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Neil Gonzales The days of gun shows at the Cow Palace appear numbered. By a 45-33 margin, the California Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation banning the sale of firearms and ammunition at the state-owned entertainment venue. The Assembly’s vote came three months after the state Senate approved the bill, which is expected to head to the governor’s desk in the next few weeks. If Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs Senate Bill 585 into law, the ban will take effect Jan. 1, 2013. The bill is “about respecting local values and local standards,” said state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, who authored the legislation. The residents around the Cow Palace “do not want gun shows there.” According to Leno, 44 percent of the homicides and more than 30 percent of the guns seized in the city and county of San Francisco have happened in the surrounding communities of Visitacion Valley, Bayview-Hunters Point and the Mission District since 2005. |
