“If you apply for a permit and you’re not crazy and can shoot straight, they are going to issue a license (to carry),” says one gun rights advocate.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to swat down a major part of New York’s concealed weapons law ensures there will be more guns on the street in Southern California and more roadblocks to reform, experts said Thursday.
Feuer called the ruling “one of the weakest, most deficient, most dangerous, most poorly reasoned decisions in the history of the Supreme Court.” He added that more than a decade’s worth of court decisions on firearm regulation are now subject to new legal challenges. The ruling, however, still gives states the ability to impose some regulation, such as requiring background checks, proficiency tests and mental health evaluations, experts said.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco noted that other provisions of the department’s policy remain in place, such as requiring that applicants must have good moral character and no disqualifying criminal convictions. Not much of a change is expected in Orange County, where the Sheriff’s Department approves 95% of the requests for concealed carry permits, experts said.
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