SAN FRANCISCO POLICE COME OUT against a handgun ban:

Adding a timely twist to the debate, those opponents warn that a major earthquake could lead to chaos and anarchy, akin to post-Katrina New Orleans.

“What happens when the police leave town, just like they did in New Orleans?” asked John Mindermann, a retired San Francisco police officer who keeps a handgun in his home in the low-crime area of West Portal. Only active law enforcement and military personnel would be exempt from the ban.

And even though its officers fight violence daily, the San Francisco Police Officers Association is also opposed to the ban, saying it cannot back a measure that takes away “the personal choice of city residents to lawfully possess a handgun for self-defense purposes.”

Good for them.