The sheriff of Contra Costa County will lift concealed-carry bans on red-dot sights, mounted lights, and single-action 1911-style plus 2011-style pistols after a settlement a gun-rights group announced October 8. Two residents joined that group in a June lawsuit claiming the listed-handgun rules plus those accessory and 1911 bars violated the Second and Fourteenth Amendments on what licensees could carry rather than own. They dismissed the case the next day, and the office will drop the specific bans and refresh its website within 10 days while still requiring each listed pistol to be identified and qualified with. Adding an optic or light may require inspection plus requalification; the deal is not a finding of unconstitutionality, does not approve every pistol, and leaves other limits on lasers, modifications, and listed-gun numbers in place. Online instructions still showed the old bans as of October 15, so holders should confirm with the office, and the pact covers only this sheriff’s licenses.