San Francisco's Hand Gun Ban: Why Worry in Wisconsin?
Once again, the Left West Coast is at it trying to deprive its citizens of their Constitutionally guaranteed rights under the Second Amendment.
This time it is the San Francisco board of supervisors who last December submitted to the Department of Elections a proposed law that would ban the possession of handguns, and the sale, manufacture and transfer of all firearms and ammunition in the city and county of San Francisco.
Why should we here in Wisconsin worry about what they do in California? Well, I think there are two good reasons.
First, anti-gun zealots start where resistance is least. Just as California banned .50 caliber rifles (very few people own these) as a stepping stone to banning other calibers (wait and see; time will prove me right on this one), they will ban handguns in San Francisco as a stepping stone to other cities. They need these precedents as arguments for their case where resistance is greater. Given the liberal, law-making attitude of so many courts these days, you can see why this is so important to them. It is something for these judges to grab onto and use in their arguments.
Second, take a look at our Governor Doyle. In 2002 Doyle, then Attorney General, submitted legislation (Senate Bill 363) through Senator Jim Baumgart that would have made every gun in the state (except single shots) illegal as well as basically all ammunition. Go here for a synopsis and some excerpts of the legislation. It makes you wonder if Gov. Doyle isn't watching closely the results of San Francisco's proposal with designs on similar legislation for Wisconsin.
The point is this: each time there is an assault on our Second Amendment it serves as a launching pad for more anti-gun legislation somewhere else.
The point to really drive home however is that even if you don't like, own or use guns, the fact that the left is trying to legislate away our Second Amendment should be a very serious concern to you. Which part of the Constitution are they going to attack next???
Finally, go here to read an article about what life is like in England these days after the passage of all their gun-banning legislation. (Search for "An Englishman's Home is his Dungeon", by Mark Steyn. You may have to register to view the article.) Do San Franciscans really think they'll be safer with this type of legislation? I wonder...
This time it is the San Francisco board of supervisors who last December submitted to the Department of Elections a proposed law that would ban the possession of handguns, and the sale, manufacture and transfer of all firearms and ammunition in the city and county of San Francisco.
Why should we here in Wisconsin worry about what they do in California? Well, I think there are two good reasons.
First, anti-gun zealots start where resistance is least. Just as California banned .50 caliber rifles (very few people own these) as a stepping stone to banning other calibers (wait and see; time will prove me right on this one), they will ban handguns in San Francisco as a stepping stone to other cities. They need these precedents as arguments for their case where resistance is greater. Given the liberal, law-making attitude of so many courts these days, you can see why this is so important to them. It is something for these judges to grab onto and use in their arguments.
Second, take a look at our Governor Doyle. In 2002 Doyle, then Attorney General, submitted legislation (Senate Bill 363) through Senator Jim Baumgart that would have made every gun in the state (except single shots) illegal as well as basically all ammunition. Go here for a synopsis and some excerpts of the legislation. It makes you wonder if Gov. Doyle isn't watching closely the results of San Francisco's proposal with designs on similar legislation for Wisconsin.
The point is this: each time there is an assault on our Second Amendment it serves as a launching pad for more anti-gun legislation somewhere else.
The point to really drive home however is that even if you don't like, own or use guns, the fact that the left is trying to legislate away our Second Amendment should be a very serious concern to you. Which part of the Constitution are they going to attack next???
Finally, go here to read an article about what life is like in England these days after the passage of all their gun-banning legislation. (Search for "An Englishman's Home is his Dungeon", by Mark Steyn. You may have to register to view the article.) Do San Franciscans really think they'll be safer with this type of legislation? I wonder...
posted by Paul | 12:03 PM
1 Comments:
I for one, understand how we are losing sometimes small and inconsequential rights every year. The right of a businessman to allow smoking in his restaurant has been lost in many cities and that's not the only one. This is our right defined by the second amendment to the constitution. It is the single most powerful constitutional right that we have as PMM described in his post. I'll be watching the results very closely.
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