John R. Lott Jr. on Guns on National Review Online
"...Ultimately, though, the vote didn't mean much of anything. As San Francisco's Mayor, Gavin Newsom, a strong supporter of gun control, said, the ban "clearly will be thrown out [in court]... It's really just a public opinion poll at the end of the day." State law prohibits local jurisdictions from enacting such a ban, and an even weaker law requiring handgun registration that was enacted by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors in 1982 was thrown out by the California state supreme court.
The silver lining was how forcefully many organizations such as the police came out against the gun ban. Besides discussing the increases in murder occurring in Washington, D.C. after it instituted a handgun ban, the officers stated: "When we disarm honest, law-abiding citizens, we contribute to empowering criminals and endangering society-at-large." They directly acknowledged how important it was for people to be able to defend themselves with a handgun when the police couldn't be there.
It would be nice if San Francisco could avoid the increases in violent crime rates experienced by Washington, D.C. and Chicago after their handgun bans."
Ah, sheltered conservatives, gotta love 'em. It was a nice surprise to see such a bastion of liberal morals as the San Francisco Chronicle coming out against the ban, but what most people don't realize is the fact that Frisco will impose the ban regardless of what the state court or even the Supreme Court says...because...and here's the REAL DEAL...because the real reason to pass such an illegal law is to drive the gun dealers out of business as they await the rulings that will strike down the ban.
It could take years to do business again in San Francisco, and that weeds out the smaller businesses and of course makes it illegal to purchase a gun out of state and have it, doing all the legal paperwork of course, sent to Moscow by the bay.
Erosion. When you can't win outright you peck away, and that's what this law does. It effectively shuts down 100% of the firearms trade for the time being, and while the larger companies can bide their time as they await favorable judicial response, it stifles competition, raises the prices, and when folks are once again permitted to exercise their consitutional right to keep and bear arms they can very well find themselves priced out of the market.
Very many companies have stopped selling ANY firearms or ammunition to California, ANYWHERE in California, and the SF "law" banning handguns will be the dagger-to-the-heart, as old wacky Chuck Schumer would say, for some of the businesses that still do.
It's a good battle plan. Hit the enemy when and wherever and however you can. Snipe away, force the weak to surrender, and all the while condition people to your way of thinking.
It's a bad law that doesn't stand a chance of being enforced in the long run, but in the short run it does precisely what they wanted it to do.
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