United States
Small Print of US Supreme Court Ruling 'Comes Very Close to Status Quo'
St Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri), Editorial
4 July 2008
Two hundred and seventeen years after the Second Amendment was ratified, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided what it means. To bear arms, it turns out, you don't have to belong to a militia after all. In most places, it's been that way all along. On Thursday, a slender 5-4 majority of the court made it official, ruling that the Constitution empowers individuals to own and carry weapons. The ruling is being cheered by gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'At Last, Gun Rules We Can All Agree On,' Says Group of 300 US Mayors
Wall Street Journal, Opinion
30 June 2008
Finally. After decades of ideological debates over the meaning of every word and comma contained in the U.S. Constitution's one-sentence Second Amendment, the Supreme Court has issued a ruling that should largely settle the matter. In District of Columbia v. Heller, the court found that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms, while also affirming the constitutionality of reasonable restrictions aimed at... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NRA Plans to Spend $15m Opposing Barack Obama in US Election
Politico (Washington), Web Page
30 June 2008
The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year's presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court. "Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, [the District of Columbia v. Heller decision]... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama May Prove Biggest Winner in Wake of US Gun Rights Decision
Boston Globe, Column
29 June 2008
When it comes to gun control, the Democratic Party is a house divided against itself. That helps explain Barack Obama's dizzyingly inconsistent positions on District of Columbia v. Heller, the landmark Second Amendment case decided by the Supreme Court last week. As a candidate for the Illinois Legislature in the 1990s, Obama had supported legislation to "ban the manufacture, sale, and possession of handguns," so it wasn't surprising... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Proposal to Enlist Gun Makers to Work Out How to Reduce Shootings
Los Angeles Times, Opinion
29 June 2008
This year, about 12,000 Americans will be shot to death. It's a staggering figure, and even though lawmakers have continued to pass gun-control laws to try to bring the number down, they have not significantly reduced the murder rate. Indeed, for the last decade, guns have steadily remained the cause of about two-thirds of all homicides. Gun manufacturers insist that these deaths are not their fault, preferring to pin the blame... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US High Court's Ruling Doesn't Endanger Sensible Gun Control
Capital (Maryland), Editorial
29 June 2008
We have long supported reasonable gun control. There's nothing wrong in principle with licensing and registration. Government has an obligation to keep guns out of the grasp of felons and the mentally ill. And just as the Constitution's First Amendment free speech protection doesn't confer a right to commit libel or sell pornography, the Second Amendment doesn't confer a right to own an assault weapon -- or a howitzer. For all that,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
80 Americans Die Every Day by Gunshot: 'This Ruling Won't Change That'
Boston Globe, Editorial
27 June 2008
The US Supreme Court has ended 69 years of speculation and ruled that the Second Amendment to the Constitution confers an individual right of Americans to own and use guns. To arrive at this decision, the court performed a grammatical parsing that would confound the best English teacher, deciding that the first 13 words are merely "prefatory" to the "operative clause" of the one-sentence amendment, thus conveniently tossing aside the importance... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
America's Gun Control Advocates Aren't Done by a Long Shot
Los Angeles Times, Opinion
27 June 2008
The Supreme Court's decision in the District of Columbia vs. Heller case settles a long, heated debate, finding the 2nd Amendment protects an individual right to own weapons for self-defense -- not merely a right related to membership in a "well-regulated militia." But the ruling doesn't end the struggle over gun control, nor does it mean gun regulations have been eliminated. The court lists a number of laws the decision does not... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Close US Gun Show Loophole, Tighten Background Checks - Obama
Sydney Morning Herald
27 June 2008
American mayors and legislators are closely studying today's Supreme Court ruling which clarifies the constitutional right of an individual to have a gun and may make many cities' gun control efforts invalid.. The 5-4 landmark ruling is the first time the Supreme Court has clarified what the second amendment means. The majority concluded that the "right to bear arms" extends to the individual, not just the rights of states to maintain... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Conservatives Could Now Find it Harder to Whip Up US Election Gun Fear
Salon (USA), Web Page
