Check out what the DOJ just posted about CA CCW issuance - an interesting read when you consider the numbers.
http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/forms/pdf/ccwissuances.pdf
http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/forms/pdf/ccwissuances.pdf
Hey, Jim March Did You Cause This? - CA
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Jim March
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First, I don't think I had THAT much personal effect on this. Maybe a very smaller percent of the increase but I doubt more than 5%. Much more is from the fact that there's simply more interest in CCW due to it's success in other states; we have more rural issuance than ever.
Important: WHERE IS THIS LINKED FROM!?
How long have they been publishing this data online?!
I have the 1997 version of that data, which is what this page was built from:
http://www.equalccw.com/ccwdata.html
I got those numbers from the time in 2000 when Los Gatos PD "threw up on" Chuck Michel by taking every single document in the office with the word "gun" in it and throwing it Chuck's way in response to a CCW PRAR.
Tomorrow I'll plug the MUCH fresher numbers in to the source spreadsheet and we'll see what happens.
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PS: looking at it more carefully, I have serious questions about it's accuracy. Look at Marin fr'instance - what the hell is up with 2001?
Typo. Gotta be. But is that the only one?
Important: WHERE IS THIS LINKED FROM!?
How long have they been publishing this data online?!
I have the 1997 version of that data, which is what this page was built from:
http://www.equalccw.com/ccwdata.html
I got those numbers from the time in 2000 when Los Gatos PD "threw up on" Chuck Michel by taking every single document in the office with the word "gun" in it and throwing it Chuck's way in response to a CCW PRAR.
Tomorrow I'll plug the MUCH fresher numbers in to the source spreadsheet and we'll see what happens.
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PS: looking at it more carefully, I have serious questions about it's accuracy. Look at Marin fr'instance - what the hell is up with 2001?
Typo. Gotta be. But is that the only one?
Gray Peterson
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Notice that it only goes by county. Meaning they count both licenses issued by cities and the county sheriff. I think Marin may be explained as a chief of police issuing a bunch of licenses one year.
Jim March
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Rumpled, I understood what you meant. I stand by what I said.
Lonnie, the Marin numbers are impossible for two reasons:
1) Permits are good for two years now (starting in 1999). So a ONE year spike is impossible unless very unusual things happened, such as a chief opening up a "permit mill" as they used to call Isleton, then getting fired and the next chief doing mass revokations.
2) IF that many permits got cut in Marin, we'd know about it. Somebody would have freaked out.
Come to think, Marin really doesn't have any one big dominant city that could account for that sort of volume in a single year. They've got a lot of little towns...it's not like, say, Sacramento County dominated by SacCity, or Kern with Bakersfield.
So no. I'd bet good money that's a typo.
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Butte's numbers look screwy too. Not as obvious but...fishy.
Lonnie, the Marin numbers are impossible for two reasons:
1) Permits are good for two years now (starting in 1999). So a ONE year spike is impossible unless very unusual things happened, such as a chief opening up a "permit mill" as they used to call Isleton, then getting fired and the next chief doing mass revokations.
2) IF that many permits got cut in Marin, we'd know about it. Somebody would have freaked out.
Come to think, Marin really doesn't have any one big dominant city that could account for that sort of volume in a single year. They've got a lot of little towns...it's not like, say, Sacramento County dominated by SacCity, or Kern with Bakersfield.
So no. I'd bet good money that's a typo.
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Butte's numbers look screwy too. Not as obvious but...fishy.
deej
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Do these numbers represent CCWs issued per year, or CCWs outstanding per year?
For example, if county X is listed as "500" CCWs for the year 2000, does that mean in 2000 there were 500 total valid CCWs, or does that mean that 500 CCWs were issued in 2000 alone?
(With the understanding that CCWs are generally good for 2 years for commoners, 3-4 years for others.)
For example, if county X is listed as "500" CCWs for the year 2000, does that mean in 2000 there were 500 total valid CCWs, or does that mean that 500 CCWs were issued in 2000 alone?
(With the understanding that CCWs are generally good for 2 years for commoners, 3-4 years for others.)
Jim March
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I was wondering that too.
I *think* it's permits in effect each year, not issued.
The link description would help. Rumpled, WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS, DAMMIT? Sorry, but it's really freakin' important. You've deep-linked down to a PDF file but we don't have the descriptor text for the link.
