2 cities struggle to enforce ban on gun magazines

The Fresno Bee / The Associated Press ^ | March 8, 2014

[2ndDivisionVet]

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Enforcement issues surround two Northern California cities' bans on high-capacity magazines.

The Oakland Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/lvtufr3 ) reported Saturday that since Sunnyvale's ban went into effect midnight Thursday, not one of the now-illegal magazines has been turned in. San Francisco police report that they have no system to track whether any magazines have been turned in for destruction under the new ordinance. San Francisco residents must surrender their high-capacity magazines to police by April 7....

[lurk]

One of the basic laws of parenting. Don’t make a rule or a threat you can’t enforce.

[Paladin2]

Prohibition worked out so well,,,,,

[MasterGunner01]

Gee, imagine that...no one is complying. I guess you LEOs are going to have to raid all the houses in town to locate the contraband magazines, right? Right? Are you men or mice, LEOs? Squeak up, gents.

[jennychase]

I voted against this law, but hey! this city is dominated by scared cows.

[alpo]

You can probably walk across the Bay now because of all the recent tragic accidents.

s/ running rampant.

[Paladin2]

Canoe sales have reached all time highs?

[RightGeek]

[RightGeek]

[progunner]

Yea buddy!!!! Maybe this Connecticut civil disobedience rampage is catching on. Like Arlo Guthrie sang in the song "Alice's Restaurant",,, "this could become a movement".

[Ancesthntr]

Amazing, the morons are betting the authority of their offices and the respect of the citizenry for the law on the proposition that the mere possession of a metal or plastic box with a spring is somehow dangerous. Oh, and they are willing to risk the lives of decent people and officers as part of that bet. Assholes!

[BipolarBob]

Banning Gun Magazines is against my 1st Amendment Right. I like reading Gun Magazines and a free press is guaranteed by the Constitution and . . . wait a minute, we’re talking those thingys that hold the cartridges, aren’t we? Oh nevermind.

[Billthedrill]

Hey, it worked on marijuana, didn't it?

Oh.

Never mind.

[Travis McGee]

[mountn man]

N.J. Democrats propose limiting capacity of gun magazines

Seems like a violation of the First and Second Amendments.

[TYVets]

...... since Sunnyvale's ban went into effect midnight Thursday, not one of the now-illegal magazines has been turned in.

OMG, not one criminal has complied with the new ban?

[golux]

Were I there, I would surely and heartily berate those worthy oriental gentlemen for ending their collective sentences with singularly offensive prepositions.

[Peet]

I am shocked; shocked I tell you!

I’da thought gang-bangers would be lined up to turn ‘em in.

[grobdriver]

It's not too late for owners to turn over the high-capacity gun magazines to police, Sunnyvale spokeswoman Jennifer Garnett said.

Yep - That's gonna happen.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Explains what that Chevy Volt with CA plates was doing at the Mesa gun show last week - buying expedition for the Yahooligans or the Googlers.