27 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- "God, gays and guns" have been pretty good to Republicans over the last few campaigns. The Karl Rove playbook says not to worry if the war in Iraq has been a disaster or the economy is tanking -- just fire away at your opponent's liberal views on a few wedge issues and then waltz your way into Washington. To listen to John McCain's campaign, Thursday's 5-to-4 landmark Supreme Court ruling overturning a law banning... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
DC Gun Ban Majority and Dissent Both Clearly Wrong: Nothing Is Clear
FindLaw (USA)
27 June 2008
Before adjourning for the summer yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled, 5-4, that the Second Amendment protects a personal right to possess firearms for, among other purposes, self-defense. Accordingly, in District of Columbia v. Heller, the Court invalidated a D.C. law that bans private handgun possession and requires long guns (rifles and shotguns) to be stored either disassembled or under trigger lock. The majority opinion by Justice... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
DC Prepares Licensing, Registration: 'Strictest Handgun Laws Allowed'
Washington Post
27 June 2008
Thirty-two years after enacting the nation's toughest restrictions on firearms ownership, the D.C. government suddenly faces a new reality, forced by the U.S. Supreme Court to draft regulations that will permit city residents to keep weapons, including handguns, readily available in their homes. "I am disappointed in the court's ruling and believe that more handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence,"... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Despite High Court's 'Misguided Ruling,' DC May Have Some Gun Options
Washington Post, Editorial
27 June 2008
It is deeply disappointing, though not surprising, that the Supreme Court yesterday struck down the District's gun laws after finding that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. Writing for the four justices in dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens offered a persuasive case that the Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms only in relation to service in a state militia. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Debate Pushed Back to the Forefront of America's Political Agenda
Washington Post
27 June 2008
With yesterday's decision, the Supreme Court pushed the gun issue back to the forefront of the nation's agenda, opening a new chapter in what has been one of the most contentious and divisive debates in American politics for the past four decades. Advocacy groups braced for new skirmishes, both in courts and in legislatures. Gun rights advocates, hailing what they called a historic milestone, immediately targeted other jurisdictions... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Historic 5 to 4 Supreme Court Decision Enshrines American Gun Rights
Christian Science Monitor
27 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- Americans have an individual right to possess and use firearms, even when the guns are not related to service in a government militia. In a historic ruling, the US Supreme Court on Thursday declared 5 to 4 that the Second Amendment's guarantee of a right to "keep and bear arms" means that the government cannot enact an outright ban on certain commonly held weapons or otherwise prevent citizens from having a gun at... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Political Impact of Gun Ruling on US Election Politics 'Has Been Immediate'
BBC News
27 June 2008
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Washington DC handgun ban is likely to have legal and political consequences. The legal ones are not yet clear. Much depends on whether this federal ruling is seen as applying to other states or cities, which have similarly tough gun laws. In his majority brief, Justice Antonin Scalia predicted future, complex legal arguments about some of the restrictions, which the court had... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Justices 'Went Head to Head' in Narrow 5-4 Gun Opinion
New York Times
27 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday embraced the long-disputed view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun for personal use, ruling 5 to 4 that there is a constitutional right to keep a loaded handgun at home for self-defense. The landmark ruling overturned the District of Columbia ban on handguns, the strictest gun-control law in the country, and appeared certain to usher in a new round of litigation... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US 2nd Amendment 'Came Within Single Vote of Becoming Dead Letter'
Wall Street Journal, Editorial
27 June 2008
The 2008 Supreme Court term ended with a bang yesterday as the Justices issued their most important ruling ever in upholding an individual right to bear arms. The dismaying surprise is that the Second Amendment came within a single vote of becoming a dead Constitutional letter. That's the larger meaning of yesterday's landmark 5-4 ruling in D.C. v. Heller, the first gun control case to come before the Court in 70 years. Richard... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Court 'Unwisely Opens Door to Legal Attacks on Effective Gun Control'