SIGH.
I *think* it's permits in effect each year, not issued.
The link description would help. Rumpled, WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS, DAMMIT? Sorry, but it's really freakin' important. You've deep-linked down to a PDF file but we don't have the descriptor text for the link.
SIGH.
Jim March
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AhHA! Found it:
http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/
Hmmmmmmmm.
No description at all, other than that it JUST NOW popped up on their site (Nov. 19th 04).
<scratches head>
It *could* be connected to my PRARs?
Note that back in 2002, DOJ said I couldn't have this data.
And they knew I'd be interested in it, as Rossi has seen my "racial/county analysis sheet".
So here it is.
<scratches head>
Now...just what are they up to here?
http://caag.state.ca.us/firearms/
Hmmmmmmmm.
No description at all, other than that it JUST NOW popped up on their site (Nov. 19th 04).
<scratches head>
It *could* be connected to my PRARs?
Note that back in 2002, DOJ said I couldn't have this data.
And they knew I'd be interested in it, as Rossi has seen my "racial/county analysis sheet".
So here it is.
<scratches head>
Now...just what are they up to here?
Jim March
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Re: Sean Penn: yeah, city of Ross. Which had two permits out. Town's population is about 2,000. No way THEY fired up a "permit mill" that big.
Car Knocker
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I find it hard to believe that CA has issued over a half-million permits in the last 14 years. These numbers just don't feel tight.
Jim March
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No, they definately have NOT issued half a mil permits.
The way I read this is, each year's total is the number of permits that were "in effect" that year.
In other words, the total new permits, plus the total of existing from the previous year.
That would mean there's somewhere just north of 45k permits in effect today.
THAT I can believe.
The way I read this is, each year's total is the number of permits that were "in effect" that year.
In other words, the total new permits, plus the total of existing from the previous year.
That would mean there's somewhere just north of 45k permits in effect today.
THAT I can believe.
bg
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This is kinda reachin', but can't a citizen use the Freedom of Information Act
to find out exactly how many permits were issured by city, county and state ?
to find out exactly how many permits were issured by city, county and state ?
redhead
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I think that the Freedom of Information Act applies only to federal government agencies, not city, county state. That's where the PRAR (Public Records Act) comes in.
bg,
That's kinda what Jim March is doing now, just not all of them. There are a LOT of agencies that can issue. Totalling them all up would be a lot of requests to make. You'd have all 58 Sheriff's Dept and every city Police agency, however many hundreds (thousands?) of those agencies throughout the state.
That's kinda what Jim March is doing now, just not all of them. There are a LOT of agencies that can issue. Totalling them all up would be a lot of requests to make. You'd have all 58 Sheriff's Dept and every city Police agency, however many hundreds (thousands?) of those agencies throughout the state.
Jim March
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Right, the California Public Records Act is the local state "version" of the FOIA, except that a Request (final "R" in "PRAR") under the PRA is more potent.
And yes, that's what I'd doing right now, backed by CCRKBA and SAF:
http://www.equalccw.com/prarwars.html
Understand that we ARE going after the totals of every permit out there, the permitholder's name, the issuing agency, etc. Absolutely. We're doing that by making one of the PRARs out to the California DOJ. They have a statewide computerized database of this stuff, has everything but "good cause" data. We want that database, with stuff like home address, phone number, social sec. number etc. stripped out (aka "redacted").
The data DOJ lacks is the "good cause" details, and denials. For those, I'm spot-checking 25 local agencies.
But I'll have names and agencies off the DOJ's records, for cross-referencing purposes first (make sure the local data is complete) and for the first comprehensive statewide gender/racial analysis ever, organized by city, county and state.
And yes, that's what I'd doing right now, backed by CCRKBA and SAF:
http://www.equalccw.com/prarwars.html
Understand that we ARE going after the totals of every permit out there, the permitholder's name, the issuing agency, etc. Absolutely. We're doing that by making one of the PRARs out to the California DOJ. They have a statewide computerized database of this stuff, has everything but "good cause" data. We want that database, with stuff like home address, phone number, social sec. number etc. stripped out (aka "redacted").
The data DOJ lacks is the "good cause" details, and denials. For those, I'm spot-checking 25 local agencies.
