{"id":1086374,"date":"2021-12-05T11:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T16:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1086374"},"modified":"2021-12-05T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T16:13:32","slug":"santa-claus-photographed-getting-concealed-carry-permit-in-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/santa-claus-photographed-getting-concealed-carry-permit-in-co\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus Photographed Getting Concealed Carry Permit in CO"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsanta-claus-photographed-getting-concealed-carry-permit-in-co%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1086374&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/santa-time-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The sheriff in El Paso County, Colorado, tweeted a photo of a man who looks like Santa Claus getting a concealed carry permit on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet also noted the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office has issued nearly 50,000 permits this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.140762463343\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Guess who came in to receive his Concealed Handgun Permit today? \ud83c\udf85<\/p>\n<p>Did you know the El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has issued 49,750 Concealed Handgun Permits with another 2,560 awaiting to be issued?<\/p>\n<p>For more info please visit our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AbGrPigOUZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/AbGrPigOUZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ELmffXcfjA\">pic.twitter.com\/ELmffXcfjA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EPCSheriff (@EPCSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPCSheriff\/status\/1466845021995421698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>KXAN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/pic-of-santa-getting-concealed-handgun-permit-prompts-outrage\/\">reported<\/a> that some people reacted negatively to the post, with one person claiming the sheriff ought to take it down because of the Michigan school shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Another person suggested the sheriff ruined Christmas by showing a man resembling Santa getting a permit to carry a gun for self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff responded to some of the negative comments: \u201cEPSO intended to highlight our staff in the Concealed Handgun Permit Office, not to be insensitive. Santa correlates to the month of December and we thought he would help to recognize our hard working staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR&nbsp;Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter:&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AWRHawkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@AWRHawkins<\/a>. Reach him directly at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. Sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sheriff in El Paso County, Colorado, tweeted a photo of a man who looks like Santa Claus getting a concealed carry permit on Friday. 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