Several gun rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday claiming Los Angeles County’s permitting process for carrying a concealed weapon takes too long and is too expensive.
The California Rifle and Pistol Association and several other groups are bringing the suit against the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, La Verne Police Department, and California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
The challenge follows last year’s Supreme Court ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen, which struck down part of a concealed-carry law in New York on the basis that long wait times and fees for permits “deny ordinary citizens their right to public carry.”
“In anticipation of bad-faith efforts to obstruct its ruling in recalcitrant jurisdictions, the Bruen Court expressly invited challenges such as this one,” CRPA’s complaint says.
The complaint says the sheriff’s department takes “a year to a year and a half” to process concealed-carry applications. The La Verne Police Department has a shorter wait time, but applications cost around $1000. The suit also claims some of the permit issuance criteria, like a psychological exam, were rejected by the Supreme Court in the Bruen decision.
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