Los Angeles Times, Column
27 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled for the first time that the 2nd Amendment explicitly protects Americans' right to own guns for self-defense -- resolving one of the Constitution's oldest disputes and reviving the debate over gun rights, crime and violence. The landmark decision struck down a District of Columbia ordinance, the strictest in the nation, that barred homeowners from keeping handguns. The ruling brought... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Ideology 'Wiped Away Years of Lower Court Decisions'
Washington Post
27 June 2008
The Supreme Court struck down the District of Columbia's ban on handgun possession yesterday and decided for the first time in the nation's history that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to own a gun for self-defense. The court's landmark 5 to 4 decision split along ideological grounds and wiped away years of lower court decisions that had held that the intent of the amendment, ratified more than 200 years ago,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
American 'Gun Rights' Celebration Obscures Nuanced Legal Decision
Time (USA)
26 June 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision overturning Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban is the biggest gun rights ruling since the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791. The Court had not waded into this divisive issue since 1939, when it declared, "We cannot say that the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear" arms. But on Thursday the Court broke its silence to do just that, ruling for the first time that the Constitution confers... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Americans Brace for Supreme Court Ruling on Right to Bear Arms
Washington Post
26 June 2008
With its term coming to an end, the U.S. Supreme Court this morning is expected to issue its ruling on the District's handgun-ownership ban in a case that could result in a landmark interpretation of the Second Amendment. In District of Columbia v. Heller, the city is challenging an appellate ruling that its 32-year-old handgun ban is unconstitutional. Advocates on both sides of the gun control debate have been bracing for the decision... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
'Dangerous and Unusual' Guns Can Still Be Controlled in America
Economist
26 June 2008
After 217 years, the Supreme Court appears at last to have settled one of the most hotly disputed questions in American constitutional law: who has the right to pack heat? The second amendment says: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." The odd punctuation makes it unclear what this means. Can anyone own a gun, or only those who... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
DC Handgun Ruling Could Spark Challenges to Gun Control Across US
BBC News
26 June 2008
The US Supreme Court is expected to deliver a ruling shortly that could have a far-reaching effect on gun control laws in the United States. The nine justices have been considering whether a 32-year-old ban on handguns in Washington DC is unconstitutional. It is the first time in nearly 70 years that Americans' right to keep and bear arms, set out in the US Constitution, has been considered by the court. Debate... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, World
High Court Strikes Down Washington DC Gun Ban as 'Unconstitutional'
CNN
26 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Washington D.C.'s sweeping ban on handguns is unconstitutional. The justices voted 5-4 against the ban with Justice Antonin Scalia writing the opinion for the majority. At issue in District of Columbia v. Heller was whether the city's ban violated the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" by preventing individuals -- as opposed to state militias -- from having... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Obama Joins Wide Range of Reaction to American Gun Law Decision
Bloomberg (USA)
26 June 2008
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the first time that the Constitution protects individual gun rights, striking down the District of Columbia's handgun ban and raising questions about weapons restrictions elsewhere. The 5-4 ruling resolves a constitutional question that had lurked for two centuries: whether the Second Amendment covers people who aren't affiliated with a state-run militia. "The enshrinement of constitutional... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
San Francisco, California Brace for Legal Challenges to Their Gun Laws
San Francisco Chronicle
26 June 2008
SAN FRANCISCO -- Americans have a constitutional right to own guns, the Supreme Court declared Thursday in a ruling that resoundingly endorsed the ability of an armed populace to resist tyranny but appeared to allow bans on military-style weapons and regulations on other firearms. The National Rifle Association immediately said it would use the ruling for a new round of legal challenges to gun-control laws, including a ban on handgun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Handgun Ruling Could Weaken Chicago's Gun Ban
CBS2 TV News (Chicago) / AP
26 June 2008
