San Francisco to vote on handgun ban

lsugrad00 · Dec 16, 2004

What a bunch of freaks.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141672,00.html

SAN FRANCISCO — City residents will vote next year on a proposed weapons ban that would deny handguns (search) to everyone except law enforcement officers, members of the military and security guards.

If passed next November, residents would have 90 days to give up firearms they keep in their homes or businesses. The proposal was immediately dismissed as illegal by a gun owners group.

The measure — submitted Tuesday to the Department of Elections by some city supervisors — would also prohibit the sale, manufacturing or distribution of handguns, and the transfer of gun licenses, according to Bill Barnes, an aide to Supervisor Chris Daly.

Firearms would be allowed only for police officers, security guards, members of the military, and anyone else "actually employed and engaged in protecting and preserving property or life within the scope of his or her employment," according to the measure.

Barnes said Wednesday the initiative is a response to the rising homicide rate and other social ills, noting: "We think there is a wide benefit to limiting the number of guns in the city."

Gun Owners of California (search), a Sacramento-based lobbying group, quickly called the ban illegal. Sam Paredes, the group's executive director, said state law bars local governments from usurping the state's authority to regulate firearms.

"The amazing thing is they are going to turn San Francisco into ground zero for every criminal who wants to profit at their chosen profession," Paredes said.

How many residents would be affected by the ban is unclear, since California does not require residents to register handguns that are kept in a private residence of business.

Washington, D.C., is the only major American city that currently bans handgun possession by private citizens. Andrew Arulanandam, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association (search), said San Francisco would be remiss to use that city as a model.

"If gun control worked, Washington, D.C., would be the beacon. However, it's the murder capital of the United States," he said.

In San Francisco, five of the 11-member Board of Supervisors submitted the measure directly to the Department of Elections — one more than the minimum needed to get the measure on the ballot without signatures from registered voters.

The city's voters have frequently championed liberal causes. In the last election, a nonbinding ballot measure to condemn the war in Iraq and immediately pull out U.S. troops immediately passed with ease.

If approved, the weapons ban would take effect in January 2006.
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LSUDeek · Dec 16, 2004

lsugrad00 said:

What a bunch of freaks.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141672,00.html
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How can such a bill ever pass? It's directly in complete opposition to the second amendment....

lsugrad00 · Dec 16, 2004

I guess they can pass anything they want. Then the supreme court will just laugh and tell them that they are a bunch of idiots.

I also like the overreation by the gun advocates. The fact that they think SF will turn into the wild west with all the criminals moving there simply because they don't allow hand guns. I guess all of said criminals forgot that shotguns and rifles kill too.

goldengirlfan · Dec 16, 2004

Thank goodness for California. Makes some of the goofy stuff we do here once in a while seem pretty logical. :shock:

G_MAN113 · Dec 16, 2004

If passed next November, residents would have 90 days to give up firearms they keep in their homes or businesses. The proposal was immediately dismissed as illegal by a gun owners group.

Never mind that this thing is a direct violation of the Second Amendment. It's
also a violation of individual rights to private property. You know what handguns cost on the open market? This provision is like asking gun owners
to fork over $500-$1000 just for having it.

lsugrad00 · Dec 16, 2004

G_MAN113 said:

Never mind that this thing is a direct violation of the Second Amendment. It's also a violation of individual rights to private property. You know what handguns cost on the open market? This provision is like asking gun owners to fork over $500-$1000 just for having it.
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word! :grin:

SabanFan · Dec 16, 2004

No big deal. You can't pull a trigger with a limp wrist anyway.

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