A Political Attack On Free Speech And Privacy Thwarted -- For Now

It's a shame she doesn't understand the following:

1) If not for the mistake made by Reagan in normalizing "no fault divorce" almost ALL children would have married parents

2) If not for the further libertinism, homosexuals would never have been allowed to wed, nor *ADOPT* children. By definition, homosexuals cannot create children in a homosexual marriage, as humans are not hermaphrodites.

I noticed she says parents not mother and father...I sometimes jokingly call myself the parent of my three cats, but that doesn't mean I believe I conceived them and gave birth to them.

It's just another example of the twisted use of language of the Left.

Their parents aren’t married because at least one of their parents is gay and therefore refuses to marry their other parent.

It’s that simple, and it is not anything that can be fixed by a law.

(I have a hard time believing that as many as 50,000 CA children are being raised by a gay parent—homosexuality is not as common as the left would have us believe.)

http://sfmayor.org/ftp/archive/209.126.225.7/archives/PressRoom_NewsReleases_2007_63664/index.html

7/9/07 – Mayor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris’ Firearms Legislation Clears Hurdle, Moving San Francisco One Step Closer to Having the Nation’s Toughest Gun Laws

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Monday, July 9, 2007

Contact: Mayor’s Office of Communications,
415.554.6131

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MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY KAMALA HARRIS’ FIREARMS LEGISLATION CLEARS HURDLE, MOVING SAN FRANCISCO ONE STEP CLOSER TO HAVING THE NATION’S TOUGHEST GUN LAWS

Legislation, co-sponsored by Supervisors Mirkarimi and Maxwell, passed through Public Safety Committee, goes to full Board for final vote

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Firearms legislation proposed by Mayor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris – co-sponsored by Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi and Sophie Maxwell – that would limit the proliferation of handguns in San Francisco, passed through the City’s Public Safety Committee today. The bill next goes to the full Board of Supervisors for a final vote.

The legislative proposals include:

Prohibiting possession and sale of firearms on County property. This law disallows guns in local parks, community centers, schools, and government buildings, and restricts gun shows or gun sales from City and County property.

Requiring handguns kept in homes to be stored in locked containers. This regulation will deter accidental shootings by children and teenagers, and prevent tragic deaths such as the recent accidental shooting of a 14-year-old girl in the Western Addition. This law change will also decrease the possibility of stolen weapons.

Increasing regulatory requirements on gun dealers, to minimize inappropriate sales of handguns that make their way to the black market.

“The members of the Public Safety Committee moved us a step forward today in our efforts to limit guns on our streets,” said Mayor Newsom. “I’m hopeful that the full Board will echo their sentiments – and the sentiments of the community – and approve this much-needed package of firearms legislation.”

“It’s all about keeping guns out of the wrong hands: away from children, out of schools and parks, off the black market, and out of the hands of criminals,” said District Attorney Harris.

Today’s passage comes on the heels of several public records requests aimed at Mayor Newsom by law firms linked to the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA has voiced its opposition to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, an organization that includes Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mayor Newsom.

Local crime statistics:

The San Francisco Police Department seized 1, 158 guns in 2005 and 1,104 guns in 2006.

While in 2001, 81 patients were admitted to SF General Trauma Center for serious injuries resulting from gunshots. The number of patients admitted for serious injuries rose to 228 by 2006.

Similarly, the total number of shootings that resulted in nonfatal injuries documented by SFPD was 269 in 2005, 303 in 2006.

Gun crimes in and around schools and on buses carrying students to and from school have become increasingly common.

In 2003 and 2004, 52% of the City’s gun violence victims were under the age of 25.

Homicides committed with handguns are the leading cause of firearms related injuries and death in California.

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