Judge Rejects San Francisco's Handgun Ban

Judge Rejects San Francisco's Handgun Ban
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
June 13, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - A San Francisco Superior Court judge on Monday threw out the city's voter-approved ban on handguns, ruling that state law trumps local jurisdictions in gun control matters.

Proposition H, approved last November with 58 percent of the vote, banned the possession, manufacture, distribution, sale and transfer of firearms and ammunition within San Francisco. (Exceptions were made for specific professional purposes, such as police or security work.)

The National Rifle Association sued the city, arguing that state law preempts local gun control ordinances. The judge agreed.

Both the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation called the decision a victory for gun owners across the state.

"The right of citizens to be safe in their homes and communities can never be subject to a popular vote," said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb.

"It is astonishing that in a city where the leaders preach how open they are to diversity, they encouraged voters to blindly march to the polls last November to practice a blatant, egregious and despicable form of social bigotry against their neighbors and fellow citizens," Gottlieb said.

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Another stupid law overturned! The twits in SF seemed to think that criminals would not have guns if this stupid law were in force!

When stupid people make stupid laws only criminals will have guns!