April 10, 2008
SF Handgun Bill Killed By State Supreme Court
Yesterday, the state supreme court flicked away San Francisco's feeble attempt to bad handguns. Or, in the words of CBS 5, the court "unanimously rejected the city's appeal of a lower-court ruling that sharply limited the ability of localities to regulate firearms." This is the final nail in the Prop H coffin, an initiate that voters passed in 2005.
Proposition H barred the possession, manufacture, and sale of firearms by anyone in San Francisco, save law enforcement officers and "others who needed guns for professional purposes." This initiative would have gone against residents' constitutional right to bear arms.
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Good. Now I can go out and buy a handgun for my personal protection. The SFPD has clearly shown a negligence in protecting or serving the citizens of San Francisco.
2nd Amendment baby. If you don't like it, move to another country or try to push a constitutional amendment. As if.
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Take that, Newsom!
I'm not against gun ownership, but I'm curious has to how you owning a handgun contributes to a "well regulated Militia."
Gotta agree with RobinSF. The state has a right to control/restrict gun ownership, but an outright ban is a slap in the face to our Constitution.... Not to mention the enormous lack of effect a city gun ban would have had.
If you don't like the Constitution, change it. It's been done before.
Charlton Heston would be proud. *insert "cold, dead hands" joke here*
I don't necessarily want to own a handgun, but I definitely do not want criminals to assume that most folks in San Francisco are unarmed.
Maybe the Pink Pistols and others will go for a loosened process for concealed weapons permits for sane folks who take and pass a gun safety course. Again, I don't want to carry a gun, but anything we can do to make criminals think twice about coming to San Francisco to mug and kill folks is a good step.
There are several well run militias running drugs in this city ;)
A haiku:
I am anti gun,
but am pro constitution.
There's no solution.
That's really beautiful OrangeDrink. Beautiful.
Orange drink-- that's utterly brilliant.
Sure there's a solution. It's the same as the problem: technology.
One word: Tasers.
The initiative is unconstitutional, because in this matter, the constitution sucks.
The right to bear arms was crafted back when "arms" meant a one-shot musket that took eons to reload, and was useless past 60 yards.
The 2nd Amendment wasn't meant to extend to your gold-plated semi-automatic Glock. Jefferson was explict about the need to rewrite the damn things every 20 years or so, lest they become, (what's the word, oh yeah) outdated.
I'm with RinconHill. I've never so much as fired a gun, but I'd rather criminals not think we're all unarmed.
And I'm sure the guy carjacking you in SOMA would be sooo concerned that his handgun was illegal. A ban punishes law abiders, not law breakers.
Maybe I can get a gun from Charlton Heston's cold, dead hand now.