Safe firearm storage just got more accessible in San Francisco. Mayor Daniel Lurie and Supervisor Stephen Sherrill on Thursday announced a first-of-its-kind program that allows residents to drop off their guns at any of the city’s 10 police stations, where San Francisco police will securely store them for up to a year at no cost. [More]
And best of all, it’s the brainchild of someone with fatally poor judgment in the men she sleeps with!
Question: If they really believe San Franciscans are this stupid, and based on voting patterns that can’t be far off, how is it they’re qualified to handle and transport firearms safely and legally from their homes to the designated drop-offs? It’d be something if some well-intentioned dupe who didn’t pay attention to the details came strolling into a station holding a gun to lock up only to be blown away by panicking Only Ones…
It’s be even funnier if a gun turned in for storage ended up at a crime scene…
[Via Keith B]
Good evening, Officer Friendly. I’m just off to a drive-by shooting and dropped by to pick up my gun. Here’s my claim check and ID. This won’t take long will it? I’m rather pressed for time!
Assuming SFPD does not hold a valid FFL — because that would be ridiculous — and is not performing background checks on either the police officers when the guns are “dropped off” or the guns’ owners when they reclaim them, how is this legal under California law? If SFPD is performing background checks, do waiting periods and one-gun-a-month laws apply to guns you already own, but are stored with the police?
If SFPD does hold a valid FFL, how is this legal under federal law?
Oh, that’s right. It’s okay when “Only Ones” do it.
SFPD will “securely store them for up to a year at no cost.” What happens after that year? Do they start billing monthly, or are the guns considered forfeit and the intrepid “Only Ones” can have first pick?
Final question: If one or more of these “safely stored” guns “disappears” and turns up at a crime scene, who will be held responsible for not reporting it lost/stolen? (Stupid question; it’s the owner’s responsibility, obviously!)