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Yes, you nearly got it... More important than the ridiculousness of a policy ofNOT to issueCCW licenses to anyone but law enforcement,former law enforcement,judges, city or county officials, and victims of a crime is the use of a CCW license as a political gift or kickback.
Sheriff Baca has issued CCW licenses to elite like Sean Penn in his "celebrity reserveprogram"and wealthy campaign contributors.
So it really isn't about limiting licenses to someone who has demonstrated a need after a person is victimized, its about power, money, and influence-- and if you don't have any, you shouldn't have the means to carry a weapon for self-defense.
This is the whole problem with issuing licenses to carry any weapon- It creates another version of the feudal system. On one hand, you have a strong centralized government, evenon the level ofCounty Sheriffacting as the "Nobility" and the 'citizen' is their subject or "Serf".
This is more or less what our forefathers intended to prevent- in addition to it being a defense against a standing army, they also saw this as a defense against persons in the government or those of "Nobility"who would use their power to disarm dissenting opposition.
Then there is the issue of privacy- issuing licenses is an opportunity for the government to put their foot in the door to poke about your personal business, your history, and search you without a warrant, without reasonable suspicion, and hold you on trial without having committed a crime. If you are deemed worthy, then you are given something that they can take back for whatever reason they like- making carrying a firearm into a revocable privilege and you into their Serf.
