Concealed Carry Permits Soar in Sacramento County

By Jenn Jacques

The tides have shifted on gun control versus gun rights in America – that includes some parts of liberal California, too!

In Sacramento County, about one out of every 135 adults in now has a license to carry. But it wasn’t always so gun-friendly throughout this quiet community nestled in the northern central portion of the Golden State.

The Sacramento Bee reports:

When Scott Jones became sheriff of Sacramento County in 2010, there were approximately 350 civilians licensed to carry concealed handguns in the county. Today there are nearly 8,000.

That means statistically, in any sizable gathering – at the grocery store, a ballgame or church – at least one person is likely to be packing legal heat.

Jones has issued permits at an average rate of more than four per day during the last five years, according to data provided by the Sheriff’s Department. The result is that Sacramento County had the third-highest number of concealed carry permit holders in California at the end of 2015, behind Fresno and Orange counties, a review of data from the California Department of Justice shows.

State law gives county sheriffs broad discretion to issue concealed weapons permits, so long as applicants show “good cause” and …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms