California law. Judge Warren sided with the National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, and other petitioners represented by Chuck Michel of Trutanich-Michel, LLP, in Long Beach, California, who sued on behalf of gun owners, advocates and dealers the day after the measure passed. Judge Warren wrote in his 30-page ruling that "Proposition H is adjudged invalid as preempted by state law." The judge's decision was not without precedent considering a California appeals court nullified an almost identical San Francisco gun ban on exactly the same grounds in 1982. The City appealed Judge Warren's ruling, but lost by a unanimous decision from the three judge panel in the Court of Appeals issued on January 9, 2008. On February 19, 2008, San Francisco asked the California Supreme Court to review Court of Appeal's decision. The state Supreme Court reached a unanimous decision on April 9, 2008 that rejected the city's appeal and upheld the lower courts' decision. In October 2008, San Francisco was forced to pay a $380,000 settlement to the National Rifle Association and other plaintiffs to cover the costs of litigating Proposition H. On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court decided that the Second Amendment applied to the states in the case McDonald v. City of Chicago, striking down all handgun bans nationwide. See also Gun politics in the United States Firearm case law in the United States Right to keep and bear arms Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act National Rifle Association Second Amendment Foundation Pink Pistols (Gay gun rights organization) Guy Montag Doe v. San Francisco Housing Authority (2008 NRA lawsuit against San Francisco challenging the city's ban of guns in public housing.) Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 (Law enacted in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina prohibiting the confiscation of legal firearms in a state of emergency.) District of Columbia v. Heller (Landmark 2008 Supreme Court decision stating that the US Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for self-defense.) McDonald v. Chicago (Landmark 2010 Supreme Court decision stating that the Second Amendment was incorporated under the Fourteenth Amendment.) References External links Full text of Proposition H Full text of San Francisco's appeal of the court's decision Voters take stand against guns, recruiting at schools Judge invalidates Prop. H handgun ban San Francisco Board of Supervisors website National Rifle Association website United States firearms law Government of San Francisco Politics