by Bob Walsh
Readers will probably remember the murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco, shot down by a revolving door felon illegal alien. A federal magistrate has just ruled that her survivors can NOT sue the People's Republic of San Francisco over the sanctuary city policy that resulted in her murderer being on the streets in San Francisco in 2015. The magistrate also ruled that the family can not sue ICE over the matter.
Magistrate Joseph C. Spero did, however, rule that the lawsuit against the BLM can continue. The gun that Steinle was murdered with was the property of the BLM and was stolen from the car of one of it's agents. The BLM is defending that action, pointing out that leaving the gun locked in an unattended car was completely legal and they should not be held liable for criminal use of a stolen weapon. Unfortunately I am inclined to agree with them.
Recent California law forbids leaving unsecured handguns in locked vehicles though it is doubtful that this would apply to federal employees, federal guns and federal vehicles (though I think the car in question was a personally owned vehicle and not a government vehicle). That law was not in effect when Ms. Steinle was murdered.
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