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It Can't Happen Here???

San Francisco is considering a ban on all handgun ownership for its subjects. Only law enforcement would be allowed to defend themselves. From the AP:

SAN FRANCISCO - City residents will vote next year on a proposed weapons ban that would deny handguns to everyone except law enforcement officers, members of the military and security guards.

If passed next November, residents would have 90 days to give up firearms they keep in their homes or businesses. The proposal was immediately dismissed as illegal by a gun owners group.

The measure — submitted Tuesday to the Department of Elections by some city supervisors — would also prohibit the sale, manufacturing or distribution of handguns, and the transfer of gun licenses, according to Bill Barnes, an aide to Supervisor Chris Daly.

Firearms would be allowed only for police officers, security guards, members of the military, and anyone else "actually employed and engaged in protecting and preserving property or life within the scope of his or her employment," according to the measure.

Barnes said Wednesday the initiative is a response to the rising homicide rate and other social ills, noting: "We think there is a wide benefit to limiting the number of guns in the city."

It hasn't worked in Chicago, it hasn't worked in DC, it's a total failure in England and Australia. And showing what complete morons they are, the San Francisco tyrants think that somehow it will be different in their town? Lunacy is doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.

And given the liberal make-up of the city, the vote will probably pass.

California already HAS tough gun control regulations in place and that hasn't worked.

And if this ban is enacted, is it even constitutional? Unfortunately, the hyper-activist Ninth Circuit Court will probably rule that it is.

Criminals in San Francisco must already be activating their grass-roots "get out the vote" machine cranked-up! *Sigh*

Update: Some other bloggers have been covering this story too, including FreedomSight (also here) and Publicola as well as Hell in a Handbasket and Eric Scheie. Also Eugene Volokh. And plenty of others!