Questioning CCW statements and beliefs
I have read the Penal Code regarding people who possess CCWs and move from the County that issued.
My reading and I could be wrong, leads me to believe that CCWs issued in rural Calfifornia Counties with less than 200,000 inhabitants would expire if you move to an urban county with a population of more than 200,000.
The Penal Code seems to state that if the County with a population under 200,000 was the primary factor, (basis), in obaining the CCW then moving to a county with more than 200,000 would then and only then, trigger the expiration after ninety days. AGAIN, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I HAVE READ AND RE-READ THIS SECTION MANY TIMES.
(B) If the license is one to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, then it may not be revoked solely because the licensee changes his or her place of residence to another county if the licensee has not breached any conditions or restrictions set forth in the license or has not fallen into a prohibited class described in Section 12021 or 12021.1 of this code or Section 8100 or 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. However, any license issued pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) shall expire 90 days after the licensee moves from the county of issuance if the licensee's place of residence was the basis for issuance of the license.
(C) If the license is one to carry loaded and exposed a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, the license shall be revoked immediately if the licensee changes his or her place of residence to another county.
In my opinion and reading of 12050 of the California Penal Codes leads me to believe that the trigger and determining single factor that begins the 90 day time period is the fact that the person with a rural issued CCW moved from a county with a population of less than 200,000 persons which was the basis for issuance. My belief is based on the following portion of 12050 which is contained in section (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a):
"it may not be revoked solely because the licensee changes his or her place of residence to another county if the licensee has not breached any conditions"
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)
(a) (1) (A) The sheriff of a county, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists for the issuance, and that the person applying satisfies any one of the conditions specified in subparagraph (D) and has completed a course of training as described in subparagraph (E), may issue to that person a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person in either one of the following formats:
(i) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
(ii) Where the population of the county is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, a license to carry loaded and exposed in only that county a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
person.
(B) The chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists for the issuance, and that the person applying is a resident of that city and has
completed a course of training as described in subparagraph (E), may issue to that person a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person in either one of the following formats:
(i) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
(ii) Where the population of the county in which the city is located is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, a license to carry loaded and exposed in only that county a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
