack where a CCW could help, we CGNers should ourselves and encourage our family & friends to call anti sheriffs and say we want them to issue CCWs more liberally. 42 states do it and have no problems. 45 out of 58 CA counties readily issue and also have no problems. The courts allow, do not mandate accepting SD for GC, so they're not a barrier either.

[Rastoff]

Really good map and table you've made here.

However, I need to add some info. In Kern self-defense alone is not an acceptable good cause. You must give more or you will be denied. So, Kern should be light green not dark. It's still easy to get a CCW and they want to issue them. It just takes a tad more thought than self-defense. I am a CCW instructor in Kern and this info was straight from the deputy in charge of the CCW program for Kern. Some IAs might issue for self-defense only, but those would be the police chiefs in some individual cities. Even at that, I don't know any.

The number of active licenses in Kern in 2016 was 8,014. This was taken off the sheriff's website: http://www.kernsheriff.com/AdminServ...s/default.aspx