[risk]

A footnote on this proposed gun show ban aired just after news over the weekend of the Easter shooting of a SF police officer. Somehow the traditional Cow Palace gunshow venue was automatically related to the tragic death of a police officer.

See also Halt to Cow Palace gun shows urged, by Katia Hetter, Chronicle Staff Writer

San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval, his district plagued by gun-related homicides of young African American men, wants the Cow Palace to stop hosting gun shows just across the street from his district.

"Government should not be selling guns, a stone's throw away from where dozens of children are being shot and some murdered," Sandoval said. "If we're not going to solve the problem, the least we can do is stop contributing to it. "

Also:

Chuck Michel, spokesman for the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said that gun shows weren't responsible for violence and that the city's push to regulate them was motivated by political opposition to the right of citizens to possess firearms.

"It's a cultural war by the city of San Francisco, [which] wants to ban the civilian possession of firearms," Michel said. "They don't want people who believe in the right of self-defense to be getting together."

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[Fledermaus]

If only gay men owned guns. Then this would be moot! he he he

[risk]

ping: yet another threat to second amendment commerce in Kali

[Travis McGee]

BANG!

Haven't these gun show bans generally been slapped down in most states? They are selling a legal product, legally, the same as any other kind of product show.

[BurbankKarl]

They can't ban them in a state facility.....of course, they could buy Cow Palace from the state, which I am all for.

they can have Queer Eye auditions there then.

[claudiustg]

The gun shows have been at the Cow palace for as long as I remember and the South San Francisco area has always been dangerous. This just the latest in a long line of leftist attempts to impede the exercise of 2nd amendment rights in this state. The politics of this state have completely gone to hell.

[risk]

Another frustrating thing about this organization Brothers against Guns is that it seeks to disarm urban people, presumably mostly latino and black.

The answer isn't disarmament, it's setting a positive example. I think the more people know about gun safety the less likely they are to do reckless things with guns, like handling them while drinking.

Of course our liberal politicians would never think to invite the NRA into a community like South SF and offer marksmanship and gun safety courses. Peaceful and responsible citizens of all races have a right to be armed.

[fire_eye]

Oh, yeah, right. And when the "Children" keep right on murdering each other after the gunshows are banned at the Cow Palace, well, then, we'll just have to start whining about gunshows in Reno - Yeah, that's it. The "Children" are buying their guns in Reno. We need F_E_D_E_R_A_L legislation... whine, bleat, moan...

Note to Commufornia: Get off the planet. Go back to hell.

[GSWarrior]

The Cow Palace also holds raves. It also hosts the Exotic Erotic Halloween Ball, which features all kinds of S&M stuff and live sex, mostly heterosexual, BTW.

But no, only guns kill people, not ecstacy or STDs.