The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office recently approved a concealed carry weapon (CCW) permit application, which allows individuals to carry concealed weapons, months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right is protected under the U.S. Constitution.
“We can confirm we did approve our first CCW permit Friday,” said Tara Moriarty, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The applicant, Benjamin Zhang, is employed at an automobile shop in Tenderloin, a neighborhood plagued with drug dealings, which made him file for the permit. “I was never a gun guy ... but it’s getting alarming. Drug dealers moved up on my block now. I never saw that until recently,” he told the outlet.
