guns banned in san fran...?
 

i guess the constitution doesn't apply there.

oops.. forgot the article..

San Francisco Approves Gun, Military Recruiting Ban

Voters approved ballot measures to ban handguns in San Francisco and
urge the city's public high schools and college campuses to keep out
military recruiters.

The gun ban prohibits the manufacture and sale of all firearms and
ammunition in the city, and makes it illegal for residents to keep
handguns in their homes or businesses.

Only two other major U.S. cities - Washington and Chicago - have
implemented such sweeping handgun bans.

With all precincts reporting early Wednesday, 58 percent of voters
backed the proposed gun ban while 42 percent opposed it.

Although law enforcement, security guards and others who require
weapons for work are exempt from the measure, current handgun owners
would have to surrender their firearms by April.

A coalition led by the National Rifle Association has said it plans to
challenge the initiative in court, arguing that cities do not have the
authority to regulate firearms under California law.

It is unconstitutional and will never stand.

Welcome to yesterday :)
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I sincerely doubt they're going to be able to enforce that

Gay marriage, yes. Gun ownership, no.

Gay marriage doesn't kill people

The state of Kentucky says different.

You have to wonder about a country that lets an 18 year old buy a large calibre hand gun but won't allow him to legally drink lite beer.

LOL

yeah, the jigs in cow palace and the western addition will certainly turn in their firearms.

the problem with this sort of deal everytime is that law abiding people get rid of their guns, and criminals keep them.

solves nothing.

as chris rock says; "if you want to stop people from shooting one another make the bullets $10,000 each"

then folks will think about whether someone is worth killing.

The "country" doesn't make the drinking laws. And there are many states in the US which allow drinking under 21 with certain circumstances.

Once again someone who has never spent more than 30 days in the US likes to think they know the laws :winkwink:

If I were a criminal, I'd be hitting up the houses in SF on 4/1/06 :thumbsup

Now here is some interesting reading...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/05/national/05gun.html
http://www.ichv.org/Statistics.htm

what if they have a crazy wedding and fire rocket propelled grenades in the air as some type of crazy gay marriage celebration?

Oh with certain circumstances..... :1orglaugh ... and what would they be?

And which states are you referring to?

Google is your friend, Joe! :thumbsup

Here's a hint - here in GA I can legally give a minor alcohol in my house. In FL we were drinking wine in my church run school starting in the 7th grade.

Seek and ye shall find, my little US Hater :)

I think you're making it up Peaches.

Maybe they can have a lite beer at their 18th birthday party when they open up their gift wrapped .45. :1orglaugh

Care to make a wager on that? :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I've been in a bar a few times with my dad and had a few beers. I was 16 the first time.

Nope, its true.

Someone in California wouldn't get away with it, but in other states its definitely possible.

Actually, they sort of did. States can have an 18 year old drinking age but will forfeit government funding if they do..., so although it's not a "law" they make it so states really don't have a choice.

And now that I think of it, one of the neighboring cities of my hometown was a HUGE college town, pretty good school too. The seniors from my high school would go there on weekends to drink because they were 18 and could. Now the actual legality of everything I'm not quite sure, but "21" was not the enforced drinking age.

Again, you might want to read up on it :thumbsup

Oh gee, how lucky. Ya gotta love those special circumstances. :1orglaugh

Now let me know when an 18 year old can actually BUY lite beer.

Trust an 18 year old with a .45 but not a beer.... ya sure got your priorities straight aintcha Peaches.

Joe surely Australia can't be perfect. We already get it that you don't like our laws. Thats fine, don't move here. I don't see anyone in this thread calling the US perfect.

Poor Joe - once again got his ass handed to him when he tried to act like he knew the laws of a country he spent a week in a couple of years ago. :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I said "special circumstances" in my very first reply. You're the one who said I made it up. And you are the one who said an 18 year old couldn't legally drink a lite beer and I proved you wrong. Run along now, Joey. :thumbsup

The US is doing something right if it's keeping that idiot on the other side of the planet.

An 18 year old being able to drink a lite beer in a redneck shack in Georgia doesn't mean squat. Can you buy it? No. Can you buy a .45? Yes.

So yeah, thanks for playing. :1orglaugh

And you may want to look of the definition of "sort of"...

sort of
adv : to some (great or small) extent;

Just pointing out something i see as absurd.

When an 18 year old can buy a .45 and not a lite beer well that strikes me as a little fucked up.

Agreed - my mistake! :upsidedow

I can't really argue with that. I have no problem with 18 year olds buying beer. I also know WHY they initially created the laws, which I can understand, but still don't quite agree with.

The NRA is on the case:

http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=6839

Wow, crazy fags.

and to think Gov. Arnie is The Terminator.

it will get overturned . . . again

I will carry as happy as can be all through that stupid city

you dont even live in this country so why are you commenting on it? 21 is the legal age to buy a handgun, not 18. sorry, you lose.

you can posess and own a handgun at 18 though you can't buy one. :)