http://www.volokh.com/posts/1207631070.shtml
"In April 2004, Barack Obama told a re****ter from the Chicago Sun-
Times that he had three spiritual mentors or counselors: Jeremiah
Wright, James Meeks, and Father Michael Pfleger--for a change of pace,
a white Catholic preacher who has a close personal feeling for the man
he calls (as does Obama) Minister Farrakhan."
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Rev. Pfleger does not respect the property rights of persons who sell
products he does not like. He "is known for climbing ladders to deface
liquor billboards." (Crain's Chicago Business, Dec. 20, 2004.)
The Westlaw database does not indicate that Sen. Obama has
participated in the project which has gained Rev. Pfleger notoriety
among Bill of Rights advocates: his persecution of Chuck's Gun Shop.
Since all firearms stores have been driven out of Chicago, the closest
firearms store to Chicago is Chuck's Gun Shop, in Riverdale, a short
distance south of Chicago. Pursuant to Illinois law, Chuck's only
sells guns to customers who have already obtained a Firearms Owner's
Identification Card (FOID) issued by the Illinois State Police after a
background check. The employees of Chuck's Gun Shop have also
voluntarily undertaken the "Don't lie for the other guy" training
program sponsored by the National Shooting S****ts Foundation and the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, to help gun store
employees detect straw purchases (purchases by legal buyers conducted
on behalf of prohibited persons).
Yet the Reverends Michael Pfleger and Jesse Jackson have been
organized large crowds to repeatedly picket Chuck's Gun Shop. On June
23, 2007, Revs. Jackson and Pfleger were arrested for criminally
obstructing the entrance to the store. The charges were eventually
dropped, just as Governor George Wallace never was criminally punished
for standing in a doorway to obstruct the exercise of constitutional
rights. (The comparison is a little unfair, since Wallace eventually
stood aside, whereas Jackson and Pfleger had to be physically removed
by the police.)
In another demonstration at Chuck's Gun Shop, owned by John Riggio,
Rev. Pfleger told the crowd: "We're going to find you and snuff you
out....Like a rat you're going to hide. But like a rat, we're going to
catch you and pull you out....We're going to snuff out John Riggio."
Rev. Pfleger also promised: "We're going to snuff out legislators that
are voting against our gun laws. We're coming for you because we're
not going to sit idly."
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Yay. Another anti-American religious nutball as an Obama "Spiritual
mentor."
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