There's been a big jump in people applying for permits to carry a concealed weapon.
Gun sales have surged amid the pandemic.
So it may come as no surprise that the LA County Sheriff's Department is getting flooded with requests for concealed carry weapon permits.
"We're adding more people to it because all of a sudden it became very popular for people to solicit for a CCW permit. So we are increasing the amount of people so that should reduce the processing time," Sheriff Alex Villanueva says.
"We want to get it down to the point where it's just a matter of a few weeks or within a month, we could do the whole thing. That would be ideal," he said.
The Sheriff's Department has received at least 518 requests for CCW permit so far this year compared to 273 for all of last year.
LASD flooded w/requests for concealed carry weapon permits. "All of a sudden it became very popular for people to solicit for a CCW permit," says @LACoSheriff. 518 requests since Jan, compared to 273 for all of '19. "We're adding more people [to deal w/requests>," says Villanueva
— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia)
August 27, 2020
