Jackson, Pfleger Speak Out Against Gun Ruling

By Prescott Carlson in News on Jun 28, 2008 4:41PM

We're shocked it took them until Friday. In response to the Supreme Court ruling overturning Washington, D.C.'s gun ban -- which most likely will affect Chicago's own ban in the near future -- Reverend Jesse Jackson announced at his Rainbow PUSH headquarters that his organization was going to increase their fight against guns. He also vowed to block gun shops from opening in Chicago neighborhoods, through legal restrictions on how close they can open to churches and schools and through his tried and true favorite method, pickets and boycotts. Although having a group that is completely uninterested in owning firearms boycott a gun shop is, oh, what's the word... stupid. It will be about as effective as PETA boycotting Hot Doug's.

Father Michael Pfleger was also on hand to add his 2 cents:

"Obviously, the Supreme Court in their ivory tower is really disconnected," Pfleger said. "They're so disconnected that they cannot hear the cries of parents who are burying their children."

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