The City of San Francisco, in a brilliant move taken from the grand success of Washington D.C. in preventing murders, will attempt to wrest firearms from the hands of legal gun owners residing within its limits. Yes, my fellow citizens, the City of San Francisco has taken the bold step of encouraging robbers, rapists, murderers and thieves to come to its heart with the promise of unarmed sheeple as prey.

Here's a quote from SFGate's Lisa Leff, quoting Andrew Arulanandam:

"Washington, D.C. is the only major American city that currently bans handgun possession by private citizens. Andrew Arulanandam, director of public affairs for the National Rifle Association, said San Francisco officials are remiss to use the District of Columbia's experience as a model.

"If gun control worked, Washington, D.C. would be the beacon. However, it's the murder capital of the United States," Arulanandam said."

This is just as criminally stupid as Mayor Willie Brown's unfathomable proposal to equip that city's "street persons" with CREDIT CARD MACHINES so that if a passing, guilt-ridden yuppie has no pocket change to cast down on said indigent, he can instead whip out his Amex and charge his donation. I'm sure that your credit card would be safe in the hands of a deranged, homeless drug addict.

Thoughtfully, the ban includes such commonly used crime implements as 19th-century British hunting guns and $10,000 collectable pistols. It's good to see that the City of San Francisco is thinking hard about the welfare of the citizens living there.