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Gun Control

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    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    ​Whether you believe the Second Amendment is essential or outdated, the law in California used to allow anyone to carry a gun in public or in vehicles -- as long as it was openly displayed and unloaded.California became the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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    '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 >>

  • News

    October 14, 2009

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

    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 >>

  • News

    February 18, 2009

    What’s in David Chiu’s political baggage?

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2008

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

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    R.I.P. Charlton Heston

    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 >>

  • News

    June 21, 2006

    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!

  • Film

    September 21, 2005

    Have Gun, Will Unravel

    Lars von Trier goes off on another rant about American violence

  • Music

    February 16, 2005

    Sage Francis

    A Healthy Distrust

  • News

    December 15, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, December 15, 2004

  • Calendar

    August 6, 2003

    Drink It In

    The brains behind the bar

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 23, 2001

    Best Place to Shoot Guns

    Jackson Arms Shooting Range & Gunshop

  • Calendar

    December 16, 1998

    Night Crawler

    Jackson Arms Shooting Range & Gunshop

  • Calendar

    June 10, 1998

    Mecklin

    Jackson Arms Shooting Range & Gunshop

  • News

    May 6, 1998

    Tale of a Gun

    Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem

  • News

    March 22, 1995

    Letters

    Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem

  • News

    March 15, 1995

    Letters

    Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem

  • News

    March 1, 1995

    Rear Window

    Following one semiautomatic from manufacture to mayhem

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