Gun Control

[TX_1824]

Good job. I'm not a gun owner but I defend the right for people to own guns just like I despise hate groups but defend their right of free speech and assembly. I don't believe that cities, like San Francisco is considering, have the right to overstep the supreme law of the land, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and band handguns even if the majority in that area are in favor of it. The right to bear arms is protected by Constitutional law and cannot be changed without an amendment. If the people of San Francisco want to band handguns, then they should proposition their representative to present a bill to the floor of the House. Besides, how can San Francisco enforce such a law? Will they search every house in that area looking for guns violating the Fourth Amendment of those very people who voted for that ban? If a suspect breaks into a home, robs the place, kills a family member and then gets killed himself with a handgun by another family member, is that family member at fault? Will they be prosecuted for murder when they were defending their home and their surviving family members? I know that this scenario is extreme but not impossible. The idea of people willing to give up their rights to the government is a troublesome idea indeed.