Hmmm, makes you wonder who's been shooting at the helicopters?
Seems, like Mr. Penn has a little prior history there.
Permits to carry in California are distributed by each county's sherrif, I believe, and the county I believe he lives in only grants a dozen or so a year, while some much less populated counties grant thousands each year.
He served 34 days in prison in 1987 for punching an extra who had tried to take his picture on the set of the film Colors. He's a royal assclown.