SWAT team searches gun-rights supporters

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Steven Greenhut wrote

At the board meeting today, Orange County deputies searched gun-rights supporters, especially those wearing CCW buttons, according to those who attended the meeting. Although Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said she would let the permits expire rather than revoke them, her real disdain for freedom is shown by the presence of the SWAT team and the heavyhanded searches of law-abiding residents who wanted to attend the board meeting. Did the sheriff really think that gun supporters are somehow dangerous. I’ve been to gun shows and gun events and have never felt safer.

I don't know the law in California and whether a CCW permit allows you to carry in public buildings, but my feeling was that this wasn't about law or courage as much as sending a vindictive little message on the part of the sheriff. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens is the sheriff who unilaterally decided to cancel all CCW permits in her county. When the shit storm hit she altered her plan to simply refusal to issue new permits and allowing the others to expire. I'm not sure what legal recourse permit holders have except to wait for election day and send a message of their own.