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They're painting themselves into a corner. Openly carrying an unloaded handgun is illegal. Openly carrying any loaded firearm is illegal. And now, if Chubs Portantino gets his way, openly carrying an unloaded long gun will be illegal. That leaves CCW as the only legal option for self-defense with a firearm outside the home.

And now it's time for the big but...

But, CCW is, for all intents and purposes, illegal in most urban jurisdictions. If you're not a Hollywood celebrity or a big political donor, you're not going to get a CCW in places like L.A. or San Francisco. Thus this bill closes off the last legal alternative to CCW. And until now, Federal courts have rejected challenges to the capricious CCW policies of the State's big cities. The courts cited open carry as a legal alternative making CCW unnecessary to exercise one's 2nd Amendment rights.

Now that argument is about to vanish. if Chubs gets his way, the courts will have no alternative but to strike down the cities' "may (but probably won't) issue" policies. Portantino will be forcing "shall issue" CCW down their throats!

I looked into a CCW when I was still a resident of CA living in San Diego. Too many barriers. If you're not a celebrity or a judge, you're not getting a CCW in San Diego. After moving to Idaho, it took 90 days to get my CCW. That's the "wait" time for the FBI background check. I've had it in hand since 2001. Not of much value as I sit working in San Diego. I won't bring any of my firearms inside the state of CA.

>The courts cited open carry as a legal alternative making CCW unnecessary to exercise one’s 2nd Amendment rights.
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>Now that argument is about to vanish. if Chubs gets his way, the courts will have no alternative but to strike down the cities’ “may (but probably won’t) issue” policies. Portantino will be forcing “shall issue” CCW down their throats!

Or they could just deny everyone any standing. After all the would-be litigants cannot show any *physical* harm.
(That about summarizes the talk I had with a lawyer about pursuing [voiding] a state statute due to its being contrary to the State’s own Constitution.)