El Dorado, Sacramento sheriffs eager to loosen weapons permit rules
By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee
New sheriffs in Sacramento and El Dorado counties say they are preparing to fulfill their campaign pledges to make it easier for residents to obtain concealed weapons permits.
El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini and Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said the attack on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, which left six dead and 14 others wounded in Arizona, hasn’t dissuaded them from fulfilling their campaign promises. Arizona does not require concealed weapons permits.
Both Jones and D’Agostini won runoff elections in which concealed gun permits were a major issue.
As the suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting, Jared Lee Loughner, 22, made his first court appearance Monday, Jones said the shooting in Tucson had reinforced his faith in California’s concealed weapons law.