San Francisco residents lose legal carry status after sheriff lets permits expire

Gun rights journalist Cam Edwards, on his show Bearing Arms’ Cam & Co, says San Francisco has managed to do something even many anti-gun jurisdictions usually avoid: it turned law-abiding concealed carry holders into non-carriers overnight, not by changing the law, but by simply letting their permits expire.

Edwards bases much of his criticism on reporting from San Francisco Public Safety News, which first revealed that Sheriff Paul Miyamoto’s office allowed multiple concealed carry weapons (CCW) permits to lapse, even though the holders had filed their renewal paperwork on time.

In a statement quoted by San Francisco Public Safety News, Miyamoto admitted the failures and tried to own them…

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