| webmasters note: This is only the
beginning. Taking away our guns is the perfect way to
implement a new world order. This legislation will catch on
in other cities even though it is illegal. If the police and
the judicial system would do their jobs and put away
criminals we wouldn't have hand gun problems in
schools and the streets would not be so violent. Either way
you look at this legislation it's against the second
amendment. |
San Francisco
Approves Handgun Ban
Newsmax | November 9 2005
Voters approved ballot measures to ban handguns in San Francisco and
urge the city's public high schools and college campuses to keep out
military recruiters.
The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and
ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep
handguns in their homes or businesses.
Only two other major U.S. cities - Washington and Chicago - have
implemented such sweeping handgun bans.
With all precincts reporting early Wednesday, 58 percent of voters
backed the proposed gun ban while 42 percent opposed it.
Although law enforcement, security guards and others who require
weapons for work are exempt from the measure, current handgun owners
would have to surrender their firearms by April.
A coalition led by
the National Rifle Association has said it plans to challenge the
initiative in court, arguing that cities do not have the authority
to regulate firearms under California law.
The military recruitment initiative won with 60 percent in favor and
40 percent against.
The measure, dubbed "College Not Combat," opposes the presence of
military recruiters at public high schools and colleges. However, it
would not ban the armed forces from seeking enlistees at city
campuses, since that would
put schools at
risk of losing federal funding.
It encourages city officials and university administrators to
exclude recruiters and create scholarships and training programs
that would reduce the military's appeal to young adults.
"We now have the moral weight of the city behind us, and it's
definitely a valuable asset to have in our corner," said Bob
Matthews, an activist for the proposition.
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