California legislators will consider a new law within days to keep dangerous people from carrying concealed weapons in public.
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The state will require background checks, including with fingerprinting, as well as firearms training and a mental health assessment, Bonta said. Many of the precautions already are allowed under current law. Attorney Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, predicted Democrats pushing the bill are"going to declare every place they think of as a 'sensitive place.'"
San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto said his office already saw a jump in applications - 22 by Thursday afternoon, compared to two pending applications submitted since the beginning of the year. Miyamoto said his office hasn't issued any permits since January 2020, when he was sworn in. "The people in San Francisco will now have the ability to go and apply for a license and actually not get rejected by a good cause statement that doesn't meet the criteria of the elected sheriff," he said, adding the ruling"will even out what happens between states that have more strict rules against states that have more normal Second Amendment federal rules that they use.
"The Sheriff recognizes the threats to the residents have increased and has responded accordingly," Medrano said.
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