Outlawing handguns will only eliminate an "occupational hazard" for criminals and make violent crime more rampant, said Sam Paredes, executive director of the Gun Owners of California. The Sacramento-based group, along with the NRA and other gun organizations, is planning to ask election officials to keep the initiative off the ballot and have vowed to sue if necessary. They claim the San Francisco proposal would circumvent the U.S. Constitution as well as state laws.
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