San Francisco Considers Handgun Ban (Anti's love this'innovative' plan)

Join Together. ^ | 12-17-04 | Dick Dahl

[Dan from Michigan]

Yes, Dick Dahl and the anti's want out guns.

[flashbunny]

I sure hope they don't let the fact that this has failed every time it's been tried discourage them.

[Citizen James]

"The hope is twofold, that officers will have an opportunity to interact with folks and, if they have a handgun, that will be reason enough to confiscate it," he said. "Second, we know that for even law-abiding folks who own guns, the rates of suicide and mortality are substantially higher. So while just perceived to be a crime thing, we think there is a wide benefit to limiting the number of guns in the city." -
Bill Barnes, aide to Chris Daly, San Francisco city stupervisor.

[herewego]

You can bet the restrictions on Rights will result in more innocent deaths, just to appease those whom like to swim in the blood of innocent victims of the crime of disarmament.

[Conservative Goddess]

PING

Typical libiots........

[Batrachian]

AIDS has killed far more people in San Francisco than guns ever will, but no one there wants to ban homosexuality. As we know so well, it's not about safety, but about socialism.

It's a shame. San Francisco is such a lovely town, except for all the liberals.

[Goldwater4ever]

Great point regarding AIDS. Now, what would be the equivalent to a trigger lock....

[muawiyah]

That exemption for "security personnel" would, of course, be most concerned with the bodyguards the rich leftists who are pushing this legislation hire.

[John Thornton]

You can sure that the elites of San Francisco will still be allowed armed guards. And the criminals will always have guns since they don't follow any laws.

[TexasTransplant]

"Now, what would be the equivalent to a trigger lock...."


That would make a fun Thread all by itself

[DuncanWaring]

I keep asking - "If these guys are really that upset about homicide, why don't they just ban murder?"

[pennyfarmer]

Next thing you know they will be banning drugs and then only outlaws will have drugs.

[whereasandsoforth]

Trigger lock? If a big'o hairy butt won't stop them then nothing will.

[HalfAMind]

"Juliet Leftwich, managing attorney at the Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV) in San Francisco"

What an appropriate name!

[Badray]

From the article:

" A study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1991 examined the effects of the ban through 1987 and concluded that it saved 47 lives a year following its passage."

I'm sure that the 'study' didn't even look at the number of lives saved by the defensive use of a handgun or those that will now be lost if guns are banned.

[EEDUDE]

"Now, what would be the equivalent to a trigger lock...."

A chastity belt worn backwards?

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

One of our Supervisors, Matt Gonzales, graffiti'd the walls in his City Hall office recently. Just so you what kind of morons we're dealing with.

[Dan from Michigan]

That was the infamous Arthur Kellermann study.

[JFK_Lib]

"New England Journal of Medicine" should tell anyone enough to know what they were going to say they discovered.

That mag is merely high cost bird cage liner.

[longtermmemmory]

actually this smacks of a set up for a test case to establish that the second amendment is not an individual right. I submit this is a trojan horse with an goal of establishing case law to reinvigorate gun control relegislation.