Snowflakes in Hell: The City of San Francisco has lost its appeal to get its gun ban reinstated.
Sebastian writes
Take that hippies! It would seem preemption, at least, is alive and well in The Golden State.
and scores an Instalanche.
Glenn Reynolds calls it a “Civil Rights victory,” which is exactly what it is. The fact that so many don’t see these sorts of things as civil rights issues merely demonstrates how effectively the anti-gun types, with the active assistance of Legacy Media, have defined the terms of the debate.
Part of the NRA’s statement on the decision:
In 2005, NRA sought an injunction against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to prevent them from enacting one of the nation’s most restrictive gun bans. NRA won the injunction, but the City’s mayor and Board of Supervisors ignored the court order and approved a set of penalties, including a $1,000 fine and a jail term of between 90 days and six months, for city residents who own firearms for lawful purposes in their own homes.
The argument that criminals merely ignore gun laws and do what they want is, obviously, valid. So how about mayors and boards of supervisors who ignore court decisions and do what they want? Don’t they risk getting lumped in with the criminals who flaunt the law?