Posted on 04/05/2014 12:06:59 PM PDT by chicagolady
Otis McDonald, the man whose name will be forever synonymous with Second Amendment activism for his victory over Chicago’s handgun ban, died today, according to his nephew, Dr. Frederick Jones, who spoke with this column. He was 80.
Mr. McDonald, who was 76 at the time the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. City of Chicago that its handgun ban violated the Second Amendment, and that the right to keep and bear arms was incorporated to the states via the 14th Amendment, had been suffering from a lengthy illness.
Mr. McDonald was the key figure in a lawsuit brought by the Second Amendment Foundation in June 2008, immediately after the high court had issued its landmark ruling in the Heller case that recognized the Second Amendment as protective of an individual civil right. It took two years for that case to wind its way through the federal court system, with attorney Alan Gura, who argued the Heller case, and Chicago-area attorney David Sigale representing SAF, Mr. McDonald and other plaintiffs.
Born in Fort Necessity, La., Mr. McDonald moved north to Chicago after serving in the U.S. Army. He arrived with $7 in his pocket that he had been given by his mother, and for a time he stayed with a friend while searching for and finally landing a job.
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We need more men like you.
Agreed! RIP to an American who fought for his (and all of our) rights.
I’d be great to go out in a relative blaze of glory....
RIP.
He did more for preserving individual liberty in this country than he would ever know. A true patriot. God bless his family.
AMEN!
If the IL GOP had any brains they’d attend his funeral and keep the family in the news, invite them to events and really hail him as a true civil rights activist.
bttt
ping
If the IL GOP had any brains
If you start out with a false assumption,
you can’t expect to get any where.
He did more for preserving individual liberty in this country than he would ever know. A true patriot. God bless his family.
He did more, much more, than the current occupier of the White House.
The IL GOP image is a chubby guy in a suit, both shoes tied together falling into the Golden Trough which is held by Democrats.
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