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Voters say no to firearms in San Francisco
San Francisco Examiner ^ | 11/09/05 | Bonnie Eslinger

Posted on 11/09/2005 7:00:49 AM PST by Mr. Mojo

True to their left-leaning reputation, San Francisco voters decided by a wide margin to ban the possession of handguns within city limits.

Proposition H makes it illegal for residents to keep handguns in their homes or businesses and prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and ammunition in San Francisco. The City’s new ordinance will be the strictest in the nation, since it requires existing guns to be turned in to law enforcement officials by April 1. Law enforcement personnel and others who require weapons for work are exempt from the measure.

Supervisor Chris Daly, the author of the ballot measure, said the law was needed to reduce the number of guns in a city plagued by gun violence, with 88 homicides so far this year, about 60 percent of them by handguns, according to officials. Fewer guns in The City, according to Daly, means fewer guns for criminals to get their hands on.

“This is sensible gun control,” Daly said. “Prop. H isn’t going to solve violence in San Francisco, but it’s one part that we can do to get a handle on this epidemic of violence, most of it handgun-related.”

A coalition of organizations opposed to Prop. H, led by the National Rifle Association, have vowed they’ll be in court today to begin their legal challenge to San Francisco’s new law, arguing that cities do not have the authority to regulate firearms under California law.

“If you ban firearms, the criminals will have them and the law-abiding citizens won’t,” said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. “San Francisco will be a magnet for crimes.”

Gottlieb said he was involved in the legal effort that took down a 1982 measure banning guns in San Francisco, which was signed into law by then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.

Daly said the new proposition was carefully crafted to avoid the same legal traps that allowed the courts to reject The City’s first gun measure.

Only two other major U.S. cities — Washington in 1976 and Chicago in 1982 — have implemented similar handgun bans. Unlike San Francisco’s ordinance, however, both cities permitted residents to keep guns owned when the ordinance went into effect.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; sanfrancisco; secondamendment
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1 posted on 11/09/2005 7:00:50 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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San Francisco proves they are neither interested in defending themselves, nor their country, with yesterday's votes.

They will, however, lead in singing several choruses of "Kumbaya".


2 posted on 11/09/2005 7:02:54 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
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Only two other major U.S. cities — Washington in 1976 and Chicago in 1982 — have implemented similar handgun bans.

And look at how well it's worked for them! /sarc

3 posted on 11/09/2005 7:02:56 AM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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When a politican says that banning something is: “This is sensible gun control,"

We are in trouble.


4 posted on 11/09/2005 7:03:08 AM PST by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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Voters also say yes to violent crime surge in San Francisco


5 posted on 11/09/2005 7:03:50 AM PST by Horatio Gates (Stop the MSM...do it bloggie style.)
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Open season, easy prey.


6 posted on 11/09/2005 7:04:03 AM PST by SteveMcKing ("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
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I can just see the caravans of Bloods and Crips and the Latino gangs heading North to San Francisco to rob, kill and rape. Nothing to stop them.


7 posted on 11/09/2005 7:04:21 AM PST by garyhope
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Give it a year. I wanna see the crime results.


8 posted on 11/09/2005 7:04:27 AM PST by unixfox (AMERICA - 20 Million ILLEGALS Can't Be Wrong!)
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Watch for crime to surge in San Fran.

Morons

9 posted on 11/09/2005 7:05:07 AM PST by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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So - What are they going to do now - Go door to door confiscating weapons? What a feel good joke.


10 posted on 11/09/2005 7:05:17 AM PST by TCats
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I think this is a wonderful teaching moment.

The city of San Francisco will serve as an excellent object lesson in the consequences of gun control.

11 posted on 11/09/2005 7:07:03 AM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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I can just see the caravans of Bloods and Crips and the Latino gangs heading North to San Francisco to rob, kill and rape. Nothing to stop them.

Didn't you read the article?...guns are illegal in SF...do you think the Bloods and Crips are going to break the law by bringing guns into a city where they're illegal?

12 posted on 11/09/2005 7:07:04 AM PST by Irontank (Let them revere nothing but religion, morality and liberty -- John Adams)
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To: SteveMcKing
Now the only thing the men of Sin Freaksico have to defend themselves with is their purses.
13 posted on 11/09/2005 7:07:06 AM PST by TXBSAFH ("I would rather be a free man in my grave then living as a puppet or a slave." - Jimmy Cliff)
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“This is sensible gun control,” A COMPLETE ban on handguns and ammo is "sensible" gun control. What the liberals really think of the 2nd Amendment...
14 posted on 11/09/2005 7:07:10 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
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When, oh when, is the "big one" finally going to take care of this problem.


15 posted on 11/09/2005 7:08:01 AM PST by mlc9852
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“If you ban firearms, the criminals will have them and the law-abiding citizens won’t,” said Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. “San Francisco will be a magnet for crimes.”

I foresee a run on shotguns.
16 posted on 11/09/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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So - What are they going to do now - Go door to door confiscating weapons? What a feel good joke.

Did San Francisco have handgun registration?
17 posted on 11/09/2005 7:09:30 AM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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I foresee a run on shotguns.

I wonder how they'll classify this little shorty?

18 posted on 11/09/2005 7:10:02 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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Today's headline:

"San Francisco Bans Guns,Women And Minorities Hit Hardest"

19 posted on 11/09/2005 7:10:09 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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LOL


20 posted on 11/09/2005 7:10:53 AM PST by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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