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San Francisco Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver on guns
Why don't we have more like her? I wonder if she posts here? Someone should invite her..
Her 1977 election was part of a shift toward diversity on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; she was described as "the board's first unwed mother."[6]
She served three terms, through 1989.
She is a member of Pink Pistols and a supporter of the 2nd Amendment.
1985
Jan. 11: San Francisco Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver wrote an article in a national publication that said a subway rider attacked by armed criminals "has every right to shoot in self-defense." Her views were disputed quickly by San Francisco officials, including Public Defender Jeff Brown, who said Silver's ideas could provoke "a domestic arms race." In an article that she and San Francisco civil rights attorney Don Kates wrote for the Wall Street Journal, Silver also said that excess use of force by police is "regularly whitewashed," and use of force by citizens is often more effective than police action. She said later in an interview that every citizen who feels threatened by crime should have a gun in his or her home or office, and that many San Franciscans should have guns because police will not protect them. "I don't like it," said Police Chief Con Murphy. Keeping guns at home "creates more problems than it solves. It creates a false sense of security." Silver, who keeps a pistol at home and carried a gun until last year, wrote the article after hearing about the subway vigilante who shot four youths in New York.
Her 1977 election was part of a shift toward diversity on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors; she was described as "the board's first unwed mother."[6]
She served three terms, through 1989.
She is a member of Pink Pistols and a supporter of the 2nd Amendment.
1985
Jan. 11: San Francisco Supervisor Carol Ruth Silver wrote an article in a national publication that said a subway rider attacked by armed criminals "has every right to shoot in self-defense." Her views were disputed quickly by San Francisco officials, including Public Defender Jeff Brown, who said Silver's ideas could provoke "a domestic arms race." In an article that she and San Francisco civil rights attorney Don Kates wrote for the Wall Street Journal, Silver also said that excess use of force by police is "regularly whitewashed," and use of force by citizens is often more effective than police action. She said later in an interview that every citizen who feels threatened by crime should have a gun in his or her home or office, and that many San Franciscans should have guns because police will not protect them. "I don't like it," said Police Chief Con Murphy. Keeping guns at home "creates more problems than it solves. It creates a false sense of security." Silver, who keeps a pistol at home and carried a gun until last year, wrote the article after hearing about the subway vigilante who shot four youths in New York.
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