{"id":4191,"date":"2011-07-06T02:27:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/07\/06\/calguns-forces-san-francisco-sheriff-to\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:15:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:15:20","slug":"calguns-forces-san-francisco-sheriff-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4191","title":{"rendered":"CalGuns Forces San Francisco Sheriff To Adopt CCW Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17332,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\\\/resources\\\/downloads\\\/category\\\/9-carry.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cagunrights.org\\\/resources\\\/downloads\\\/category\\\/9-carry.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17333,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\\\/downloads\\\/documents\\\/SanFrancisco.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cagunrights.org\\\/downloads\\\/documents\\\/SanFrancisco.pdf&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17334,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.gotcarry.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17227,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.calgunsfoundation.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260418022109\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 06:40:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 15:21:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-24 15:21:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The CalGuns Foundation sent out this release this evening regarding their victory in forcing the Sheriff of San Francisco County to comply with California law regarding concealed carry permits. Congratulations to CalGuns for getting San Francisco to obey the law. When I attended the Gun Rights Policy Conference in San Francisco, I was shocked to find out that there were only eight CCW permits issued for all of San Francisco County. While this number may have changed some, it is still ridiculously small for a city and county of the size of San Francisco.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>San Carlos, CA (Tuesday, July 5, 2011) \u2013 After a litigation threat from the Calguns Foundation, San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey has adopted a policy for firearm carry license (\u201cCCW\u201d) applications.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its ongoing Carry License Compliance and Sunshine Initiative, The Calguns Foundation sent San Francisco County Sheriff Michael Hennessey a letter demanding that he immediately bring the firearm carry license application acceptance, processing, and evaluation policies of his department into compliance with California law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a direct result of our letter, San Franciscans now have a path to apply for a permit to exercise their fundamental right of self defense,\u201d notes Gene Hoffman, Chairman of CGF. \u201cWe look forward to assisting San Francisco residents to that end by publishing on our website copies of approved \u2018good cause\u2019 statements, the Sheriff\u2019s policy, DOJ standard application, a \u2018CCW Application Flowchart\u2019, and other valuable tools and information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new policy is being reviewed for requirements and practices that violate the law. \u201cWhile we\u2019re pleased that Sheriff Hennessey chose to produce a policy rather than spend taxpayers&#8217; money to defend an indefensible position, it\u2019s perplexing that he created such an onerous carry license program that practically begs for further scrutiny and possibly litigation,\u201d said Brandon Combs, a director of CGF and leader of the Sunshine Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Calguns Foundation provided a copy of their Model Carry License Policy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\/resources\/downloads\/category\/9-carry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">downloadable here<\/a>, to San Francisco Sheriff Hennessey and the San Francisco Sheriff\u2019s Office. The CGF Model Policy reflects the process and procedures found in state law and comports with constitutional principles. San Francisco, however, chose to largely ignore CGF\u2019s offer of assistance and create its own policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking a very hard look at policies that burden the carry license application process with unlawful or unconstitutional provisions,\u201d stated Gene Hoffman. \u201cWe expect that some sheriffs will dig in their heels and refuse to comply with the law. Those sheriffs should expect to be taken to court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the San Francisco carry license policy is available for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\/downloads\/documents\/SanFrancisco.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download here<\/a>. More information on Calguns Foundation\u2019s Carry License Compliance and Sunshine Initiative can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gotcarry.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.gotcarry.org<\/a>. For more information on other Second Amendment-related litigation and educational efforts, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.calgunsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CalGuns Foundation sent out this release this evening regarding their victory in forcing the Sheriff of San Francisco&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2123,158,2154],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-calguns","tag-concealed-carry","tag-san-francisco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6925,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions\/6925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}