On Saturday's Fox & Friends Weekend, the show gave coverage to how atrocious California's gun rights situation is as the Fox weekend anchors spoke with a Los Angeles resident whose concealed carry permit was revoked after he used his firearm to fight off two armed home invaders who are still at large.
As dramatic video of the attack and shootout was shown on screen, co-host Will Cain recalled: "Caught on camera, a Los Angeles resident seen defending his home and family from would-be robbers earlier this month."
Co-anchor Rachel Campos-Duffy further filled in viewers: "That gun and home owner now says he's been stripped of his concealed carry permit by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after the terrifying neighborhood shootout."
The third member of the weekend team, Pete Hegseth, brought aboard Vince Ricci and his wife, and began by asking if a reason was given for why the permit was revoked. Ricci responded: "No, they haven't given us any written statement. We've requested a written statement. We've constantly reached out to them and emailed. My wife has constantly reached out. They haven't said anything to us."
After Cain followed up by asking if a temporary suspension under such circumstances was typical, Ricci added: "I think it's unique to the district I'm in in California. They usually will suspend it temporarily from what I've heard, but then they sent -- they temporarily suspended it, and then they immediately called and said it's revoked."
He then recalled that he had been told over the phone without any written notice, and without a reason given:
Yeah, they said over the phone -- no written email, no confirmation, nothing. Because I just -- I feel like it's a petty attempt to strip me of my ability to protect myself and because there's so much publicity around the case and they haven't caught anybody that are at large -- that it's easier for them to do that than to actually go and catch the criminals.
On the previous night's The Ingraham Angle, Fox News host Laura Ingraham also devoted a segment to Ricci's situation, speaking with him and gun rights activist Colion Noir about the issue.
Ricci recalled that, because he was on his own property, he did not even need his permit to use a firearm in that situation: " But it's not even a CCW matter because I was on my own property. I was walking into the driveway and entryway of my house, so this petty attempt for them to strip me of my ability to carry outside of my house for something that happened on my property, it's just unexplainable."
He went on to note that his permit was revoked even though the two men who attacked him have not been found. Noir and Ingraham then weighed in on the Democrat-controlled California government's hostility to legal gun owners and Governor Gavin Newsom's attempts to weaken the 2nd Amendment.
Transcripts follow:
Fox's The Ingraham Angle
November 17, 2023
7:33 p.m. Eastern
VINCE RICCI, LOS ANGELES RESIDENT: But it's not even a CCW matter because I was on my own property. I was walking into the driveway and entryway of my house, so this petty attempt for them to strip me of my ability to carry outside of my house for something that happened on my property, it's just unexplainable.
LAURA INGRAHAM: I see what you're saying. D.C. has really strict concealed carry rules. You have to register one gun at a time. So is the gun you used registered as a concealed carry?
RICCI: Yes, the gun -- a Glock 26 -- is registered as my one concealed carry -- which, at the time, like I said, I never really thought I was going to have to use it. And I went about it the right way -- I acquired it the right way. They granted me the right to carry. Now, they're stripping me with the men at large that were looking for me and not giving me a way to defend myself. And I hope Sheriff (Robert) Luna is listening.
INGRAHAM: Well, Colion, what's the reason? What's the reason?
COLION NOIR, GUN RIGHTS ACTIVIST: I mean, I think it's pretty blatant what the reason is. California has had a notorious reputation for being anti-gun and anti-anybody being able to carry a firearm unless you're part of the government somehow. So this aspect of him stripping him of his ability to carry a firearm, especially when you're talking about a situation that happened on his property, it just reeks of their hatred for citizens -- law-abiding citizens for that matter -- being able to carry firearms to protect themselves.
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Fox & Friends Weekend
November 18, 2023
9:40 a.m. Eastern
WILL CAIN: Caught on camera, a Los Angeles resident seen defending his home and family from would-be robbers earlier this month.
RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY: That gun and home owner now says he's been stripped of his concealed carry permit by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after the terrifying neighborhood shootout.
PETE HEGSETH: Here with their story, Vince Ricci alongside his wife Karla, who was just on the other side of the door when the gun fight broke out. Thank you both for being here. We were commenting on your story earlier, the courage it took to do what you did to defend your family. Now, I will get into that story in a moment, but your permit was revoked. Did they give you a reason why? Like, why are you the one that pays the consequence?
VINCE RICCI, LOS ANGELES RESIDENT: Well, thank you for having us on. No, they haven't given us any written statement. We've requested a written statement. We've constantly reached out to them and emailed. My wife has constantly reached out. They haven't said anything to us.
WILL CAIN: Vince, as a follow-up to that, is it standard protocol that after a firearm is discharged or something like that in this kind of incident, do they suspend it for a while? Or is this, as you can tell, as far as you can tell, unique to your situation?
VINCE RICCI: I think it's -- I think it's unique to the district I'm in in California. They usually will suspend it temporarily from what I've heard, but then they sent -- they temporarily suspended it, and then they immediately called and said it's revoked.
CAIN: It's revoked.
VINCE RICCI: Yeah, they said over the phone -- no written email, no confirmation, nothing. Because I just -- I feel like it's a petty attempt to strip me of my ability to protect myself and because there's so much publicity around the case and they haven't caught anybody that are at large -- that it's easier for them to do that than to actually go and catch the criminals.
