Although the Supreme Ct Made it Plain that People Have the Right ‘to Wear, Bear, or Carry Arms for Self Defense’ White Liberals Make It Impossible to Do So in Crime Ridden Places Like San Francisco

The sheriff’s office and the police department in San Francisco have collectively approved just one gun permit since the Supreme Court ruling last June. WSJ reports, “The San Franciscans who want to carry guns include software engineers, accountants, middle managers and firearms instructors. They fall along the entire political spectrum, but many have at least one thing in common: They don’t want to be identified because they are worried about judgment from their neighbors or employers.

Their names are discoverable under public records law with some exceptions, according to legal experts. 

Cities such as San Francisco that routinely denied such permits have received a flood of applications since the Supreme Court ruled for the first time last summer that the Second Amendment protects Americans’ right to carry guns outside the home for self-defense. In the past, authorities here said they received fewer than 20 applications a year. 

Democratic leaders in states such as New York and California have sought to pass measures to blunt the effects of the ruling by imposing more thorough background investigations or training requirements for those seeking to carry concealed weapons in public. But a judge put most of the New York law on hold in October, and California’s failed to pass the state legislature. [MORE]