San Diego – After recent high-profile news events, San Diegans need to be vigilant and prepared. Instead of playing into misguided gun control hype, law-abiding citizens who have gone through the required training and vetting process should be allowed the option to receive their concealed weapons permit. As fantastic as the good men and women in law enforcement are, we have seen time and again, law enforcement cannot be expected to be everywhere at once. Public safety is a community effort. The state has a provision to issue permits for the purpose of self-defense, but Sheriff Bill Gore is standing in the way due to his personal bias against gun ownership. Sheriff Gore is choosing to take away the public’s right to protect themselves.
“It is high time Sheriff Gore accept ‘self-defense’ for the State’s ‘good cause’ requirement and start approving carry permits. In all of the shootings we have seen, the only perpetrators stopped before more heinous acts could be committed against the innocent, were the ones stopped by someone with a gun — not a gun free zone,” says Michael Schwartz, Executive Director of San Diego County Gun Owners PAC.
Sheriff Gore has the authorization to issue concealed carry permits under existing state law. His bias against a law-abiding citizen’s ability to protect him or herself and the life of their family by using a firearm puts Gore at odds with most other California sheriffs and most other issuing policies across our country.
Michael Schwartz issued this challenge: “Mr. Gore, it is time to evolve on the issue of carry permits. Stop standing in the way of public safety. Are you, Mr. Gore, ready to hold yourself accountable for the potential loss of life that comes as a result? For the defense of all San Diego citizens, and in respect of their constitutional right to bear arms – you must change your policy and issue permits to those seeking them for self-defense.”
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Let us hope he has the common decency to respond.
Maybe the answer is sue Gore every time there is an issue that a CCW holder could have prevented a tragedy, but it was allowed to happen because the people were disarmed.
Enough law suits and the County might get the message.