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 Citys 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 isnt going to solve violence in San Francisco, but its 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 theyll be in court today to begin their legal challenge to San Franciscos 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 wont, 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 Citys first gun measure.
Only two other major U.S. cities Washington in 1976 and Chicago in 1982 have implemented similar handgun bans. Unlike San Franciscos ordinance, however, both cities permitted residents to keep guns owned when the ordinance went into effect.
Proposition H????
Do keep us posted on:
A) Before and after data on the number of guns
B) Before and after data on the number of gunshots seen at SFGH.
PRECISELY!
Sounds suspiciously like "Preparation H". Anyway, this truly conforms to the reputation of the city's polity of being a group of people who are fixated on being shafted in every way possible.
Morons and fools!
Regards, Ivan
If it passed statewide, or in someplace like Columbus Ohio, then I'd be more scared.
Gun violence will likely increase over the next couple of years. That seems to be the norm for such situations. Guns now become more glamorous for gang wannabes just because of the ban.
More evidence in support of the theory of natural selection.
I think the proper response from the state and federal government is to make sure that San Francisco does not suck up a disporportionate amount of law enforcement funding and let them face the consequences of their decision.
That's what they'll need, once the thugs shove their unsurrendered gun barrels up their "minds"
Semper Fi
The coming surge in violent crime in SF will be blamed by SF and MSM and the Democrats on the rest of California for not expropriating all the other California citizens.
Semper Fi
I think the $145 figure was just for the holster.
I like my little snake-eyes double barreled nominally .45Colt but 410 shells fit nicely. Of course the shot spreads out a lot because the front of the cartridge is almost to the front of the barrel. It's a great piece for itty bitty coperheads and cottonmouths and other sorts of snakes, too.
In San Francisco "Preparation H" I would imagine is very much in demand.
No...No....you've got it all wrong.
Just as soon as these boys cross the Frisco city limits...they will be looking for the "Turn Your Guns in Here" signs.....and I'm quite sure will promptly comply.
I guess there will be a boom in armed security guards. Find a willing employer, or become one, and write "armed security detail as required and other general duties" into your work contract.
I think that falls under the "Mad Max" statute.
Cool gun.
My guess is they will cook the numbers...as best they can...from here on out.
We shall see.......
LOL.
Preparation H (with Cayenne)
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