{"id":745,"date":"2010-03-09T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T19:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=745"},"modified":"2010-03-09T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2010-03-09T19:55:48","slug":"more-on-the-mcdonald-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/more-on-the-mcdonald-case\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE ON THE MCDONALD CASE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those who would deprive American citizens of the right to protect themselves and their loved ones against criminals who are capable of killing them, are not handling their portending defeat well. According to \u201cthe usual pundits,\u201d the indications from the recent US Supreme Court arguments in McDonald v. Chicago<\/em> are <\/em>that SCOTUS is likely to soon confirm that, for all the states in the union and not just the District of Columbia, the right to keep and bear arms extends to all Americans.<\/p>\n

In Chicago, where the mayoralty seems to have become a royal dynasty, the ferociously anti-gun mayor seems to be virtually foaming at the mouth. Mayor Daley says that \u201cwe\u201d \u2013 him as well as the rest of us, apparently \u2013 killed John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and\u00a0 Martin Luther King. Think I\u2019m kidding? Catch the confirmation HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jeez, King Richard\u2026if you\u2019re copping to all of those with the inclusive \u201cwe,\u201d you\u2019re going to completely rewrite the whole crackpot conspiracy book.\u00a0 By the way, Mayor Daley, how come you didn\u2019t mention that after you banned handgun ownership to honest, decent people in the city of Chicago, your city experienced a 41% rise in murders while the rest of the nation was less than half that, at an 18% increase?<\/p>\n

The Second Amendment Foundation funded and \u201cbackboned\u201d the McDonald case, but it is significant to look beyond the lobbyists and into the faces of the plaintiffs in the case themselves. Chicago magazine did so, HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When you go to the latter link, notice that these are the faces of ordinary, hard-working American citizens. This isn\u2019t about lobbyists in thousand dollar suits. Look at the face of the plaintiff after whom the case is named: Otis McDonald, a septuagenarian black man who lives in a tough part of a tough city, and wants to be able to keep his family safe, as well as himself. The hypocritical mayor is surrounded by a bodyguard contingent of well-armed Chicago police officers.\u00a0 In the best tradition of self-reliant Americans, Otis McDonald isn\u2019t asking for elite warriors from a 13,000 person police force in a city of millions to be assigned exclusively to protect him and his, as Daley has\u2026he is only asking for the basic human right, the basic American right, to protect himself and his loved ones.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had the privilege of speaking with Otis McDonald. Before too long, I will interview him on this matter. You will read what he has to say, here.<\/p>\n

Look upon the face of the lead plaintiff in McDonald v. Chicago.<\/em><\/p>\n

Look upon the face of freedom\u2026the face of core human rights in our nation.<\/p>\n

Adam Orlov, David and Colleen Lawson, and<\/strong><\/em> Otis McDonald, the lead named plaintiff in <\/em>McDonald v. Chicago, now being deliberated by the Supreme Court Of The United States.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo Credit: CHICAGO Magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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