McDonald vs Chicago

[Dennis David]

That's cool .. but I feel we actually agree on more than you think. Let's see what happens.

[ssc]

The court has ruled and it appears to be a major victory. I will read the complete decision when I get out of court and give an update.

Regards, Steve

[BorregoWrangler]

Yep, I've been looking forward to this.

Supreme Court Decision Extends Right to Keep and Bear Arms to all 50 States

BREAKING NEWS: On Monday, 28 June 2010 the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling that extends the right to keep and bear arms to all 50 states. It invalidates the Chicago handgun ban, and affirms that the right to keep and bear arms is an individual right. Fox News link: http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010 ... un-rights/

Of course the anti-gunners are already whining:

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 12209.html

Violence Policy Center Statement on McDonald v. Chicago Decision

WASHINGTON, June 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following today's U.S. Supreme Court decision in McDonald v. Chicago that the City of Chicago's handgun ban is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, thus applying the Court's 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller beyond Washington, D.C., Violence Policy Center Legislative Director Kristen Rand issued the following statement:

"People will die because of this decision. It is a victory only for the gun lobby and America's fading firearms industry. The inevitable tide of frivolous pro-gun litigation destined to follow will force cities, counties, and states to expend scarce resources to defend longstanding, effective public safety laws. The gun lobby and gunmakers are seeking nothing less than the complete dismantling of our nation's gun laws in a cynical effort to try and stem the long-term drop in gun ownership and save the dwindling gun industry. The 30,000 lives claimed annually by gun violence and the families destroyed in the wake of mass shootings and murder-suicides mean little to the gun lobby and the firearm manufacturers it protects.

"It is our hope that Chicago's citizens will follow the lead of the residents of the District of Columbia--who were stripped of their handgun ban in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller. In the two years since that decision, only 900 firearms have been registered in the District that otherwise could not have been registered before the Heller ruling. The citizens of D.C. reject the wrong-headed notion that more guns make us safer. We know the facts prove the opposite and that areas of the country with the highest concentration of gun ownership also have the highest rates of gun death. We urge Chicago residents to consider these indisputable facts before considering bringing a handgun into their homes--an act that could well prove fatal to themselves or a loved one."

What's actually amazing is that 900 people endured the draconian gamut of procedures required to actually get a gun! It's kind of hard to read this and keep a straight face. VPC and Brady Campaign are a bunch of wacko far left extremists who lie and decive people with their false claims to intimidate people into believing guns and gun owners are evil. This of course is just my humble opinion.

[ssc]

I quickly read the decision, not the con and dis. I had to laugh as they used a quote from Former Justice Brennen, one of the most liberal left wing Justices the USSCT has seen. The 14th Amendment applies to the second amendment as well as the first, 4th, 5th etc. A most interesting decision that puts to rest the issue of the 2nd. It is an individual right and it is applied to the states. It has alot of history as well. read it if you are inclined. I will attach it.

http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-1521.pdf


Regards, Steve

[BorregoWrangler]

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley- Contempt of court George Wallace style

http://www.examiner.com/x-3253-Minneapo ... lace-style

"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?" - Chief Justice John Marshall (Marbury v. Madison)

Hard on the heels of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. Chicago that the Second Amendment to the US Constitution protects an individual right to bear arms for self-defense and that the right thus protected is incorporated against state and local governments, Chicago Mayor Daley expressed his contempt for both the Court and the citizens whose rights he has trampled.

In an afternoon press conference, Daley announced that the city would enact new ordinances making it as difficult as possible to purchase and own a gun in Chicago. During his rant, he promised to seek ways to attack the right to bear arms from the supply side, vowing to go after manufacturers and crack down on gun shops and gun shop owners. He also noted that only “responsible adults” would be allowed to purchase or possess guns and left open the extremely disturbing question of who gets to determine which citizens are responsible and therefore 'worthy' of civil rights.

After all, when you hear Mayor Daley proclaim his intentions to subvert the clear ruling of the Supreme Court, it is hard not to remember Governor George Wallace standing in the doorway of the University of Alabama's Foster Auditorium blocking access to African-American students Vivian Malone Jones, Dave McGlathery and James Hood after the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. Then, as now, a seasoned politician felt his opinion superseded the rights of citizens and was willing to use the power of their office to deny those rights to citizens they deemed 'unworthy.'

But as I listened to Mayor Daley equate gun owners with “drug thugs” and chastise the federal government for not doing more to make legal gun ownership more difficult, I found it incredibly ironic. This is the mayor of a city whose 28 year absolute ban on handgun ownership has completely disarmed law-abiding citizens and yet, on a recent weekend in Chicago, with the ban in full effect, there were 54 shootings which resulted in 10 deaths, including a baby girl.

The problem in Chicago is not guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. It never was. The problem is crime … crime driven by poverty, and hopelessness, and drug abuse, and all the social ills that accompany them. And because Mayor Daley, in his 21 year tenure, has not been willing or able to address these very difficult problems, he seeks to blame gun owners.

This elitist defiance should not surprise those familiar with Chicago politics and the antics of the Daley administration but it should serve as a grim reminder to gun owners and civil libertarians that despite the victories in Heller and McDonald, the legislative and judicial battles are far from over.