Since I live in Los Angeles, it doesn't matter how I feel about concealed carry laws, I ain't gettin' a CCW permit. It's just not done here...unless you're politically well-connected, and it doesn't hurt to be filthy rich either. There is no transparency within the issuance program, so nobody knows who has one or how they managed to get one. Occasionally, you'll hear that some celebrity has one, because they are caught with a firearm during the commission of another crime (often DUI or drug possession), and it is revealed that they have an LA City-issued CCW permit. The rest of us plebeians can go fuck ourselves, though. Our safety is contingent upon cell-phone reception and the nearest on-duty officer.