SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO Major Gun-Rights Case to Go Before U.S. Supreme Court (Alan Gottlieb is in PST)
SHOWDOWN IN CHICAGO Major Gun-Rights Case to Go Before U.S. Supreme Court (Alan Gottlieb is in PST)
This coming March 2nd, a 27-year-old Chicago gun-ban law will stand trial before the U.S. Supreme Court under a challenge brought forth by four Chicago residents, the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association.
Though many on both sides of the contentious gun-rights issue expect the Justices to rule that the Second Amendment is indeed incorporated through the 14th Amendment, thus taking precedent over and blocking any state or local gun bans, Alan Gottlieb, Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, is prepared to explain why this is, nonetheless, a paramount case.
“Anti-gunners know the Bill of Rights overrides local laws like this,” says Gottlieb, “and, even though they anticipate the Court will make this ruling, they are still lobbying to have the Justices leave enough wiggle room in their ruling to allow most, if not all, existing gun-control laws to stand.”
Gottlieb’s fear, like that of other gun rights proponents, is that the end result will pave the way for further gun restrictions—even if through similar legal finagling—especially given the current President who has proven willing to break his campaign promise that “lawful gun owners have nothing to fear . . . I’m not going to take your guns away.”
One of the Justices who will rule on the case is Obama nominee, Sandra Sotomayor. She is on record as a sitting judge, ruling that the Constitutional right to bear arms did not apply to the states. Where she comes down on this case will be telling.
At the same time, Gottlieb takes issue with Obama’s overreaching Attorney General Eric Holder who “aggressively detailed the Obama anti-gun agenda in public statements before the Senate Judiciary Committee.” These statements included a national, permanent gun-registration system, a new federal authority to prohibit gun sales to any person on the dubious federal watch list, and a provision allowing the government to confiscate guns from those on the list who possess them.
Bottom line, gun-rights advocates don’t expect the Chicago gun ban to be upheld, but that hardly means the fight is over. Call Special Guests today for an interview with Alan Gottlieb and get a well-informed insight on the latest gun-control scheme being played out on Capitol Hill and in courts across the country.
ABOUT ALAN GOTTLIEB:
Dynamic and articulate are two accurate descriptions of Alan Gottlieb.
Alan is a Nuclear Engineering graduate of the University of Tennessee and has attended the Institute on Comparative Political & Economic Systems at Georgetown University.
He is recognized as a member of the working press, maintaining active membership in the Outdoor Writers Association of America. His articles have appeared in periodicals including USA Today, Seattle Times, Washington Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, San Francisco Examiner, Cincinnati Inquirer, Orlando Sentinel, and Chicago Tribune.
Alan is the Publisher of Gun Week and The Gottlieb-Tartaro Report. He is the Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, serves on the Board of Directors of the American Conservative Union, President of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, President of the American Political Action Committee and President of NoInternetTax.org.
His handiwork has received notice in the New York Times, Washington Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Time, People, Rolling Stone, National Review and Outside magazine.
Alan has received the prestigious Golden Eagle Award from the American Federation of Police, and was commended by the Kentucky House of Representatives for his “outstanding leadership in preserving our American heritage of freedom.” He is listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in American Politics.
Alan has appeared on over 3,700 TV and radio talk shows, including the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, ABC’s 20/20, The Michael Reagan Show, PBS All Things Considered, CNN Crossfire, Fox TV’s Crier Report, NBC Today Show, The O’Reilly Factor, ESPN, Larry King Live, CNN Special Reports, Hannity & Combs, CNN All Politics, Fox News Channel and Good Morning America.
Alan is President of Merril Associates, a noted direct-response advertising agency specializing in direct mail, fund raising and public relations. He is also President of Merril Press, a non-fiction book publishing company.
Alan is also President of radio stations KBNP in Portland, Oregon, KITZ in Seattle, Washington, KGTK in Olympia, Washington, and KSBN in Spokane, Washington and former Chairman of the Talk America Radio Network and former President of the Universal Talk Network.
In addition, Alan is the author of seventeen books including Politically Correct Guns, Trashing the Economy and She Took a Village: The Unauthorized Biography of Hillary Clinton, Alan Gottlieb's Celebrity Address Book, Double Trouble: Daschle and Gephart Capitol Hill Bullies, and Gun Rights Affirmed, America Fights Back: Armed Self-defense in a Violent Age and These Dogs Don’t Hunt: The Democrats’ War on Guns.
Alan currently resides in Bellevue, Washington, with his wife Julianne, his daughters Amy Jean, Sarah Merril and Alexis Hope, and son Andrew Michael.
To schedule an interview with ALAN GOTTLIEB, call: 630-848-0750.