Update: Apparently no such economic boom is coming to Pacifica soon. By default, comments have gravitated toward the gun control rally and counter rally held at City Arms, Sharp Park Shopping Center, Pacifica, January 19, 2013.
San Jose Community Newspapers/Carol Rosen, Correspondent, 1/17/13. "San Jose aims to turn local economy around with bold business outreach."
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"When Chuck Reed took over as mayor, he worked hard to change the city's construction focus from housing to business. While that change has been slow going, especially in light of the recession, it appears the city is now going after new businesses and job creation in a big way.
Last November, Reed sent a memo to city council members delineating a new plan for economic strategy and work plan priorities. He set a goal to issue permits bringing in $1 billion of major new investment projects by April. A team comprised of the leadership of the planning, building, codes, public works, transportation, parks and fire departments and the Office of Economic Development was to participate in the process, attracting new large companies as well as retail and some housing to San Jose. At the same time, the team and each of the departments were to expedite these major projects by streamlining the construction process. The idea was that these large projects wouldn't get caught in red tape or have to struggle for lack of help.
.... "There are a billion dollars of investment in our development pipeline, which could generate over 3 million square feet of new office and research and development space, more than 800 high-rise and wood frame residential units and more than 600,000 square feet of regional and neighborhood retail space over the next few years," Reed wrote in a recent memo." Read article.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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Kathy, do you know the way to San Jose.
San Jose has tech.
Pacifica has nothing
January 16, 2013
NRA Pro-Gun Rally @ City Arms, January 19
Riptide has learned that about 200 NRA members and gun supporters plan to rally Saturday, January 19 at noon in front of City Arms at Eureka Square, Sharp Park. Several gun control advocates and other NRA foes also plan to gather nearby in protest of the rally. (President Obama has proposed several gun control measures in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre.)
Thank goodness we have articles like this instead of things that are more directly related to Pacifica, like the Mavericks surf contest this weekend, which should cause lots of traffic and hopefully a little spending.
It's going to be a rumble. The hippies against the hunters. Who do you think will win?
Since hippies live in their own little world where everyone agrees they'll be shocked to see normal everyday husbands & housewives demonstrating their support of the 2nd amendment.
Anonymous 12:09 AM, the issue is regulation, not 2nd amendment rights. And balance that against 14th amendment equal protection rights.
Stop whining Anonymous 7:27 AM, 11:22 AM, you want articles of your choice, send them to Fix Pacifica.
We're lucky to have Vlad and Dimitri of City Arms here in Pacifica. Those guys are great. I remember Nancy Hall and crew tried to run them out of town. I don't get why people want to protest assault weapons in front of a store that doesn't sell them.
Anyway this whole event will bring City Arms a lot more business.
The hippies are going to protest the protest.
NRA Pro-Gun & Gun Control Rallies @ City Arms, January 19
About 200 NRA members and gun supporters plan to rally Saturday, January 19 at noon in front of City Arms gun store at Eureka Square on Oceana Boulevard in East Sharp Park.
Gun control advocates plan to gather on the sidewalk in protest of the NRA rally at noon on Saturday. (President Obama has proposed gun control measures in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre.)
STATEMENT BY GUN CONTROL GROUP:
Stand with neighbors in SUPPORT of an assault weapons ban and take weapons of war off the streets. Make a sign expressing your feelings and walk the Oceana Blvd. sidewalk this Saturday at noon. We do this to counter an NRA "rights to our guns" rally in front of City Arms Gun Shop this Saturday in the parking lot being held at the same time. Approximately 200 NRA gun rights supporters are expected to attend the City Arms rally. We will also be present to peacefully express the other side. Carry your sign in support of gun law reform along with an American flag. Something must be done! It's time for us to stand up, shout down the gun lobby and demand sanity for our country and our children. Demand stricter gun laws from legislators and join this event. Just no shouting or interactions with the other side Saturday. Communicate by the message of your sign, creativity, and being. This will be a peaceful presence event.
Robine Runneals
I'm sure plenty of people would disagree with your belief that City Arms doesn't carry assault weapons, Hutch.
That said, I would rather have guns sold through places like City Arms than at the Cow Palace or on the street.
Vallejo hostile to gun control congressman. How many cops does Pacifica have? Didn't they just arrest young criminals with assault rifls in Pacifica?
http://www.capoliticalreview.com/top-stories/vallejo-town-hall-hostile-to-gun-control-congressman/
Sinai
Do you understand the difference in semi-automatic and automatic weapons?
