District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court Second Amendment Decision Hailed by Black Activists

[jody]

District of Columbia v. Heller Supreme Court Second Amendment Decision Hailed

Washington, D.C. - Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing the Constitution's individual right to own firearms and overturning the ban on most gun ownership in the nation's capital in the first major Second Amendment case in almost 70 years is being hailed by black activists of the Project 21 leadership network.

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"This is a great day for law-abiding citizens of the nation's capital who have unjustly been denied their full right to protect themselves and families for over 30 years," said Borelli. "The Second Amendment guarantees the individual right of citizens to arm themselves for self-defense and not become easy prey. Perhaps the government should find a better way to keep illegal guns away from criminals and not law-abiding citizens."

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"There are countless instances in which individuals are on their own when it comes to protecting themselves and their property. A majority of the Justices recognized this and upheld the Second Amendment's specific protection of an individual right to self-defense. Now that D.C.'s citizens have had this constitutional right restored, criminals will have good reason to think twice before trying to plunder another's property," added Project 21's Borelli.

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Borelli believes that in addition to it being unconstitutional, it is immoral to deny law-abiding citizens the right to legally possess a firearm, especially within crime-infested neighborhoods.

[aspergris]

1. excellent

blacks, specifically black men are disproportionately negatively affected by violent crime.

DC is (last i checked ) about 3/4 black.

Gun control is thus racist in effect, if not in intent (the former is undebatable, the latter is debatable)

[bluestateguy]

2. Here here

Criminals really don't care about the gun laws on the books. They know how, and they will, find a way to get the guns they need to committ crimes.

And you know who suffers the most from these feel good handgun bans? Law-abiding poor people who live in crime infested neighborhoods.

[TPaine7]

3. That's simply not possible.

All black people everywhere are supposed to agree with the Clan that African Americans cannot be trusted with guns.

[davepc]

4. Project 21 --The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives

http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21Index.html

just saying.

Not exactly Rainbow/PUSH there.

[jody]

5. I understand, I browsed the link below before I posted the OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_21

[anonymous171]

6. The "21" must be referring to the amount of Black Republicans.

[iverglas]

7. look look, black people! jody likes you! he really likes you!!

Wiki:

According to its web page, Project 21 is "an initiative of the National Center for Public Policy Research to promote the views of African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility has not traditionally been echoed by the nation's civil rights establishment."

Outfit where puff piece on OP appeared, referenced in wiki article:


http://www.nationalcenter.org/

Why, it's a Democrat's dream, it is.


They, and jody, like black folks who do what they're told. Too obviously, eh?

[spin]

9. Rev Jackson felt Obama was talking down to blacks...

Twice Jackson snapped that Obama has been "talking down to black people." That was in reference, Jackson says, to Obama's Father's Day address at the predominantly black Apostolic Church of God on the South Side. It was a speech in which Obama revealed his inner Bill Cosby, calling for more parental responsibility, whether assisted by government help or not.

"Any fool can have a child," Obama said. "That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father."
http://www.nationalcenter.org/P21Index.html

Rev Jackson represents the past, Obama the future. Obama seems to agree with the ideas of "dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility" that you pointed out is on Project 21's web page.

Rev Jackson is part of the traditional black civil rights movement. His efforts and the sacrifices of other civil rights leaders laid the groundwork that allowed Obama to have the opportunity to be the first black President of the United States. It's hard for the old leaders of the civil rights movement to realize and admit that a black man has a excellent chance to win the "most powerful office in the world".

But you will undoubtedly point out that Project 21 web page has a crawl that states "The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives." Well Obama is surely not a conservative of any color. It might well be time for the old civil rights leaders to pass the baton to the new generation even if that new generation believes that blacks should have equal rights and opportunity and also lead responsible lives. Individual responsibility is not a copyrighted idea of either conservatives or liberals. It's an essential attribute of people who live in any successful society.

No, it's not surprising that an organization that supports conservative blacks would support gun ownership. But I suspect many responsible blacks will purchase firearms for self defense in Washington D.C. The majority of those will be Democrats not Republicans, liberals not conservatives. While firearm ownership in D.C will not eliminate crime, it will change the nature of crime. Citizens will be safer from criminal intrusion while at home. Many criminals will learn to avoid robbing an occupied dwelling.

[iverglas]

8. and the word "buffoons" just springs to mind all unbidden

Wiki again:

Comparing Beliefs of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Project 21 member Mychal Massie has stated that "John Roberts is the type of jurist who represents the beliefs of great Americans such as James Madison and Martin Luther King, Jr.” The organization African American Ministers in Action countered Massie and other conservative African Americans for the comparison of then Supreme Court nominee John Roberts to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Massie denied that he had ever made such a comparison. The quote came from a Project 21's press release.

One of those no comment things.