{"id":2753,"date":"2010-11-18T15:10:47","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T20:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2010-11-18T15:13:59","modified_gmt":"2010-11-18T20:13:59","slug":"speaking-of-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2753","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of social justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m surprised the Daily News<\/a> ran this op-ed from\u00a0Columbia University<\/a> professor Marc Lamont Hill<\/a>, “Strict gun laws are bad for blacks: Why African-Americans should value Second Amendment protections<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“… 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<\/a>” 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<\/a> … The suit went all the way to the Supreme Court<\/a>, which correctly affirmed his constitutional right to self-defense<\/a>. \u00a0Hopefully, this decision will spark similar pushback around the country. \u00a0Indeed, the New York Police Department<\/a> 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 …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He’s gotten a little ahead of himself. \u00a0The Clown Council<\/a> is opposed<\/a> to lowering the fees.<\/p>\n