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Supreme Court, Gun Lobby Persuade San Francisco to Drop Firearm Ban

5 September 2010

New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO — A recent Supreme Court decision could alter what public transit riders here see in advertisements on city buses and trains and in transit shelters. Despite a San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Agency policy prohibiting advertisements that "appear to promote the use of firearms," a gun rights group's posters have been placed in city bus shelters. Images promoting guns, which are banned under an advertising policy of the San Francisco... (GunPolicy.org)

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