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Peruta v. County of San Diego is a Second Amendment case challenging the concealed carry license issuing policies in San Diego County. This case was started when Ed Peruta applied for his conceal carry license and was subsequently denied. He wished to carry for defense of self and family.

Ed then started the internal appeals process with the license division for the sheriff’s office. He painstakingly exhausted all administrative options for appealing the denial of his concealed carry license. After which Ed hired an attorney and filed a civil rights case in federal court. Both the County of San Diego, and Sheriff Gore himself are defendants in this case. The lawsuit was later amended and added several other plaintiffs including the CRPA Foundation which helped strengthen the case for the general public.

This case has the potential to fix carry for San Diego County and like the Sykes v. McGinness case may even fix carry for all of California depending on what happens at trial. When we say "fix carry" we mean to say that when you apply for your CCW permit, the right of "self defense" is sufficient for "good cause" as it relates to California penal code 12050

The case will be argued in court around June 2011.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Amend the Briefing Schedule is GRANTED. The parties shall file their motions in accordance with the dates stipulated to and set forth in the parties’ joint motion, and Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment shall be heard in this Court on November 15, 2010 at 10:30 am.