Folks,
As some of you may know, once I released the "CCW abuse expose" on the misconduct at the state AG/DOJ's offices on my website, Randy Rossi (head of the DOJ Firearms Division) dropped me EMail two days later wanting to talk. A friendly phone conversation later, we have a meeting set up via a mixture of onsite-in-Sacramento participation and conference call.
The report that triggered all this response: http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/agaccuse.html
The meeting is set for the 19th of this month. Since this is clearly going to be a "Brown Act" meeting, I'm going to tape it and make it available online as an MP3 or something.
Rossi has done well in responding to the complaint made so far; the trick now is to get him to see that not only have the local agencies screwed up with CCW abuse, they've "dragged Lockyer and the state DOJ into the mud" right with 'em. This isn't exaggeration - Federal equal protection law is very clear on the subject of "cover-ups" and that's exactly what several top cops, AG Lockyer and prior DOJ staff engaged in. And it's an *ongoing* problem, which means Randy Rossi is wrapped up in it if he blows us off once informed.
The least amount of reform I'm looking for here is to get DOJ to reverse course on the 7/20/99 memo and declare the "good cause data" public record as per CBS vs. Block. Odds: per Rossi, if my read on CBS vs. Block is correct, we WILL get this.
The CBS vs. Block case and summary is online: http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/cbsvblock.html
The next step past that would be to get the DOJ to help gather CCW data in cases where the local agency is screwing around with people who file PRARs, such as myself, Nadja Adolf, Chuck Michel. Having DOJ start doing PRARs on our behalf would be really neat
. Odds: dunno, bit of a crapshoot. Not impossible though. We also don't know what data DOJ themselves is sitting on and could release via PRAR directly.
The grand slam would be if DOJ takes the allegations of wrongdoing at the various agencies seriously, and investigates. In Contra Costa County alone, I can point them to enough evidence to get search warrants, and if they do that Sheriff Rupf will end up in jail. All we have to do is take one of these fools down hard, and others will be "scared straight".
Anyways. I'm writing because DOJ has been telling some folks about this, and sending out an unknown number of invites. If you want in, cool...the major players are going to be Ed Worley and Chuck Michel of NRA, Sam Parades of GOC, myself, Rossi's attorney.
Other people who want to politely express their disgust at the problems in CCW in general should EMail me your comments. California residents only, and include your full address. I'll print 'em out and personally hand as big a stack as possible to Rossi at the meeting, it'll help give him "ammo" in support of reform efforts. Personal tales of abuse 100% welcome. These will NOT be published on the web, they're going to go straight to Rossi. The bigger the pile I get, the better.
Now is the time to speak, folks. Randy Rossi is a reasonable guy. Even the lowest-level change noted above would be worth it, anything past that could be earth-shaking.
Speak now, or you may forever be unable to hold your piece.
Forward as appropriate but keep it off of talk.politics.guns.
Jim March - jmarch@prodigy.net
Equal Rights for CCW Home Page
http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw
As some of you may know, once I released the "CCW abuse expose" on the misconduct at the state AG/DOJ's offices on my website, Randy Rossi (head of the DOJ Firearms Division) dropped me EMail two days later wanting to talk. A friendly phone conversation later, we have a meeting set up via a mixture of onsite-in-Sacramento participation and conference call.
The report that triggered all this response: http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/agaccuse.html
The meeting is set for the 19th of this month. Since this is clearly going to be a "Brown Act" meeting, I'm going to tape it and make it available online as an MP3 or something.
Rossi has done well in responding to the complaint made so far; the trick now is to get him to see that not only have the local agencies screwed up with CCW abuse, they've "dragged Lockyer and the state DOJ into the mud" right with 'em. This isn't exaggeration - Federal equal protection law is very clear on the subject of "cover-ups" and that's exactly what several top cops, AG Lockyer and prior DOJ staff engaged in. And it's an *ongoing* problem, which means Randy Rossi is wrapped up in it if he blows us off once informed.
The least amount of reform I'm looking for here is to get DOJ to reverse course on the 7/20/99 memo and declare the "good cause data" public record as per CBS vs. Block. Odds: per Rossi, if my read on CBS vs. Block is correct, we WILL get this.
The CBS vs. Block case and summary is online: http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw/cbsvblock.html
The next step past that would be to get the DOJ to help gather CCW data in cases where the local agency is screwing around with people who file PRARs, such as myself, Nadja Adolf, Chuck Michel. Having DOJ start doing PRARs on our behalf would be really neat
. Odds: dunno, bit of a crapshoot. Not impossible though. We also don't know what data DOJ themselves is sitting on and could release via PRAR directly.The grand slam would be if DOJ takes the allegations of wrongdoing at the various agencies seriously, and investigates. In Contra Costa County alone, I can point them to enough evidence to get search warrants, and if they do that Sheriff Rupf will end up in jail. All we have to do is take one of these fools down hard, and others will be "scared straight".
Anyways. I'm writing because DOJ has been telling some folks about this, and sending out an unknown number of invites. If you want in, cool...the major players are going to be Ed Worley and Chuck Michel of NRA, Sam Parades of GOC, myself, Rossi's attorney.
Other people who want to politely express their disgust at the problems in CCW in general should EMail me your comments. California residents only, and include your full address. I'll print 'em out and personally hand as big a stack as possible to Rossi at the meeting, it'll help give him "ammo" in support of reform efforts. Personal tales of abuse 100% welcome. These will NOT be published on the web, they're going to go straight to Rossi. The bigger the pile I get, the better.
Now is the time to speak, folks. Randy Rossi is a reasonable guy. Even the lowest-level change noted above would be worth it, anything past that could be earth-shaking.
Speak now, or you may forever be unable to hold your piece
.Forward as appropriate but keep it off of talk.politics.guns.
Jim March - jmarch@prodigy.net
Equal Rights for CCW Home Page
http://www.ninehundred.com/~equalccw
