San Francisco’s Handgun Ban Overturned

Thisis a victory for gun owners all across the country. An important victory for the protectors of and the believers in the second amendment. San Fransisco voters approved banning handguns in the city. The NRA sued on behalf of gun owners and the high court in California has ruled the ban unconstitutional. I know what the proponents of the ban are going to say. They are going to claim that the wishes of the people have been thwarted. The fact is that just because a majority of people approve a law doesn’t mean it will become law if it is judged to be unconstitutional. The people can not vote on an unconstitutional law thereby changing the constitution. There is a process for changing the constitution and it is called amending the constitution. Even in San Fransisco it looks as though we still have some semblance of sanity and constitutional law left.

would have forbidden San Francisco residents to possess handguns, exempting only law enforcement officers and others who needed guns for professional purposes. It would have also prohibited the manufacture, sale or distribution of any type of firearms or ammunition in San Francisco.

While this was being billed as a handgun ban, you can see above that the law would have gone well beyond handguns. All firearms would have been banned in San Fransisco.

The state courts recognized that “law-abiding citizens are part of the solution, not part of the problem of violent crime,” said Chuck Michel, lawyer for the plaintiffs in the NRA suit. “The authority of local cities to over-regulate firearms is very limited.”

I still can’t get over the fact that this happened in San Fransisco. It is totally believable that the residents would want to ban firearms in San Fransisco with all the moonbats out there. But I am totally surprised that the law was overturned.

Next up is Washington D.C., if this is any indication, things are beginning to look brighter for gun owners and the constitution all over the United States.