Judge overturns San Francisco weapons ban

June 13, 2006 in 2nd Ammendment, Courts, Gun Control, U.S. Domestic Policy

Believe it or not, A San Francisco Judge upholds the Constitution.

A state trial judge on Monday overturned a voter-approved city ordinance that banned handgun possession and firearm sales in San Francisco, siding with gun owners who said the city did not have the authority to prohibit the weapons.

Measure H was placed on the November ballot by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors, who were frustrated by a rising number of gun-related homicides in the city of 750,000. San Francisco recorded at least 94 murders last year, a 10-year high.

The National Rifle Association sued a day after 58 percent of voters approved the law.

In siding with the gun owners, San Francisco County Superior Court Judge James Warren said a local government cannot ban weapons because the California Legislature allows their sale and possession.

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I have always maintained that anytime a City Ordinance, State, or Federal Law that infringe on the Constitutional Right own firearms is upheld, it sets a precedent, and undermines every right guaranteed by the constitution. If a City ordinance can say that the Second Ammenment to the Constitution does not apply within their jurisdiction then they can and likely will eventually say that the First Ammendment, or the Fourth ammendment also do not apply.  

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