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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 03:50 AM
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San Francisco Handgun Ban Wins
Military recruiters also got kicked off campus!
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San Francisco voters took a stand Tuesday against military recruitment on public school campuses, voted to keep firehouses open and approved the nation's toughest ban on handguns by making it illegal for city residents to possess them.

Proposition H, which requires city residents who already own guns to turn them in to police by April 1, was winning 58 percent to 42 percent with 98 percent of precincts counted.

The measure also makes it illegal to buy, sell, distribute and manufacture firearms and ammunition in the city.

Only two other cities in the country -- Washington, D.C., and Chicago -- have similar bans.

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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:06 AM
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1. And how will this totalitarian law be enforced?
What will the cops do, door to door searches to confiscate people's guns?

Remarkably reminiscent of what the US is doing to Iraqi families who wish to protect themselves.
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:07 AM
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2. I figure most people expect it to be overturned by the courts
:shrug:
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Sgent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:08 AM
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3. Maybe....
but Washington DC already has a law fairly similar. For all the good its done.
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JackieO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:17 AM
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6. Maybe we can have checkpoints
:freak:
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:10 AM
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4. Great. Now what about the criminals who have them.
Edited on Wed Nov-09-05 04:11 AM by Crazy Guggenheim
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-09-05 04:13 AM
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5. Oh, well they will all line up tomorrow to hand in their guns
because the politicians said so.
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