You gotta just shake your head at laws like this. The law states that law enforcement, security guards and others who require weapons for work are exempt from the measure, and that current handgun owners would have to surrender their firearms by April. So, why would cops, guards, and others have a need for weapons after April? I mean, if all the guns are turned in, why do these people need guns for protection? Unless through some fluke of nature criminals won't follow the law, like maybe the folks who are committing crimes today, and that there will still be a threat to cops, guards, and the ill-defined "others." And if that's the case, why are these folks allowed to defend themselves while everyone else just has to dodge the bullets? I think that if cops are so hept up on pushing these laws that the law should also cover them. If being weaponless is good enough for John Q. Public it should be good enough for the cops. Let the cops back up their promises of making the streets safer by switching to batons and whistles like the British do.
And with the huge gay population in San Francisco, many of whom come out in droves to fight for gays to be able to serve in the military, why are they doing everything they can to prevent the military from recruiting? This law just shows again how Gays, like most Liberals, have no real commitment to any cause.