{"id":1785,"date":"2010-06-29T08:42:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T12:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2010-06-29T08:42:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T12:42:14","slug":"drinking-the-kool-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=1785","title":{"rendered":"Drinking the kool aid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jackie Hilly drinks the kool aid<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Jackie Hilly, Executive Director of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence<\/a>, told NBC New York she’s pleased with the decision. “I think it affirms New York law<\/a>,” Hilly said. “All the other amendments have reasonable restrictions on them. So I actually really like the Heller decision<\/a> and the McDonald decision<\/a> because they put the Second Amendment in the context of all the other amendments…people from the gun lobby like to promote the idea that you have an absolute or god-given right to possess a gun. That’s clearly not true; your right can be restricted.” …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Even crap rags like the Daily News ain’t buying that<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“… Mayor Bloomberg<\/a> appears to believe NYPD oversight<\/a> both of premises permits and carry permits will pass Supreme Court<\/a> muster. Maybe …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Plus:<\/p>\n

“… the majority also failed to endorse anew an observation that the courts had long “held that prohibitions on carrying concealed weapons were lawful under the Second Amendment.” The omission was ominous.” <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n