Well-Meaning Gun Law Goes Bad

august 8, 2002  10:48 am
Well-Meaning Gun Law Goes Bad
Michael Frattini allegedly pistol-whipped a man outside a restaurant; he spent one night in jail. His friend Willie Beasley took the gun away and threw it in the street; he's going to prison for almost four years. Gabrielle Banks of the San Francisco Bay Guardian looks at Operation Triggerlock, a well-intentioned law that lets police go around a liberal D.A., federalize crimes and send young men to jail for "ridiculously long times."