“May Issue” also means “May Revoke”
October 10th, 2008
Sheriff begins taking away concealed weapons permits
Orange County, Californistan:
This week, department officials confirmed that 146 letters have been sent out advising current license holders that their permits to carry firearms in public – called CCWs – are being revoked. There are currently 1,024 permit holders.
“The Department has determined that your identified risk does not meet the good cause threshold as required under the new CCW policy based upon the information you provided. As a result of this determination, the Department’s present intention is to revoke your CCW license,” reads the form letter sent out this month.
The letter, sent out under the signature of Captain Dave Nighswonger, advises current holders that if they feel that additional information should be considered they have roughly one month to provide additional good cause information for the department to consider before the revocation becomes final.
Sheriff Sandra Hutchens says that many who received the letters are just “arguing the second amendment” and that that approach won’t work.
If you haven’t, pause and think about that. A county sheriff is changing county policy on concealed carry and taking it away after the fact. She’s claiming that those arguing the that the US Constitution guarantees them gun rights aren’t making any sort of a case.
In a “may issue” state, not issuing the CCW permit in the first place for a reason like that is legally and ethically defensible, even if I happen to disagree with the policy. Similarly, not renewing a previously-issued permit might be understandable if policy has changed in the meantime.
But taking them away?
Via Uncle.
Tags: CA
October 10th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I still don’t understand the whole “good cause” thing. Should I be banned from keeping a spare tire in my car if I can’t demonstrate that I routinely drive on nails and broken glass? Should I be prevented from owning a fire extinguisher unless I have an arsonist neighbor? What about carrying lethal weapons like pocketknives? Should I have to demonstrate “need” for those, too? How would somebody even do so?
October 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Start a recall petition.
Sheriff Sandra Hutchens’ “just doing my job” letter will not work towards the purpose of keeping her fucking job.
Getting enough sigs to hold a recall election is enough to make her a one term sheriff. People remember the recall during the following election, even if it wasn’t successful.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
[...] “May Issue” also means “May Revoke” Due to a policy change, your concealed carry permit is being revoked. Have a nice day. [...]
October 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Rising crime rates and criminals armed with -illegal- weapons is not a good reason? Sheriff Sandra Hutchens would LOVE Europe. We’ve all been disarmed by our governments for reasons that are even less “good” than hers.
This anti gun nonsense always wants me to demand the following: take away all driving licences the next time a drunk idiot wipes out a family when accidentally smashing his car into theirs. After all, that’s what’s happening in Europe all the time: one crazy nut starts shooting a few people and the next thing that happens is that hundreds of thousands of law abiding gun owners are forced by the state to hand in their guns.
What I see is a self-righteous sheriff who think she’s also a judge. Interesting to see that she seems to know that the second amendment is not an excuse. I certainly wouldn’t vote for her.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
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October 11th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Maybe Sheriff Sandra’s time would be better spent apprehending B/Gs? Or at least doing some research on what kind of real danger CCW holders represent to the community.