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Ca is county by county at the discretion of the Sheriff or Police Chief. You'd never get one in Sac or any of the Bay Area counties. Likely LA is pretty much the same. The more rural counties are much easier but they still ask you to 'justify' your need in most counties.. I have to renew every two years and re-state the reason but it seems to be just rubber stamped. I live in Nevada County of Ca....not in the State of Nevada. That's about an hour north of Sac in the foothills. A huge majority of permits issued here are to guys over 60 for whatever reason. I was also disappointed to hear that Nevada (State of) stopped honoring Utah...word was it's because they don't require you to shoot. We did last night anyway and incl. the shooting cert. in the application packet. Dunno if that will ever make a difference.