Frisco gun ban hurdles

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From today's NRA-ILA site Update ............

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San Francisco Bid For Handgun Ban Faces Hurdles
San Francisco supervisors want to make the city the second in the nation
to ban the ownership of handguns, but whether such a law would prove to be
more than symbolic remains to be seen.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/12/17/MNGARADH4O1.DTL

Just a snippet from the article....

Then there are practical hurdles: How do you enforce a ban in the absence of a public registry of gun owners in California? And of what value is such a measure for police, who already have the authority to take guns from criminal suspects?

Supporters of a ban say it would curb gun violence in the city by reducing the number of weapons available (Yeah right - usual distorted rhetoric). Bill Barnes, spokesman for the campaign, said many guns used in crimes were purchased legally -- and later stolen.

Bold and italics mine ... added.