CHICAGO -- Chicago officials will be watching the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday as the justices issue their ruling on a Second Amendment challenge to the gun ban in Washington, D.C. As CBS 2's Joanie Lum reports, the decision Thursday could yield the first concrete definition of the meaning of the Second Amendment in the Supreme Court's 216 years. The decision Thursday could have effects across the country, including in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Court Ruling 'Clear Victory for Gun Advocates,' But Debate Rages On
US News & World Report
26 June 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling today upholding an individual right to bear arms is a clear victory for gun advocates. But the court's divided decision is unlikely to end debate over myriad other gun control proposals across the country. In a 5-to-4 decision, the majority opinion, written by Justice Antonin Scalia, held for the first time that the Constitution provides an individual right to bear arms, such as for self-defense,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Lobby Moves to Strike Weapon Bans in San Francisco, Chicago
Associated Press
26 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a constitutional right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun control in U.S. history. The court's 5-4 ruling struck down the District of Columbia's 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision went further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Right to Own Guns Remains Subject to 'Reasonable Limitations'
Dallas Morning News (Texas)
26 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court tossed out a handgun ban in the nation's capital on Thursday, holding for the first time that the Second Amendment does protect an individual right to self-defense and gun ownership. But in its first hard look at gun rights in nearly 70 years, the court also held -- in a narrow, 5-4 ruling -- that the right is subject to some reasonable limitations. "Like most rights, the Second Amendment... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, World
Supreme Court Heller Decision Due 10am Thursday US Eastern
SCOTUSBlog (Washington DC), Blog
25 June 2008
At the close of Wednesday's public session, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., announced that the Court will issue all remaining decisions for the Term at 10 a.m. Thursday. The test case on whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a gun is among those remaining (District of Columbia v. Heller, 07-290). For instant analysis, live from the Supreme Court, go to: http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/liveblog-opinions-62508/ ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Poised to Rule on 'Highly Emotional Issue' - US Gun Laws
Agence France Presse
25 June 2008
WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court was expected to rule Thursday for the first time in seven decades on the highly emotional issue of the constitutional right to bear arms. The court's decision -- on whether the right to keep and bear arms is fundamentally an individual or collective right -- is expected to have a far reaching impact on US gun control laws, experts say. The high court has never before issued a ruling on... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Canadians Watch Closely As US Court Ponders Right to Possess Guns
Toronto Star (Ontario)
14 June 2008
As Mayor David Miller and provincial leaders urge Ottawa to outlaw handguns, Americans are waiting to see if the United States Supreme Court will shoot down one of that country's strictest gun control laws. The court is expected to deliver its judgment this month in the case known as Columbia v. Heller, which challenges the District of Columbia's ban on private handgun possession. At the forefront of the challenge are six individuals,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Gun Ban Ruling Could Help Define US Presidential Race
Sydney Morning Herald
14 June 2008
NEW YORK -- One month after the Californian Supreme Court made gay marriage a potential presidential election issue by legalising same-sex unions, the US Supreme Court may be about to do the same for gun laws. Not since 1939 has the court considered the meaning of the contentious Second Amendment to the Constitution, which pro-gun activists claim confers on Americans the right to bear arms. Gun-control advocates, working... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, Mexico
US Fuels, Fights Gun-led Insurrection in Mexico, Fosters Chaos at Home
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
10 June 2008
In towns along the United States-Mexico border, a battle is raging between drug cartels and the Mexican government that has left thousands of innocent civilians and Mexican police officials dead. A galvanizing moment occurred on May 8, when assassins shot and killed Edgar Gomez, Mexico's top cop and an anti-cartel crusader, as he exited his home north of Mexico City. Gomez is just one of 6,000 Mexican government officials and police officers... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Report Shows New Increase in Child, Teen Gun Deaths in America
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
9 June 2008