"Do you understand the difference in semi-automatic and automatic weapons?"
Do you consider semi-automatic weapons to be assault weapons? I do.
Sinai,Yes, I do.
But answer a question for once.
Yes, I know the difference. I was a cop in the Air Force, and carried either a .38, M-16 or GAU while on duty.
You told me you where in the Army.
Cops don't carry .38's
They either carry 9 mm or 45's
"..Do you understand the difference in semi-automatic and automatic weapons?" Anonymous 9:11, 11:19 AM
For others looking for a basic difference between automatic and semiautomatic guns.
Dictionary. Free Dictionary, "Automatic weapon - a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released." Dictionary.com, "1. partly automatic. 2. (of a firearm) automatically ejecting the cartridge case of a fired shot and loading the next cartridge from the magazine but requiring a squeeze of the trigger to fire each individual shot.
noun. 3. a self-loading rifle or other firearm."
Wikipedia. semi-automatic firearm. vs. automatic firearm. Assault rifle. And, assault weapon.
The following specific firearms are considered assault weapons by the State of Connecticut. Also, a current article: "What is an Assault Weapon?" by Fox News, 1/17/13, (a reprint from Live Science).
Now we all "get it". And you definitely got your answer from Steve, at 12:07 PM. Anonymous, by concession, the "question" you asked 1) you already knew the answer to; and 2) you framed the question (you already knew the answer to) with abusive comments. So, you're just a bully hiding under anonymous cover, and your attempted verbal assault failed. Congratulations on that well deserved upset. Hopefully next time, you will ask a real question (one you don't have a preconceived answer to), or offer shared information of value to the discussion.
"You told me you where in the Army."
No I didn't. I was in the Air Force in the late 70s - early 80s, and at the time we were using .38 revolvers.
The Colt 1911 Model .45ACP was the standard issue service pistol in earlier years, and is still issued even today. It is one of the most reliable pistols ever made and is still a very popular gun. But in recent years the standard issue side arm of the military has been the Beretta M9, which is a 9mm semi automatic service pistol. There is also a new service pistol that the military has started to use, which is the Smith and Wesson M&P semi automatic service pistol. The M&P stands for Military and Police. It is most commonly chambered in 9mm and .40cal for the military and police but there is also a .357 version available.
Added:
Currently Military Investigative Agencies like Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Navy Criminal Investigative Service, and Army Criminal Investigations Division carry Sig Sauer P226 (also known as the M11), chambered in 9mm.
There is ongoing discussion and testing of new and larger caliber weapons, however none has made it to front line units like mine. The main problem with issuing a weapon chambered in a larger caliber than 9mm is the U.S. Military's involvement in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which requires Military units operating under its purview (which the U.S. does) to only use pistols chambered in 9mm. Until an agreement is made or a policy changed I do not see the U.S. Military using 9mm pistols in a deployed environment.
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is exempt from these requirements, because of its maritime law enforcement mission, and has switched to the Sig Sauer P229 chambered in 40 caliber, this occurred in 2006. However, USCG units who are deployed in support of NATO operations (Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom) are required to use the Beretta M9.
It should also be noted the 9mm round the U.S. Military uses is required to be a full metal jacket (FMJ), not a hollow point. Which, as any ballistics expert will tell you, goes through bodies and other material, instead of stopping in them.
In police work, however, one needs the ballistic projectile to expand and stop (preferably inside the suspect) releasing its kinetic energy. When bullets go through people, other people are put at risk.
Again, the USCG is exempt from using FMJ rounds during law enforcement mission, only while supporting NATO operations. The USCG now uses a hollow point round.
I support a ban on assault weapons and those mega-magazines and all unregulated gun sales, but there's a place for legal and responsibly run gun stores. They provide goods and services to those in the market, pay wages and taxes and that's something Pacifica needs. Probably more yearly taxes paid by City Arms than the next twenty-five junky shops opened and closed in Pacifica.
Am I the only one who really hopes that anon@301 would take up deep sea fishing?
Yep on second thought, I spammed that Anonymous 3:01 PM technical manual on police/military hardware "comment", Anonymous 3:41 PM.
If Steve wants to re-post it, its up to him, but I agree with you it belongs with the "deep sea fish."
Here is more relevant information than that given by Anon@3:01.
"The Smith & Wesson K-38 Combat Masterpiece Revolver Model 15[1] and is a derivative of the classic 1899 K-frame (medium frame) Military and Police .38 S&W Special (aka .38 Special) six-shot double action revolver."
