(GUNREPORTS.COM)–A recent item that ran on BUSINESS WIRE was laughable if you favor civil rights for gunowners:
The release was from the so-called Legal Community Against Violence, publicizing an event last Tuesday entitled, McDonald v. Chicago: Stakeholders to Discuss Upcoming Supreme Court Handgun Case.
Invited were a list of “stakeholders” with “a direct stake in the outcome of the case: mayors, prosecutors, law enforcement officials, medical professionals and the families of gun violence victims.”
Notable for their absence, of course, was any pro-2nd Amendment balance, including the person with the most direct stake, Otis McDonald himself.
Another laugher from the release: “This case marks the first time the Supreme Court will consider a challenge to gun violence prevention laws since its ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).”
The truth, of course, is this: “This case marks the first time the Supreme Court will consider if gun-banners can ignore the Constitutional right to self defense embodied in its ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).”
The release also misstated the basis of the Heller decision. The release said, “The Heller Court held that the Second Amendment protects the right to possess a firearm in the home for self defense.”
Narrowly, that’s true. More broadly and importantly, of course, Heller struck down a Washington, D.C. ban against gun ownership.
This part of the Legal Community Against Violence’s release was true: “The Court’s decision will have profound implications for state and local governments and their ability to implement public safety laws that best suit their own communities.”
That’s why the LCAV’s one-sided propaganda effort includes parties supporting just Chicago’s positions. Speakers slated to appear included Annette Nance-Holt and Ronald Holt, parents of Chicago murder victim Blair Holt and Benna Ruth Solomon, Counsel for the City of Chicago.
Why the Holts were to appear is a head-scratcher. Their son was killed under the city’s current gun rrestrictions.
The Court will hear oral arguments on March 2, 2010.
