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June 27, 2008 - 4:46pm

Newsom vows to go head to head with NRA and gun lobby in protecting city's gun laws

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom: Getty Images PhotoSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom: Getty Images PhotoLess than 24 hours after the U.S. Supreme Court largely gutted Washington, D.C.'s ban on handguns, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that he will be implementing new anti-gun programs in a continuing effort to reduce gun violence in the city.

Newsom made the announcement flanked by Police Chief Heather Fong and District Attorney Kamala Harris. These new initiatives are in addition to legislation Mayor Newsom forwarded in summer 2007 to reduce gun violence in San Francisco.

"We don't need to anticipate the location of future offenses to reduce gun violence," Newsom said in a statement. "We need to get illegal firearms off the streets now and these efforts will help us do just that."

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