But I'll have names and agencies off the DOJ's records, for cross-referencing purposes first (make sure the local data is complete) and for the first comprehensive statewide gender/racial analysis ever, organized by city, county and state.
rkt88edmo
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Just looking at the trends, in addition to Marin 2001, the numbers don't follow the trend for Calaveras 2000-2001-2002 --- 568-42-658
Other than that some of the counties bounce around, but don't look like typos.
Gotta love the Carona Effect in OC
Other than that some of the counties bounce around, but don't look like typos.
Gotta love the Carona Effect in OC
Aguila Blanca
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Could be the data was reported by different clerks each year one of whom didn't understand the instructions. The two large numbers may be total permits in force, and the 42 might be the number of permits issued that year.rkt88edmo said:
Why is San Luis Obispo offset?
Since i am from San Luis Obispo (SLO), i took notice of the totals in my county. But can anyone suggest why the other counties above and below SLO are scrunched up to provide more white space around SLO?
I am just curious but i'm also wondering if there is something special about the county that might be important if i ever wanted to get a permit for my wife or myself.
Thank you for pointing out the information
robert
Since i am from San Luis Obispo (SLO), i took notice of the totals in my county. But can anyone suggest why the other counties above and below SLO are scrunched up to provide more white space around SLO?
I am just curious but i'm also wondering if there is something special about the county that might be important if i ever wanted to get a permit for my wife or myself.
Thank you for pointing out the information
robert
Jim March
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<scratches head>
I know of no reason SLO county would be singled out. And the numbers don't look at all surprising, they match the feedback I've gotten on that sheriff plus that county's population.
I think it's just a DOJ oddity.
I know of no reason SLO county would be singled out. And the numbers don't look at all surprising, they match the feedback I've gotten on that sheriff plus that county's population.
I think it's just a DOJ oddity.
thank you for your efforts. i am new to this board and new to shooting. I have been holding off on posting until i read enough to have some idea of what is going on with your efforts. But i have been eager to know how your work will affect my county (SLO). I would like for my wife and i to both get permits but i don't know what our effort would produce.
I would be doubtful your efforts would produce much. I live in SLO, and applied a while back, to be swiftly denied. What was more amusing was the sheriff made me jump through hoops to get the denial, including first going through the denial process with SLO PD.
I tried the PRAR approach, but the sheriff wanted thousands in copying costs. One of these days I plan to go meet him in person, produce my out-of-state permits, and ask him why he doesn't trust me when other states do.
I tried the PRAR approach, but the sheriff wanted thousands in copying costs. One of these days I plan to go meet him in person, produce my out-of-state permits, and ask him why he doesn't trust me when other states do.
cosmos7
"One of these days I plan to go meet him in person, produce my out-of-state permits, and ask him why he doesn't trust me when other states do." - or we can vote him out of office
Just curios though, are you aware that one of jim march's earlier posts explained that they can only charge you for the copying costs, not the labor costs. I don't know if that might persuade you to follow through with your efforts. That's a real bummer though.
Earlier in the year, an employee ad rangemaster told me that there were some permits that were being granted. What was your reason for asking for the permit?
"One of these days I plan to go meet him in person, produce my out-of-state permits, and ask him why he doesn't trust me when other states do." - or we can vote him out of office
Just curios though, are you aware that one of jim march's earlier posts explained that they can only charge you for the copying costs, not the labor costs. I don't know if that might persuade you to follow through with your efforts. That's a real bummer though.
Earlier in the year, an employee ad rangemaster told me that there were some permits that were being granted. What was your reason for asking for the permit?
bill2
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Alameda county
2003 for alameda county, in the bay area, shows 203 permits. that sounds too many. especially since Sherriff Plumber says he doesn't think people should have them, and if you apply you have to go to a psychistrist of his choosing (and you pay for it). I don't think many cities in Alameda county issue CCW permits either. I live in Fremont and I don't think they do much at all.
2003 for alameda county, in the bay area, shows 203 permits. that sounds too many. especially since Sherriff Plumber says he doesn't think people should have them, and if you apply you have to go to a psychistrist of his choosing (and you pay for it). I don't think many cities in Alameda county issue CCW permits either. I live in Fremont and I don't think they do much at all.
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