Contrary to “popular belief”, former Sheriff Carona DID NOT, “just give them to his friends”. Granted, some of his “friends” did receive permits, but anyone applying for one, has to pass a background check administered by the FBI, not by OCSD. So, even IF his “friends” did get permits, it’s because they passed the aforementioned background check. Next myth, the “friend”, who happened to be his martial arts instructor, DID NOT have a valid permit at the time of the incident on the golf course. To date, to the best of my knowledge, no current permit holder has done anything to violate the conditions of said permit, therefore, no current permit had any need to be “reviewed”. And don’t even get me started on the whole stupid badge debacle, which was another unnecessary “witch hunt”, undertaken by Sheriff Hutchens. We in Orange County have much more important “business” that our newly appointed Sheriff could be and probably should be focusing on, instead of things that were actually not even broken. BTW, and I’m not going to get into a dispute over this one, so don’t bother, as much as I believe in the 2nd Amendment, at the current time, it has nothing to do with CONCEALED CARRY. The two may be related, but are separate issues. Until there is more defining legislation to include CONCEALED CARRY within the boundaries of the 2nd Amendment, any argument enjoining them is irrelevant and futile. And just to be clear, I am an NRA Life Member and as such, am a firm supporter of the 2nd Amendment and an OCSD CCW license holder.