"The Model 15 was a popular sidearm for law enforcement and was the standard issue sidearm of the U.S. Air Force Police from 1962 until 1992 when it was replaced by the [Beretta] M9."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_%26_Wesson_Model_15
Kathy is way too quick with the "I spammed that comment".
Someone disagreeing with you (and I personally disagree with all gun nuts) is not a cause for "spamming" their comments.
So did the NRA rally in front of City Arms take place today? Hippie Power Show in protest?
"..someone disagreeing with you.. is not cause for spam.." Anonymous 6:03 PM
Generally I agree with that statement, but the Anonymous comment at 3:01 pm is viewed in context with the prior conversation, a "one up", but way over the top. The text is a highly technical military gun usage description. And it was likely unreferenced as in plagiarized by no identity Anonymous.
Was that you Anonymous 6:03 PM? Next time just post the link. Then Any one who wants to read such detail as "...ballistics expert will tell you, goes through bodies and other material, instead of stopping in them" may do so.
What you posted fits into the YUCK category. So, I'm not sure what respect you and that post think you deserve. FMV its spam.
Steve Sinai said...
Do you consider semi-automatic weapons to be assault weapons? I do.
Steve, First off, no sane person considers semi-automatic weapons assault weapons. Secondly there is no, and there never has been a category called assault "weapons". The term is assault "rifle".
This radical view of yours puts you so far left that Todd Bray looks rational next to you.
Good lord, Hutch. You must be the only person in the world who is unaware of the term, "assault weapon."
Google it.
Uphill battle, Sinai. Just about perpindicular.
But Steve, you're not the only one who thinks Semi-auto handguns are assault weapons. I'm sure the likes of Peter Loeb and Nancy Hall agree with you.
Steve Sinai said...
I'm sure plenty of people would disagree with your belief that City Arms doesn't carry assault weapons, Hutch.
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Assault rifles are illegal in California. So no matter how you try to twist the definition to suit your radical far left view that City Arms is selling assault weapons, you fail.
Can I ask you Steve, did you oppose City Arms opening along with Nancy Hall?
Gun shops.
Tobacco shops.
Both bad for living things.
Hutch, you can't even maintain a consistent position on whether assault weapons exist. I believe it's obvious to most people reading this thread that you're desperately flailing, and failing, to come up with a valid argument.
I had no problem with City Arms opening.
Why do you feel the need to bring Nancy Hall and Todd Bray into this?
Steve you are the one with the ridiculous opinion that all semi automatic guns should be banned as assault weapons.
Can you name one credible politician that shares this interesting point of view?
And it's kind of hard to debate you Steve if all my posts are not posted.
Hutch, as far as I know, the only comment I spammed from you was a personal attack on two people who aren't involved in this discussion. It made you look small.
"But Steve, you're not the only one who thinks Semi-auto handguns are assault weapons. I'm sure the likes of Peter Loeb and Nancy Hall agree with you."
How is that a personal attack on Nancy Hall or Peter Loeb?
Wow.
"Steve you are the one with the ridiculous opinion that all semi automatic guns should be banned as assault weapons."
You have a tendency to distort or misinterpret what I say, Hutch.
"How is that a personal attack on Nancy Hall or Peter Loeb?"
Then what was the point of the comment?
Really Steve, did I distort this?
Steve Sinai commented on senseless shooting tragedy in newton: “And I personally consider any semi-automatic or automatic gun, including handguns, to be an assault weapon"
Hutch, go back and reread my comment at 9:14. I was referring to your comment that I thought all semi-automatic weapons should be banned as assault weapons.
Next time can you guys tell me. I want to make a fresh batch of Popcorn
That is one in the same thing Steve. You know you've said you support the assault gun ban.
You never answered my question. Can you name one politician that believes all semi auto guns should be classified as assault guns?
No? That's because it's an extremist view.
And you still did not publish my entire comment from before when you erroneously decided I was attacking your friends.
I don't think anyone would say that was a personal attack. So why did you spam it? You didn't like it?
You're also holding my comments until you can think of a response.
You pulled a Mayberry.
I was there as a part of the counter protest. I couldn't hear everything that was being said by the gun advocates, but did hear the chants of "no more years" and "from my cold dead hands".
The "no more years" part was strange, we just had an election, and the four more years thing is pretty well set. Not sure if they are advocating for impeachment or assassination, but it's time to accept that Obama won quite handily.