Imagine a bullet fired from a semiautomatic pistol, moving through the night darkness faster than the speed of sound -- more than 1,200 feet per second or four football fields end to end. Now imagine that bullet slamming into the body of a child like a brick through a picture window. Hold that image in your mind as you consider some of the leads of recent news articles of child firearm victims: -Chicago, May 3 -Cortney... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Hidden Handgun Licensing Requirements Vary Widely in US Eastern States
Boston Globe
1 June 2008
There was his birth certificate, driver's license, and the utility bill he handed over to prove who he was and where he lived, he says. Plus the letter verifying his membership in a gun club, and the copy of his safety certificate, and that passing grade on his marksmanship test. Not to mention being photographed, and fingerprinted for the background check. By the time he was finished with the process of applying for a license to... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States, United Nations
McCain on Gun Control, Gun Shows, Assault Weapons, the UN and the NRA
America's 1st Freedom / National Rifle Association of America
1 June 2008
To say that the 2008 elections will be crucial for the future of the Second Amendment would be an understatement. Future efforts to preserve our gun rights and our hunting heritage hinge on who will take the helm at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue next January. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox recently sat down with presumptive Republican nominee Senator John McCain. They asked him some direct... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Campaigner Weathers 2-hour TV Grilling by Stephen Colbert
News-Sentinel (Indiana)
15 May 2008
Second Amendment. Great amendment or best amendment ever? That question never made the final cut of Paul Helmke's Tuesday night interview on "The Colbert Report," but the former Fort Wayne mayor and president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence had plenty to answer in a nearly two-hour session that was edited into a six-and-a-half minute segment. Stephen Colbert, the lefty provocateur on the Comedy Central network whose... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Should Quash Insurrectionary Aim of 2nd Amendment
Huffington Post (USA)
2 May 2008
With the Bush administration casting aside the Constitution to eavesdrop on telephone conversations and hold suspected terrorists for years without access to lawyers, it's easy to see why civil libertarians on the left are finding a lot to like about the right-wing critique of expansive government power. This distrust and distaste for government authority has even made some liberals receptive to arguments advanced by gun rights groups, who... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Industry Can Learn from Scuba Divers: Certify Firearm Owners
Christian Science Monitor, Opinion
29 April 2008
DALLAS -- The Supreme Court will issue a major interpretation of the Second Amendment in coming weeks. But even as both sides in the gun debate await the D.C. v. Heller ruling, the gun industry should set its sights on a different target: certification. It should develop and adopt a private licensing and certification program fashioned on the highly successful scuba diving industry model to provide safety, legal, and marksmanship... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Americans Gunning for the Right to Bear Arms in Supreme Court Test Case
Scotsman (Edinburgh)
7 April 2008
On the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington DC last month, demonstrators gathered with banners declaring: "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away" and "Forget 911 Dial .357" -- a reference to both the United States' emergency telephone number and a popular Magnum handgun. Americans, as we have learned over the years, love their guns. According to the FBI, there are more than 200 million privately owned guns in... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Guns, Fear, the Constitution, and the Public's Health in America - NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine (USA), 358:14:1421-1424, Opinion
3 April 2008
It is 1992, and schoolmates Yoshihiro Hattori and Webb Haymaker have been invited to a Halloween party. Yoshi, a 16-year-old exchange student and avid dancer, wears a white tuxedo like John Travolta's in Saturday Night Fever. By mistake, they stop at a house up the block from their destination. No one answers the doorbell. Inside are Rodney and Bonnie Peairs. She opens a side door momentarily, sees the boys, and yells to her husband,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Handgun Violence, Public Health, and the Law: America's Situation Today
New England Journal of Medicine (USA) 358:14:1503-1504, Editorial
3 April 2008
Firearms were used to kill 30,143 people in the United States in 2005, the most recent year with complete data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [1] A total of 17,002 of these were suicides, 12,352 homicides, and 789 accidental firearm deaths. Nearly half of these deaths occurred in people under the age of 35. When we consider that there were also nearly 70,000 nonfatal injuries from firearms, we are left with the staggering... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Interpreting the Right to Bear Arms: Gun Control and US Constitutional Law
