{"id":4346,"date":"2011-06-03T17:19:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T17:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/06\/03\/calguns-demands-san-franscisco-sheriff\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:14:47","slug":"calguns-demands-san-franscisco-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4346","title":{"rendered":"CalGuns Demands San Franscisco Sheriff Obey Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17529,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/calgunsfoundation.org\\\/resources\\\/downloads\\\/file\\\/25-ccwpolicy.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cagunrights.org\\\/resources\\\/downloads\\\/file\\\/25-ccwpolicy.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17530,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/calgunsfoundation.org\\\/resources\\\/downloads\\\/file\\\/26-sfcarrypolicydemand.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cagunrights.org\\\/resources\\\/downloads\\\/file\\\/26-sfcarrypolicydemand.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The CalGuns Foundation issued this press release yesterday demanding that San Francisco County Sheriff&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;Hennessey obey California state law regarding concealed carry.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><br \/>\nSan Carlos, CA (June 2, 2011) &#8211; 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 his firearm carry license application acceptance, processing, and evaluation policies into compliance with the law.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter sent Tuesday, Calguns notes that the Sheriff has failed to comply with state law for nearly thirteen years, even after being notified of the deficiency on a number of prior occasions. Calguns also claims that the policies of the Sheriff in issuing licenses to some, including one of his employees, while refusing to accept all applications from \u201cregular\u201d San Francisco residents violates applicants\u2019 constitutional rights of self-defense and equal protection under the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Sheriff may have grown accustomed to following only those laws he chooses, we intend to hold the County\u2019s highest law enforcement officer to the same laws he took an oath to uphold,\u201d notes Gene Hoffman, Chairman of The Calguns Foundation. \u201cThe rights of San Francisco residents are no less valuable than those of his employees and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, then-Assemblymember Rod Wright authored a bill to make firearm carry permit applications consistent across the state due to tremendous variations in local practices by licensing authorities. That bill, AB 2022, established a mandate that all licensing authorities create and publish a written policy on carry license applications by April 1, 1999. It also instituted a specific process that licensing authorities &#8211; county sheriffs and city chiefs of police &#8211; must use in receiving and processing applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve spent thousands of hours requesting and reviewing the policies and practices of hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the state. Sheriff Hennessey\u2019s, obviously, stood out \u2013 it simply didn\u2019t exist,\u201d said Brandon Combs, member of the Board of Directors of Calguns Foundation. \u201cIt\u2019s exceedingly frustrating to see the Sheriff turning away so many qualified San Francisco residents who are complying with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to avoid litigation, Calguns provided Sheriff Hennessey with a comprehensive model carry license policy. \u201cWe would strongly prefer that the Sheriff simply choose to use our model policy, much as San Francisco has done with LCAV policies in the past,\u201d Brandon Combs said. \u201cHowever, should he choose to go another direction, we\u2019re prepared to litigate as necessary to bring his policies and practices in line with the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A downloadable copy of the model policy is available at this <a href=\"http:\/\/calgunsfoundation.org\/resources\/downloads\/file\/25-ccwpolicy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>. CGF&#8217;s letter to Sheriff Hennessey is located <a href=\"http:\/\/calgunsfoundation.org\/resources\/downloads\/file\/26-sfcarrypolicydemand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information on Calguns Foundation\u2019s Carry License Compliance and Sunshine Initiative can be found at www.gotcarry.org. For more information on other Second Amendment-related litigation and educational efforts, please visit www.calgunsfoundation.org<\/i>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know Gene Hoffman, chairman of the CalGuns Foundation, at the LuckyGunner Blogger Shoot. I&#8217;m proud to say that he is a Tar Heel native and bleeds Carolina Blue especially during basketball season.<\/p>\n<p>Gene and the CalGuns Foundation are doing great work in California in their efforts to preserve, protect, and expand our Second Amendment rights in that state. As one-fifth of all Americans live in California, what happens in California eventually will impact the rest of us. Rather than mocking those gun owners who choose (or are forced by economic necessity)&nbsp;to live in California, we ought to be asking how can we help.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CalGuns Foundation issued this press release yesterday demanding that San Francisco County Sheriff&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;Hennessey obey California state law regarding&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":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2123,2154],"class_list":["post-4346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-calguns","tag-san-francisco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346","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=4346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6752,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions\/6752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}