Getting a concealed-carry permit in Los Angeles County is a hundred times less likely than it was for Angels legend Nolan Ryan to win a game without allowing any hits. A new lawsuit by the U.S. Department of Justice could change that.

Ryan was celestial on the mound. He won 324 games – seven of them no-hitters. (Four of those were with the Angels.) That means opponents did not get a hit in two out of every hundred games he won. No wonder he ascended into baseball heaven, inducted into the Hall of Fame with the third-highest vote percentage ever.

Unbelievably, Angelenos who try to get permission to exercise their Second Amendment rights face even longer odds than did Ryan in getting a no-hit win. As a lawsuit by the federal government details, just one in 2,000 concealed-carry permit appl

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