The "from my cold dead hands" chant was equally strange, because no one is advocating taking anyone's guns away, except the mentally ill and felons. On second thought...
My sign said "60% of Americans favor stronger gun laws". It was based of this poll: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/poll-6-in-10-favor-stricter-gun-laws-86262.html
Another poll shows that an overwhelming majority of NRA members favor closing the gun show background check loophole, which the NRA is strongly against. Makes you wonder who the NRA is really representing, doesn't it?
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/media-center/baltsun_121509.shtml
That being said, I have no problem with City Arms being in town, but I do support Obama's proposed legislation, as do most Americans.
"And you still did not publish my entire comment.." Hutch 8:17 AM
Hutch, there is nothing in spam with your name on it, and there is no capacity to alter your comment period.
Some sideways comments which unnecessarily insert names, such as those you mentioned are spammed.
The first of these comments, I temporarily suspended and sent a note to Steve asking "is that Hutch", because I could not believe these were your comments. That's all.
Guns of any kind are dangerous, and need serious regulation. And that legislation without loopholes needs to move forward. (And I doubt that the gun store in Pacifica would disagree this comment).
PS: I happily hold hands with Ian Butler and his 8:23 AM comment.
Good going Ian. Count me in that 60% that favors mandatory and more thorough background checks as well as closing the gun show loophole.
And BTW, in case some didn't catch it. Steve gave me up as an anonymous poster at 5:43. It seems he'll do whatever it takes to try and get his way as he stomps his feet.
So just know that you aren't really anonymous, Steve knows who you all are and he might give you up too if you make him pout.
"Steve gave me up as an anonymous poster at 5:43." Hutch 12:34 pm
Yep, I spammed that 1/20, 5:43 pm comment too. Steve restored it, I would have left it in spam. What does dropping "Todd Bray" into the comment have to do with anything?
BTW, I spammed that 12:34 pm comment, which includes a snipe at Steve. If he wants to restore it, that's up to him. I won't.
We each have a view about these gun control issues. Leave it at that. Those of you who are closer to this issue, could provide greater general insight for the rest of us (and to some extent you have).
Hutch, I never advocated that all assault weapons must be banned. It's unrealistic. I would like to see greater restrictions on their availability.
You seem to have taken a discussion about what is and isn't an assault weapon, and my questioning of the need for assault weapons, and misinterpreted that as me saying all assault weapons must be banned.
And as Kathy said, all the comments you posted under your name are posted.
"And BTW, in case some didn't catch it. Steve gave me up as an anonymous poster at 5:43. It seems he'll do whatever it takes to try and get his way as he stomps his feet."
Hutch, I gave you up because I don't like it when people attack others, and then hide behind "Anonymous." Also, the blog doesn't keep track of who submits what. I knew who it was because you keep saying the same thing over and over.
That's BS Steve and you know it. Kathy said you had verified that it was me posting so I know you can tell by the IP address who I was.
Hutch, I automatically give you credit whenever an anon says "sneaky Pete" or makes a gratuitous derogatory reference to assorted local activists. Figured a man of such strong opinions wouldn't mind.
Once again Hutch, you're carelessly jumping to invalid conclusions.
IP addresses only tell me the ISP, not the person who does the actual posting.
If I spend a half-hour going through the logs, I can sometimes come up with a good guess as to who's posting what, but in your case, it was so obvious who was posting that there was no need.
Steve, First off, no sane person considers semi-automatic weapons assault weapons. Secondly there is no, and there never has been a category called assault "weapons".
??!!
There are literally thousands of references to "assault weapons" within Federal, state and local statutory and regulatory law.
Take, as a single example, 1994's Federal "Assault Weapons Ban" -- H.R. 3355 which contains this section:
TITLE XI—FIREARMS
Subtitle A—Assault Weapons
SEC. 110101. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Public Safety and Recreational
Firearms Use Protection Act’’.
SEC. 110102
RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.
good grief Fogel. for a scary moment there i didn't realize you were quoting in bold the resident firearm expert previously known as anonymous. yeah, the facts do not support his conclusions.
Thank you, Chris Fogel.
Thanks Chris, Unlike someone else (Ehem) I can admit when I made a mistake.
The more important point of that statement is that (someone) considers all semi auto weapons to be assault weapons. A view that is...lets say "out there".
But whatever.
oh dear god
Hutch, who's "Ehem" ?
Why argue about assault weapons with someone who denies their existence?
indeed!
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