I’m surprised the Daily News ran this op-ed from Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill, “Strict gun laws are bad for blacks: Why African-Americans should value Second Amendment protections“:
“… It’s little-known that throughout its history, the United States government has gone to great lengths to disarm black people – from early “slave codes” that prohibited blacks from possessing firearms to exorbitant postwar gun tariffs that priced blacks out of the gun market … Such laws prompted Otis McDonald … to successfully sue the City of Chicago … The suit went all the way to the Supreme Court, which correctly affirmed his constitutional right to self-defense. Hopefully, this decision will spark similar pushback around the country. Indeed, the New York Police Department is already lowering the financial barriers for gun possession in the home out of a fear that the courts could strike down its current policies …”
He’s gotten a little ahead of himself. The Clown Council is opposed to lowering the fees.