military personnel inevitably though the latest shooting has reignited america's gun control debate elaine morgan has more. in the aftermath of yet another school shooting the gun control debate is heating up again you know we have to do everything human we possible to keep guns out of the wrong hands they mention background checks for gun sales faster background checks ok our strategies to keep guns away from people like this guy i want to ban have a total ban on assault weapons anyone who carries that gun openly is willing to use it to kill someone. the united states congress has not done anything anything to protect our students from gun violence there's all kinds of proposals in congress to stop and limit gun sales however is selling new guns really the issue at this point there's over three hundred fifty seven million guns in the united states that's more guns than people and at this point over four hundred thousand guns are stolen on average each year to put it simply the usa is awash in guns and the firearms owners protection act makes it illegal to track them the f.b.i. can conduct crimin

elaine morgan, president of cathedral home neighbors, cochair of vanness quarter neighbor coalition, and vice president, coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. two of our organizations have sent letters in support of the community alternative to the conditional use and the coalition which is a 30-member group citywide has passed a resolution in support of mixed-use housing over ground floor retail. so you've heard a lot about this. you're going to hear a lot more people talking about this. i think it's contrary that lea were to as a city look at our own personal philosophy that we had just had a conversation on senate bill 827, this would be the poster child for development. transit rich corridor, we could have housing on-site, transit service businesses. we have bicycle safety, walkability. we have everything that makes this a wonderful building and supports the vanness corridor tremendously in support of its housing and transportation. one comment i would make is the coalition for san francisco neighbors is very anxious to work with whole foods in supporting a new whole foods s