New England Journal of Medicine (USA) 358:14:1424-1426, Opinion
3 April 2008
On March 18, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller, a case challenging handgun-control statutes adopted in 1976 in Washington, D.C. The question before the Court is whether the District's prohibition of further registration of handguns, its ban on the carrying of concealed guns, and its mandate that guns kept in homes remain unloaded and either locked or disassembled violate citizens' rights... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Control an Opportunity for the US Supreme Court to Find Middle Ground
Jurist (USA), Opinion
2 April 2008
In a few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue the most important decision it has ever made about the Second Amendment. Who will win? If the Court wisely heads for the sensible middle ground, everybody will win. The last time the Court made a significant pronouncement about the meaning of the right "to keep and bear arms" was in United States v. Miller (1939), a cryptic opinion which raised more questions than it answered. After... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Most Americans Support Existing or Tougher Gun Laws, Says Gallup Poll
Gallup (USA), Poll
27 March 2008
PRINCETON, New Jersey -- A solid majority of the U.S. public, 73%, believes the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees the rights of Americans to own guns. Twenty percent believe the amendment only guarantees the rights of state militia members to own guns. The Supreme Court will soon weigh in on this issue, after recently hearing the arguments in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, in which the Washington, D.C.,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supremes Display Laissez-faire Attitudes to Gun Safety in the Home
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
23 March 2008
The dust is only beginning to settle in the wake of oral arguments heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 18 in the historic case of Heller v. District of Columbia. The day featured several lively exchanges, as both the justices and the attorneys for the two sides in the case sought to divine the historical context and present-day implications of the Second Amendment. At issue in the Heller case are the District's tough gun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supremes Should Agree, 2nd Amendment Protects Right to Own Guns
Wall Street Journal, Editorial
22 March 2008
As shoot-outs go, the Supreme Court had a famous one Tuesday during oral arguments over the constitutionality of Washington D.C.'s handgun ban. The smoke won't clear until the High Court issues its decision, but the debate this week augurs well for a conclusion that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. District of Columbia v. Heller has become the test case for a question that has animated legal scholars,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supremes Should Rule that Communities Can Enact their Own Gun Laws
Washington Post, Opinion
22 March 2008
Nearly 135 years ago, the United States experienced what may have been the worst one-day slaughter of blacks by whites in its history. On April 13, 1873, in the tiny village of Colfax, La., white paramilitaries attacked a lightly armed force of freedmen assembled in a local courthouse. By the time the Colfax Massacre was over, more than 60 African American men lay shot, burned or stabbed to death. Most were killed after they had surrendered.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Should Not Deprive Governments of Their Ability to Prevent Gun Violence
Washington Post, Editorial
20 March 2008
By the end of oral arguments Tuesday in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, a majority of Supreme Court justices seemed to embrace the notion that the Second Amendment recognizes an individual right to keep and bear arms. Such a conclusion, however, should not automatically prove fatal to the District's admittedly tough gun control law. Every right, including freedom of speech, is subject to some limitations. The legal and... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Ignores Racist Origins, Purpose of White Gun Ownership
Mother Jones (USA)
20 March 2008
Racial politics dominated the talk in Washington this week as Barack Obama called on Americans to stop ignoring the country's racist past and move forward. The message, apparently, didn't reach the U.S. Supreme Court, where the justices were busy ignoring race during a hearing on the biggest case of the year. On Tuesday, at the same time Obama gave his big speech, the court heard oral arguments in D.C. v. Heller, a case challenging the District... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Braving Cold and Lobbyists' Chants, US Students Flock to Hear Gun Case
Washington Post
19 March 2008
