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| Calif. Judge Overturns Firearm Sales Ban | ||
| 2006-06-13 | ||
| SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California judge on Monday overturned a voter-approved city law that banned handgun possession and firearm sales, siding with gun owners who said the city did not have the authority to prohibit the weapons. Judge James Warren sided with the National Rifle Association, which argued that a local government cannot ban weapons because the California Legislature allows their sale and possession. The San Francisco County Board of Supervisors placed Measure H on the ballot amid frustration over the high number of gun-related homicides. The city recorded at least 94 murders last year, a 10-year high. The NRA sued in November, a day after 58 percent of voters approved the law banning gun and ammunition sales and handgun possession. Matt Dorsey, a spokesman for City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said the city was considering whether to appeal after the court ``denied the right of voters to enact a reasonable, narrowly tailored restriction on handgun possession.''
A federal appeals court is considering a challenge to a similar handgun ban in the District of Columbia, where attorneys have argued that the law violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 Correction: Well now my Sig is pissed. Not only did I call it a pussy, but I mistyped it's name. It is of course a P230, not a P380. My P229 sentences you to an hour with your Sig at the range this weekend. You DO take it out regularly, right????? |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-06-13 18:49 |
| #11 #4: "I have never understood the Liberal hatred of guns. Guns are the equalizer that allows a 80 pound woman to protect herself from a 300 pound thug." There's your answer right there. What would the libs do without victims? Their whole "ideology" is based on "caring," but they don't really care, they only want to say they care so they can feel good about themselves. With the libs, it's all about them. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-13 17:34 |
| #10 Correction: Well now my Sig is pissed. Not only did I call it a pussy, but I mistyped it's name. It is of course a P230, not a P380. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-13 14:57 |
| #9 ``denied the right of voters to enact a reasonable, narrowly tailored restriction on There, now see there's a denial of the rights of voters that the LLL can get behind. I've heard that one argued over & over....Good to see a judge actually overturn an "approved" proposal on the basis of the Constitution and/or State law for once. But, if you can get 10% to file suit to overturn something that even Oregon ruled against by 60-something percent of voters, then hey, let's back that un-Constitutional overturn of an "approved" Amendment, eh? |
| Posted by: BA 2006-06-13 14:48 |
| #8 Looks like this NRA member forgot to put the closing tag on her comment to make it clear. State control is indeed a desired feature of gun control in the minds of the Left. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-06-13 12:32 |
| #7 1) Harder to enforce State control over people who can shoot back That's a feature, not a bug. The ghettos that LLL policies have created out of major inner city neighborhoods need to be controlled by force. The LLLs are afraid of the monsters they've created/encouraged there and want to restrict their armament. They ought to consider the alternative of changing the LLL policies. If they can't, they shall reap what they sow. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch of fellow travellers. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-06-13 12:28 |
| #6 I had a colt govt in 38 super with a slide and trigger job (adjustable), reblued to look like the deep Colt Python bluing.... That pussy wouldnt' even get out of it's box without kid gloves.... I couldnt' imagine it even going into a liquor store, much less holding one up. And as a plaque at my one of my favorite firearms stores read: God made man, Samuel Colt made them equal. |
| Posted by: Mark E. 2006-06-13 12:02 |
| #5 Why remove the one thing that can make everyone equal and give the advantage to thugs and monsters? 1) Harder to enforce State control over people who can shoot back 2) The ghettos that LLL policies have created out of major inner city neighborhoods need to be controlled by force. The LLLs are afraid of the monsters they've created/encouraged there and want to restrict their armament. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-06-13 12:00 |
| #4 I have never understood the Liberal hatred of guns. Guns are the equalizer that allows a 80 pound woman to protect herself from a 300 pound thug. Mace, a knife, a bat just will not do it if that 300 pound guy wants to rape or kill. Why remove the one thing that can make everyone equal and give the advantage to thugs and monsters? |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-06-13 11:58 |
| #3 P.S. - I spoke to my Taurus PT-145 last night. He said my Para-Ordnance P14 wanted to go out and do some killing last Thursday, but my Sig P380 Stainless (that pussy) talked him out of it. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-13 11:55 |
| #2 Good for the judge. It is interesting that liberals like to cherry pick their amendments as (well as their commandments). |
| Posted by: JohnQ 2006-06-13 10:42 |
| #1 "gun-related homicides" Yep. Those evil guns are at it again. Funny, I can't get one to go out and commit a crime. Neither can this guy. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-06-13 09:50 |