San Francisco Gun Ban ruled NULL AND VOID ! NRA wins- Liberals lose!

January 9, 2008

San Francisco Gun Ban Ruled Null and Void

NRA Wins Big in California State Court of Appeals

Fairfax, VA - The California State Court of Appeals announced today

their decision to overturn one of the most restrictive gun bans in the

country, following a legal battle by attorneys for the National Rifle

Association (NRA) and a previous court order against the San Francisco

Board of Supervisors.

"Today's decision by the California State Court of Appeals is a big

win for the law-abiding citizens and NRA Members of San Francisco,"

declared Chris W. Cox, NRA's chief lobbyist.

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.

"We promised our California NRA members in 2005 that we would fight

any gun ban instituted by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and

we haven't given up that fight," continued Cox. "Today we see our

second win for the Second Amendment against the San Francisco gun ban.

We beat them once in court and the City's attorney appealed based on

his personal disagreement with the court's first decision to overturn

the ban. Now we've beaten them again. The California State Court of

Appeals has upheld the state preemption law."

Today's decision came in the form of a 3-0 opinion in favor of the

lower court ruling overturning the gun ban.

"This decision is a thoughtful and well-reasoned legal opinion,"

concluded Cox. "I'd like to thank our approximately 4 million members,

including the hundreds of thousands of members in California, for

their continued commitment to protecting our cherished freedoms."

-nra-

Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's

oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members

strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights

and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders

to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in

firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law

enforcement and the military.

On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:22:18 -0800 (PST), trippin-2-8-track

<rottedHonda@yahoo.com> wrote:

<snipping a bunch of NRA hype>

>"Today's decision by the California State Court of Appeals is a big

>win for the law-abiding citizens and NRA Members of San Francisco,"

>declared Chris W. Cox, NRA's chief lobbyist. <snip>

The NRA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are on the wane...the NRA's

membership is dying off and now has less than four million members,

and the USCC's budget shrinks every year. The USCC's fight against

the Democrats may well deplete their resources badly this election

cycle. The NRA will cease to be a political force in the next ten

years as their octogenarian membership cashes in their chips. Most of

the "young generation" of NRA members are trailer trash who can't even

afford dues.

"DeserTrannyBoB" <desertb@rglobal.net> wrote in message

news:r79fo3hr9ooqr0dgtck8t8qlhju0247pom@4ax.com...

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:22:18 -0800 (PST), trippin-2-8-track

> <rottedHonda@yahoo.com> wrote:

> <snipping a bunch of NRA hype>

>>"Today's decision by the California State Court of Appeals is a big

>>win for the law-abiding citizens and NRA Members of San Francisco,"

>>declared Chris W. Cox, NRA's chief lobbyist. <snip>

> The NRA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are on the wane...

Wrong.

> the NRA's membership is dying off

Stupid.

> The NRA will cease to be a political force in the next ten

> years as their octogenarian membership cashes in their chips. Most of

> the "young generation" of NRA members are trailer trash who can't even

> afford dues.

Wrong.

The NRA's enormous political clout

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/04/29/judy.desk.heston/

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