CCW Reckoning Update: Latest in CRPA v. LA Sheriff’s Dept.
Earlier this week, CRPA filed its opposition brief to a motion to dismiss filed by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and Sheriff Luna in CRPA v. LASD, our challenge to the Department’s process that results in long wait times of two years or more for CCW permit applicants.
While the motion by the Los Angeles Defendants is very technical, essentially, they argue that any relief in this case should be limited to only the named individual Plaintiffs in this action, and not everyone who has applied for a CCW permit with them, nor even just the members of the associational Plaintiffs like CRPA. In other words, the Los Angeles Defendants are trying to get around this lawsuit by only granting permits to the four individuals who are named Plaintiffs, and then do nothing to speed up application processing for everyone else.
In opposition, we argue that limiting the lawsuit in this way is legally baseless, as everyone who applies for a CCW permit with the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department will face the same long wait time regardless of their individual circumstances. We also warn that if the Court sides with the Los Angeles Defendants, it will be inviting a lot more litigation as each individual dealing with the wait times will become a potential fresh lawsuit. As we point out, this is exactly what associational standing is supposed to avoid and one of the reasons it exists.
We are hopeful that the Court will see things our way and deny the frivolous motion by the Los Angeles Defendants. LA needs to implement a CCW application process comply with Bruen!