San Francisco Injury Lawyer Blog
According to Bloomberg, on Monday, June 8, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision upholding San Francisco gun laws. While we do not take a stand on this issue, we recognize that gun violence and unintentional shootings pose a real danger. We believe that it is important to understand the state of the law when it comes to gun rights and regulations.
San Francisco Gun Regulations
According to NPR, the laws at issue in the ruling date back to 1994 and to 2007. In 1994, a San Francisco ordinance banned the sale of hollow-point bullets. Hollow-point bullets are bullets with a hollowed out shape in the tip, often intended to cause the bullet to expand upon impact.