Woke California AG Tells Gun-Permitting Officials to Deny Applicants Based on Politics

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

78% : Bonta urging authorities to comb through applicants' social media accounts to assess their character "strikes me as clearly unconstitutional under the First Amendment, even apart from the Second Amendment."
64% : The only categories of speech that are not protected by the First Amendment are cases of "incitement to imminent lawless action," "speech that threatens serious bodily harm," and "speech that causes an immediate breach of the peace," the so-called fighting words exception.
52% :The day after the Bruen ruling, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, sent a "legal alert" (pdf) to law enforcement officials advising them that the Golden State was dropping the requirement for gun license applicants to provide a "good cause" because the requirement is now "unconstitutional and unenforceable."
50% : He pointed to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department policy, which states:"Legal judgments of good moral character can include consideration of honesty, trustworthiness, diligence, reliability, respect for the law, integrity, candor, discretion, observance of fiduciary duty, respect for the rights of others, absence of hatred and racism, fiscal stability, profession-specific criteria such as pledging to honor the constitution and uphold the law, and the absence of criminal conviction."The Epoch Times reached out to the sheriff's department for comment on the policy but did not receive a reply as of press time.
43% : After the Supreme Court's landmark Second Amendment ruling in June, California's attorney general encouraged law enforcement officials in the state to deny firearm carry permits to individuals with a history of "hatred and racism" -- whether expressed in social media posts or elsewhere.

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