In light of the Bruen case heard before the United States Supreme Court last year, the San Francisco’s Sheriff’s Department has issued its first CCW permit (pending the final training class for this applicant). The City And County of San Francisco have always had a strict reputation when it came to approving license-to-carry permits. According to San Francisco Sheriff Paul Miyamoto, prior to the Bruen ruling, only individuals considered to be in at-risk positions such as diamond jewelers or judges would have even been considered for a CCW permit in San Francisco. “The significant change from the Bruen decision was that they took out the ‘good cause’ requirement for someone who is applying for a CCW license,” Miyamoto added. “Which basically means as long as you clear our vetting process, our background procedures, and as long as you take a safety course and demonstrate you’re responsible, you’re given an opportunity to have a license.”Boy howdy, you want to talk about a jurisdiction where you really want to understand the legalities of the use of force before you whip out your blaster, there's the one.
In San Francisco, I'd imagine you want to be solidly in "MUST" territory* on the "CAN > MAY > SHOULD > MUST" spectrum. (I mean, you should be doing that anywhere, Captain Mall Ninja, but some jurisdictions are going to be a lot more lenient about what is and isn't a questionable shoot.)
*And able to articulate why.
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