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California City’s Outrageous Carry Permit Fees Lead to DOJ Lawsuit

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Acting Assistant Attorney General Jesus Osete and the Civil Rights Division Second Amendment Section sued Glendale, California over its $1,078 concealed carry permit fee enforced by the Glendale Police Department, alleging a pattern and practice that denies a fundamental civil right along with three reference checks, social media review, residency and psychological exam rules that turn shall-issue into may-issue through broad discretion. Glendale PD Policy § 208.4.1(5) requires all applicants to complete psychological testing defined in Cal. Pen. Code § 26190 with a city-approved psychologist and applies the test to every renewal even though state law restricts it to compelling public safety evidence, while Policy §208.3(i) forbids unsuitable psychological conditions. The complaint observes that California skips such exams for firearm buyers, the test can cost $500, no similar historical gun regulation tradition exists, and a federal judge recently threw out a DOJ pattern-and-practice case against Montgomery County, Maryland under Section 12601.

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