San Francisco Considers Handgun Ban

FoxNews ^ | 1/1/05 | Unknown

[Blood of Tyrants]

SAN FRANCISCO — The city that bucked state law and sanctioned gay marriage is now taking aim at the constitutional right to bear arms by proposing a ban in San Francisco on private ownership of all handguns.

"When you get guns out of people's homes and off the streets, it means that that gun is not going to be used in a shooting that kills someone, whether a murder or an accidental shooting," said Chris Daly, supervisor of San Francisco.

[BallyBill]

When they start going door to door and searching for peoples firearms will the ACLU complain? If these people allow it they'll all get just what they deserve and you can be sure it won't be a lower crime rate.

[Cobra64]

"I don't feel like I need to own a gun to protect myself. Certainly, I am a high-profile elected official and now a lot of gun owners don't like me individually, but if I'm in a situation where I feel threatened, I'll call the police," Daly said.

Probably because he is chauferred around in a limo, with several body guards who are his boyfriends, packing the new Fudge Packer from Schm!t & Wesson. The ported 7" bbl. is ported so as not to cause blow-back. The weapon is packaged with Hoppes' and KY lube for keeping the weapon clean.

[Citizen James]

SF Gun Ban Update... BTTT
Fox finally catches wind?

[DBrow]

If a thug is pointing a gun at you, do you really think he's going to let you call the police?

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Two thugs, one with a perfectly legal baseball bat, won't let you use the phone.

Even if they did, they'd have four or five minutes to whack you dead and take your money, ID, and credit.

Take the Rodney King video, the 22 seconds they used to show over and over, and loop it for the time your local PD says is their average response time.

Whack is more than a sound- this is nuts.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Yes, it has worked soooo well in Washington, DC, hasn't it?

Inability to recognize (their) failure is a hallmark of the Left.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Even if they did, they'd have four or five minutes to whack you dead and take your money, ID, and credit.

It might even appeal to their idea of sport--you call, then they whack and grab and see if they can get out of Dodge before the Man shows up.

[risk]

It depends on what you define as failure. If success implies a drastic shift in power from law-abiding citizens to thugs and authoritarian utopianists, they're doing quite well.

[meatloaf]

Maybe we should take up a collection and rent a billboard, outside the San Francisco city limits publicizing that. Nothing like crapping in someone's punch bowl to get their attention.

Any one here have the contacts to rent a billboard in that area?

[Blast_Master]

You mean that DC, the murder capitol before a handgun ban was DC the murder capitol after a handgun ban? Then that is the sentential liberal logic for banning handguns then.

[Citizen James]

Link

"In late June 1982, then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein pushed through a handgun ban in San Francisco that lasted only three months before it was overturned by the California State Court of Appeals. Twenty days after the ban was enacted, SAF took Feinstein and the city to court, ultimately beating the ban on Oct. 30 of that year. The city appealed that decision to the California Supreme Court, which allowed the Appeals Court ruling to stand in January 1983."

Lets hope the California Supreme court has enough sense to reverse this one as well. This was the court that said the Catholic church had to provide abortions in their health insurance coverage for their employees... Then again, it was also the court that halted Newsome's gay marriage (smokescreen) fiasco in SF...

[Citizen James]

woops, revised link.

[risk]

The law, namely the second amendment, will prevail. I have much hope. It will be a difficult legal conflict and will never end, but who ever promised us that freedom was free?

[Blood of Tyrants]

The definition of insanity is doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[Jaded]

Oh, gee. Why the h*ll not? They have had a common sense and intelligence ban for years. Even though there might be one or two in violation of those bans.

/so

[Waco]

Pssst!! Ban crime. Comeon Quicker Lickers, ya kin do it!!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

This (has been) only in DC and a few other out-of-touch backwater leftist enclaves (like San Francisco). In case anyone missed it, the 2004 election has reinforced te concept of law and order as a paramount ideological requirement.

BTW, I am more than pleased to abet this effort, upon request (or not). Despite the death rattle of the Left, We The People are ever avail our natural right of self defense against our oppressors. The current war against radical muslims ought to leave this more clear than ever.

[ditto h]

In a time when you have terrorists trying to kill us, we should buy guns. Take care of your family.

[river rat]

If they "disarm" San Francisco, that will simply identify San Francisco as the "larder" for those of us nearby that remain armed....when the SHTF.

Semper Fi

[risk]

It's otherwise such a beautiful city. Every time we complain about it online, we drive away a dozen good Americans who would otherwise improve our chances for making things better here. That's the truly sad part.

[risk]

If the SHTF? Frisco would be a madhouse. There are plenty of illegal guns there. That's the second most tragic thing about this authoritarian gesture. They're disarming little old ladies in Oakland who're just trying to defend their grand children, while gangs bearing full auto this and shoulder-launched that play in the streets. I think this place will be ruled by the gangs if the SHTF.