MigraineMan
Defenestration Specialist
The City of Murrieta, CA offers a CCW permit as an alternative to the CCW offered by the County. MPD Chief Tony Conrad has implemented a policy that requires applicants, in addition to specifying "good cause," to undergo a psych eval at their own expense ... through one of two MPD-specified shrinks providers.
The requirements from MPD's website:
Ultimately, the MMPI-2 is a subjective tool that the Murrieta Chief of Police can use to justify denial of a CCW. Penny-ante tyrants gonna tyrant.
The requirements from MPD's website:
How will they know that an applicant doesn't have a disqualifying psychological condition? You'd think that "involuntary commitment" or other legally-actionable metric might be used. But no ... the applicant will have to take the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 test, a 567-question (true/false) assay that's fed into a computer to grunt out a bunch of "scores." These scores allow the MPD-designated provider to stroke his/her beard, make the "thinking-really-hard" face, and utter "Hmmm, that's interesting ..." before pulling an assessment out of his/her rectal region. (The various scores of MMPI-2 are correlations against a set of people - 80-ish - in a matching gender and age bracket that the MMPI-2 creators consider "normal." Your score is how close your answers match those of the normies.)
- Must be a resident of the City of Murrieta (Penal Code § 26150 and Penal Code § 26155).
- Be at least 21 years of age (Penal Code § 29610).
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- Fully complete an application that will include substantial personal information-much of which may be subject to public access under the Public Records Act.
- Be free from criminal convictions that would disqualify the applicant from carrying a firearm-see DOJ Firearms Prohibiting Categories.
- Be of good moral character (Penal Code § 26150 and Penal Code § 26155).
- Show good cause for the issuance of the license (Penal Code § 26150 and Penal Code § 26155).
- Pay all associated application fees required by any third-party provider as well as fees required by the Department of Justice and the cost of the LiveScan (fees will not be refunded if the application is denied). The City of Murrieta does not currently charge any fees for issuance of a CCW other than the state fees which are paid to the state.
- Provide proof of ownership and registration of any firearm associated with the license.
- Be free from any psychological conditions that might make the applicant unsuitable for carrying a firearm (Penal Code § 26190).
- Complete required training (Penal Code § 26165)
Ultimately, the MMPI-2 is a subjective tool that the Murrieta Chief of Police can use to justify denial of a CCW. Penny-ante tyrants gonna tyrant.