If you think because you dont live in San Fran that what happens here is of no consequence read on. The link below goes to a web site of anti gun zealots who have chronicled their successes.
http://www.handgunfree.org/HFAMain/about/precedent.htm
Precedent for Banning Handguns
As the majority of all firearms regulations fall upon the states individually, each state (and sometimes each county within a state) has the authority to ban handguns. The following represent three cases of local councils successfully banning handguns.
Morton Grove, Illinois
The town completely banned the sale and possession of handguns in 1981.
The NRA and others in the gun lobby promptly filed suit in Federal Court.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ban in 1982, stating that "possession of handguns by individuals is not part of the right to keep and bear arms."
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case when it was appealed, and the handgun ban in Morton Grove remains today.
See Morton Grove, Ill., Ord. 81-11.
go to the link and read the rest......
http://www.handgunfree.org/HFAMain/about/precedent.htm
Precedent for Banning Handguns
As the majority of all firearms regulations fall upon the states individually, each state (and sometimes each county within a state) has the authority to ban handguns. The following represent three cases of local councils successfully banning handguns.
Morton Grove, Illinois
The town completely banned the sale and possession of handguns in 1981.
The NRA and others in the gun lobby promptly filed suit in Federal Court.
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ban in 1982, stating that "possession of handguns by individuals is not part of the right to keep and bear arms."
The United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case when it was appealed, and the handgun ban in Morton Grove remains today.
See Morton Grove, Ill., Ord. 81-11.
go to the link and read the rest......