Los Angeles County is a very large area encompassing over 4700 miles with 88 incorporated cities, and home to an estimated 10 million residents. As of 2013 only 341 residents were concealed weapons permit holders. And coincidentally enough a large majority had direct ties to the Sheriff, some were personal friends and others were benefactors. LA county has areas with very high crime rates and also houses some very high profile targets for terrorism. With all the random acts of violence and terrorism occurring here in the USA and around the world, it is time the citizens of LA can defend themselves and be prepared. We as Americans have a right to defend ourselves and it's time to take back that right. In a study that went from 1980-2009 gun related homocides were 10% HIGHER than in states that have restrictive CCW laws. After the state of Florida passed CCW laws, Floridas homocides rate fell from 36% above national average to 4% below average. In Texas, murder rates fell 50% faster than the national average in the year after their concealed carry law passed. Rape rates fell 93% faster in the first year after enactment, and 500% faster in the second. Assaults fell 250% faster in the second year. Fact: States that disallow concealed carry have violent crime rates 11% higher than national averages. Fact: Of 14,000 CCW licensees in Oregon, only 4 (0.03%) were convicted of the criminal (not necessarily violent) use or possession of a firearm. Fact: CCW holders have prevented or curtailed mass public shootings – Pearl, Mississippi (Pearl Junior High School), Edinboro, Pennsylvania (Parker Middle School), Winnemucca, Nevada (Players Bar and Grill), Colorado Springs, Colorado (New Life Church). Fact: Of all the alternatives to preventing mass public shootings, police officers believe that civilian concealed carry is the most effective. 86% also believe mass shooting “casualties would likely have been reduced” or “avoided altogether.”