In the category of things I’d never thought I’d see but wanted to is that San Francisco has acknowledged that they must shall issue concealed carry permits.
Good job Bruen decision.
The SFPD has released the list of requirements for a permit to be issued.
I take huge umbrage with the in person interview and SFPD psychological exam.
What are they looking for?
What standards do they have?
This seems very subjective and an easy way for the SFPD to deny permits.
I really hope that aspect of the process gets struck down by the courts.
The 16 hours of approved training us long, but on par with other Blue states (Illinois) for onerous CCW requirements.
The other thing they released was the live fire requirements and what guns they will allow people to carry.
This is interesting.
My belief on the caliber restrictions is this:
On the high end, e.g., rifle calibers and 5.7, it’s to keep anything potentially armor piercing out of the hands of CCW.
On the low end, e.g., no 22 LR, 25 or 32 ACP, is to keep people from carrying “Saturday Night Specials” which are generally cheap blowback pistols in low pressure cartridges.
But if I can play devil’s advocate for just a minute, the calibers that they list cover probably 98% of all the CCW guns sold. It’s still, I believe, unconstitutional, but it’s not horribly burdensome from a practical standpoint.
The live fire qualification actually seems pretty easy for anyone with any practical shooting experience.
I had similar qualifications in Illinois and Nebraska and they weren’t that hard to pass. Those aren’t X-ring hits. Those are anywhere inside a B-27 silhouette target.
Don’t think for a second that I like the SFPD’s restriction, I don’t. Im just trying to give some perspective, given that they obviously didn’t want to give out permits and hate gun owners, it could be much worse.
I still think that the interview and psych exam are the most likely to be shot down due to those being the most subjective.
I hope San Franciscans take advantage of this.
Nothing will drive the SFPD more insane than being absolutely flooded with applications.
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