California gun owners 'horrified' after state DOJ data breach exposes identities: 'Alarming situation'

  • 📰 FoxNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 40 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 87%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

California's Department of Justice faced a data breach this week that revealed personal information for thousands of gun owners who applied for concealed carry permits.

National Security Institute’s Jamil Jaffer responds to Justice Clarence Thomas' use of the Second and Fourteenth Amendments in gun permit ruling.and advocates said they were left"horrified" after a data breach within the state’s Department of Justice exposed the personal information of thousands of gun owners who applied for a concealed carry permit over the last decade.

"Based on the Department’s current investigation, the incident exposed the personal information of individuals who were granted or denied a concealed and carry weapons permit between 2011-2021. The information exposed included names, date of birth, gender, race, driver’s license number, addresses, and criminal history," the state’s DOJ said in a statement.

"This is an alarming situation," Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea, president of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, told KCRA 3. "At the end of the day, I think that there's been a real loss of peace of mind on the part of many law-abiding citizens," Honea added."Now, they have to be concerned about falling into the wrong hands and being used in a way that causes them harm.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

LOL, I thought they were proud gun owners and not afraid.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 9. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines