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Panel In SF Discusses Proposed Open Carry Ban
Posted: 10:31 pm PDT May 26, 2010Updated: 10:38 pm PDT May 26, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -- [/b]A panel discussion in San Francisco Wednesday evening about a state bill that would ban open carry of firearms in California focused on balancing safety and public order versus individual rights and the Constitution.
The bill, which would outlaw open carry, has made it through two Assembly committees and will soon be heard on the Assembly floor.
Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said he strongly opposes the law because he believes it interferes with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
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Franklin Zimring, a professor of law and criminal justice at the University of California at Berkeley, . . . said AB 1934 really has nothing to do with public safety.
"You have a status conflict where both sides are saying, 'I'm right,'" he said.
He said those who practice open carry tend to be white, older Californians who live in low-crime areas.
"You're not wearing the gun because it's going to save you," he said. "It's being worn as a badge to say, 'We gun owners are right.'"
Similarly, he argued, the proponents of the bill are not introducing it because openly carrying has led to any violent incidents or crimes - it hasn't. The bill's sponsors also just want to show that they're right on the issue of gun control.
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http://www.ktvu.com/news/23691070/detail.html
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Panel In SF Discusses Proposed Open Carry Ban
Posted: 10:31 pm PDT May 26, 2010Updated: 10:38 pm PDT May 26, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO -- [/b]A panel discussion in San Francisco Wednesday evening about a state bill that would ban open carry of firearms in California focused on balancing safety and public order versus individual rights and the Constitution.
The bill, which would outlaw open carry, has made it through two Assembly committees and will soon be heard on the Assembly floor.
Sam Paredes, executive director of Gun Owners of California, said he strongly opposes the law because he believes it interferes with the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
. . .
Franklin Zimring, a professor of law and criminal justice at the University of California at Berkeley, . . . said AB 1934 really has nothing to do with public safety.
"You have a status conflict where both sides are saying, 'I'm right,'" he said.
He said those who practice open carry tend to be white, older Californians who live in low-crime areas.
"You're not wearing the gun because it's going to save you," he said. "It's being worn as a badge to say, 'We gun owners are right.'"
Similarly, he argued, the proponents of the bill are not introducing it because openly carrying has led to any violent incidents or crimes - it hasn't. The bill's sponsors also just want to show that they're right on the issue of gun control.
. . .