They came at midnight, six Georgetown University students with the bare essentials for a night in front of the Supreme Court: Sleeping bags. Pretzels. Malted milk balls. "I've been thinking about this case for weeks," confided Jennifer Dixon, 19, a government major from Royal Oak, Mich., referring to the landmark arguments on the legality of the D.C. gun ban. But Dixon found 83 people in line for the few seats available... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Crucial US Supreme Court Case 'Could Redefine Gun Control'
Scotsman (Edinburgh)
19 March 2008
NEW YORK -- A landmark court hearing that in the United States for a generation got under way at the Supreme Court yesterday. Against a background of campus shootings and a high murder rate, gun control activists are hoping the court will agree individual states can pass their own gun control laws. The case was brought by a security guard, Richard Heller, who wants to overturn the law of Washington DC that bans handgun... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In Opening Hearings, US Justices Appear Skeptical of DC's Handgun Ban
Washington Post
19 March 2008
A majority of the Supreme Court indicated a readiness yesterday to settle decades of constitutional debate over the meaning of the Second Amendment by declaring that it provides an individual right to own a gun for self-defense. Such a finding could doom the District of Columbia's ban on private handgun possession, the country's toughest gun-control law, and significantly change the tone and direction of the nation's political battles... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Majority of US Supreme Court Appear Ready to Embrace Less Gun Control
New York Times
19 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- A majority of the Supreme Court appeared ready on Tuesday to embrace, for the first time in the country's history, an interpretation of the Second Amendment that protects the right to own a gun for personal use. That may be the easy part. The harder question in the case challenging the District of Columbia's handgun ban is what kind of restrictions the government could constitutionally place, in the name of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US High Court Fails to Join Clamour for Pro-gun Reading of 2nd Amendment
International Herald Tribune / Boston Globe
19 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court took up the politically charged issue of gun-control laws for the first time in 69 years, as a Washington man asked the justices to strike down a local law that prevents him from keeping a handgun in his home. In one of the most closely watched cases of the term, Dick Heller, a security guard who carries a gun while on duty but cannot bring it home at night under a 1976 handgun ban, on Tuesday... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court 'Fulcrum' Kennedy Pivots Toward Expansive Gun Rights
Time (USA)
19 March 2008
For decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has stood apart from the debate raging over gun control. It hasn't ruled on the Second Amendment since May 1939 -- almost four months before the Nazis rolled into Poland. But on Tuesday the Court injected itself into the center of a fiery dispute, hearing arguments in a gun control case that marks the amendment's greatest test since it was ratified in 1791. During the argument, a majority of justices appeared... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Justices Appear to Favor Individual Gun Rights
Los Angeles Times
19 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The 2nd Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" finally had its day in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the long-held view that it protected the rights of gun owners appeared poised to win a historic victory. Five of the justices, a bare majority, signaled that they thought the amendment gave individuals a right to have a gun for self-defense. It was not limited to arms for "a well-regulated militia," they said. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supremes Open Way to Potential Escalation in Firearm Ownership
Telegraph (UK)
19 March 2008
NEW YORK -- The Supreme Court appears ready to endorse the right of American citizens to own a gun, opening the way to a potential escalation in firearms ownership across the country. The court has been asked to decide whether Washington DC's sweeping ban on handgun ownership violates the US constitution, which says individuals have a right to "keep and bear arms". The case hinges on the judges' interpretation of the controversial... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Whose Right to Bear Arms? US Supreme Court Hears a Crucial Case
Economist
19 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- Gun laws are a matter of life and death, reckoned both groups of protesters outside the Supreme Court on March 18th. One side argued that sensible curbs on gun ownership save lives. The other side retorted that if you outlaw guns, only criminals will carry them. Plus the police, of course, but gun-lovers don't find that terribly reassuring. "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away," read one placard. The... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Bush Administration Pushes for Compromise to Protect US Gun Control Law
Detroit Free Press (Michigan) / McClatchy Newspapers
