Like most of the Bay Area, Santa Clara County was a difficult place for the average person to get a permit without showing special need. Marin was more permissive, but only slightly so, with 138 permits issued. According to data released by the state Department of Justice last year, between 20, San Francisco issued a total of 11 permits to civilians. It was in coastal, Democratic-leaning bigger cities where the right to concealed carry was rarely allowed. In the national divide between “may issue” states, where permits were issued by discretion, and “shall issue” states, where they were issued by right, gun owners in Shasta, El Dorado and Fresno counties and other parts of rural California effectively resided in the latter. In conservative-learning counties, sheriffs were disinclined to subject concealed carry applicants to added restrictions even before 2022. Senate Bill 2 is set for its first committee hearing on March 28.Īmidst the legal sea change, the tide hasn’t shifted evenly across the state. They’re working on a new version this session, though it wouldn’t take effect until Jan. They failed to pass a bill last year to limit places where concealed guns can be carried. Gavin Newsom, it has been cause for outrage, alarm and calls to action. For gun rights advocates, the ruling has been a long-awaited reprieve.īut for many Democratic state lawmakers and Gov. Last year’s court decision marked the most significant undercutting of California’s strictest-in-the-nation set of gun laws in at least a generation.
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