Gun Control

Robert Guerrero Pleads Guilty to Disorderly Conduct, New York Gun Possession Charges are Dropped

Robert Guerrero fared better against the New York State justice system than he did against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Today, in a court in Queens County, a judge dismissed gun-possession charges against the four-division champion. Instead, Guerrero pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a violation that c ... More >>

The Hurt Locker: Buying a Gun Locker is Sometimes Harder Than Buying a Gun

Is That Gun Safe for 48 Firearms for Sale at S.F. Costco? Sorta.

Everything's bigger at Costco: Boxes of Cheerios resembling Mission Bay, Flats of enough Irish Spring for all Donegal, and mayonaise jars the size of R2-D2. And don't forget the gun safes. Ace photographer Jim Herd spotted the pictured 48-capacity gun safe at the SoMa Costco for the low ... More >>

California's Gun Violence Rate Collides With State's Strongest-in-America Gun Laws

This week, the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank, released a report analyzing the link between gun violence and gun laws in each state. The paper concluded that, "While the strength of a state's gun laws is just one factor in the prevalence of gun related violence in the state ... More >>

Right Hook: Trials of a Boxer

Mayor Ed Lee Joins National Campaign Asking Congress for Better Gun Control

Mayors Against Illegal Guns -- a bipartisan gun violence advocacy organization -- has released a new video message from mayors across the country, including San San Francisco's own Mayor Ed Lee.The new campaign, co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, urge ... More >>

East Bay Man Built Homemade Machine Guns in Garage Just to See If He Could

There's been much talk lately about where guns come from. Gun shows. Straw purchases at gun shops. Black market dealers. Online auctions. Father's nightstand. Nevada. Add "residential garage" to the list. An East Bay man, federal prosecutors claim, built six homemade fully automatic machine guns ... More >>

Bay Area Residents Really Don't Want Their Guns Anymore

It's not too hard to believe that some cash-strapped gun toters would turn over their firearms in exchange for some money. What is hard to believe is that any of them would hand over those very expensive items to the cops for free. Marin County reports that police stations have been flooded with f ... More >>

SF's Proposed Ban on Hollow-point Bullets Is a Turning Point for U.S. Gun Culture

Hollow-point bullets have a pit at the tip, which makes them look a bit like tiny steel smokestacks. When the bullet hits a target, pressure builds within the pit and pushes outward against lead walls, causing the bullet's surface area to expand and leave a greater trail of damage within the target. ... More >>

San Francisco's 1993 Mass Shooting Inspired National Assault Weapons Ban

The New York Times article, on July 2, 1993, began, "San Francisco -- A gunman carrying hundreds of rounds of ammunition terrorized a high-rise office building in the financial district here late this afternoon, killing eight people and wounding six others with a hail of automatic and semiautomatic ... More >>

Sandy Hook Shooting: Technology and Law Should Serve Us, Not Control Us

On Friday, not long after the Sandy Hook shootings, NPR's political editor Ken Rudin took to Facebook to tell his followers: As tempting as it may be to once again debate guns and gun contro -- and try to come to grips with this madness -- we know nothing is going to change. The fault/blame for th ... More >>

Sen. Dianne Feinstein to Introduce New Bill Banning Assault Weapons

Sick and tired of people killing each other, democratic leaders, including San Francisco's Dianne Feinstein, are using the horrific school shooting in Connecticut to seriously pounce on gun control. Feinstein (D-Calif.), went on Meet the Press yesterday morning to announce her intentions to stamp ... More >>

Alameda Gun Ordinance to Go Before Full 9th Circuit Appeals Court

​The quest for the rights of ordinary, hardworking Americans to carry bazookas and roll Abrams tanks across government property continues its slow advance. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has  agreed to revisit an Alameda County couple's claim that a law banning guns on county land ... More >>

Gun Rights Crusaders Target State Over Definition of "Assault Weapon"

Hell yeah I got a license for it! ​The term "assault weapon" has always rankled Second Amendment absolutists. Handled properly, an umbrella could be an "assault weapon." Considering the purpose of a weapon, the term "assault weapon" is rather redundant. In this state it's also "unconstitutionally ... More >>

Governor Jerry Brown Outlaws Open Carry for Guns

​Whether you believe the Second Amendment is essential or outdated, the law in California used to allow anyone to carry a gun in public or in vehicles -- as long as it was openly displayed and unloaded.California became the fifth state to make it illegal to openly carry guns after Governor Jerry B ... More >>

Brady Campaign's New Push to Ban Open Carry in California Restaurants

formatted_dad/FlickrThe CA Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is planning a protest Jan. 20 in Manhattan Beach.​The Jan. 8 shooting massacre at a Tucson mall is giving new impetus to a drive to make California eateries gun-free zones. State chapters of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Vio ... More >>

Transgender Republican Gun Advocate To Speak At San Francisco Gun Conference

All smiles until messed with...​San Franciscans probably have their ideas about the sort of folks who will descend on the Hyatt Regency airport hotel this weekend for the Second Amendment Foundation's gun rights conference: white, Tea Partyish, Red State-y, straight. Then here comes panelist Nicki ... More >>

Muni Admits Ban on Ads 'Promoting Use of Firearms' May Be Illegal

Has a Supreme Court ruling forced Muni to accept ads like this? ​Earlier this week, we reported on Muni pulling an about-face regarding ads advocating gun use -- faster than a speeding bullet. While the transit agency edited the guns out of ads for the cop comedy The Other Guys due to policies for ... More >>

Muni Accepts Gun Group's Poster Promoting Use of Firearms

http://onlygunsandmoney.blogspot.com ​Click on image for larger version​Last month, SF Weekly broke the story that Muni forced the guns to be edited out of the poster for The Other Guys -- as depicting Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell with handguns would violate the transit agency's policy agains ... More >>

'The Other Guys' Movie Poster has No Guns in Muni Station -- But Fully Armed on Muni Buses

No guns here...​Last week, we noted that the movie posters for the predictably low-brow but high-grossing cop comedy The Other Guys had been disarmed by Muni. While Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg are soaring through the air, guns drawn, in the billboard you'll see by the freeway, they're either pu ... More >>

National Rifle Association recruits San Franciscans to overturn gun-control laws

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Mail Call: Girls, Guns, and Scare Quotes

By Andy Wright In addition to a book about how to train your cat to defecate in a toilet and a jingly pair of felt reindeer antlers attached to a headband (oh, how they will be abused at the SF Weekly Christmas party!) I received today a tidy PR package from something calling itself the Californi ... More >>

Engineers’ Roundup: Thousands of Scientists Descend Upon Cow Palace for Grueling Exam

R.I.P. Charlton Heston

Fire Away!

A judge has overturned the ban on handguns passed by S.F. voters last November. Are you worried about firearms flooding our streets? Take this quiz and find out!

Have Gun, Will Unravel

Lars von Trier goes off on another rant about American violence

Sage Francis

A Healthy Distrust

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Jackson Arms Shooting Range & Gunshop

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Tale of a Gun

Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem

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