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- President George W. Bush and his political base enter a three-sided showdown today when the Supreme Court considers the District of Columbia's handgun ban -- a case that will shape how cities and states regulate guns in the future. The case is likely to yield the most important firearms ruling in generations and could undermine other gun-control laws nationwide if the court takes an expansive view of the right to bear... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Conservative US Justices Toss Barrage of Skeptical Questions at Gun Ban
Reuters
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. capital's strict gun control law faced a barrage of skeptical questions on Tuesday from the U.S. Supreme Court's conservatives. A majority of the nine-member high court seemed to support the view that the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protected an individual right to keep and bear arms, rather than a right tied to service in a state militia. The individual right position was advocated... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Dick Heller, the Sole Plaintiff in US High Court Case to Overturn DC Gun Ban
Baltimore Sun (Maryland)
18 March 2008
For years, Dick Heller lived across the street from a crime-ridden public housing project where the top drug dealer marked the close of business every morning at 2 o'clock by emptying his 9 mm pistol into the air. Tucked in bed below the windowsill of his brick rowhouse in Southeast Washington, Heller tried to assure himself that the brick walls would protect him as he slept. Still, the bullet mark to the right of his front door... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Disaster Looms if 'Right-wing-heavy' US Supreme Court Swerves on Guns
Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh), Editorial
18 March 2008
The words are deceptively simple: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." But what does the Second Amendment really mean? Today the U.S. Supreme Court, which has not ruled on this core Second Amendment question since 1939, will hear arguments in a case from Washington, D.C. The justices' decision, expected in June, may be... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Gun Enthusiasts, Others Join Crush to Hear Arguments in US High Court
Associated Press
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia is asking the Supreme Court to preserve the capital's ban on handguns in a major case over the meaning of the Second Amendment's "right to keep and bear arms." A Washington resident who wants to keep handguns at home for protection is challenging the 32-year-old ban as a violation of his constitutional rights. A federal appeals court in Washington agreed that the city cannot ban handguns. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Historic US Court Case Opens Major Fault Line in American Political Culture
Christian Science Monitor
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Second Amendment guarantees a constitutional right to "keep and bear arms." What that means exactly has been a source of intense debate that stretches back to America's founding. Some legal scholars believe the amendment protects a right to keep and bear only those firearms that are necessary for ongoing service in a state militia. Other equally distinguished scholars hold the view that the amendment guarantees... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
In His First Supreme Court Case, Young Lawyer Hopes to Gut DC Gun Law
Washington Post
18 March 2008
Even for a lawyer with decades of experience and a résumé of eminent achievements, an opportunity to help shape constitutional history might never come along. Then there's Alan Gura, 37, Class of '95 at Georgetown University Law Center. For him, the chance has just arrived. When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in District of Columbia v. Heller, a case that could lead to a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Landmark Gun Control Case Re-opens Right/Left Split in US Supreme Court
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The opening shots in a gun law case that may pepper this year's presidential race were fired yesterday when the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether the constitutional right to bear arms means Americans can keep handguns at home. In an unusually long oral argument session, several of the nine justices seemed to hint at their differing positions on the meaning of the Second Amendment to the Constitution,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Main Gun Lobby Lawyer in DC Case Doesn't Own, or Even Care for Guns
Associated Press
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- Robert Levy has never owned a handgun and has no burning desire to own one now. He hasn't been a Washington resident since he was a teen in the 1950s. But for six years, the wealthy attorney has carefully plotted a legal challenge to Washington's strict ban on handgun ownership, a case now before the Supreme Court. The Florida resident helped hand-pick the plaintiffs involved and is paying the legal fees himself. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Q&A on the US Supreme Court's Gun Control Case, Heard Tuesday
Miami Herald / McClatchy Newspapers
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court justices fired off numerous Second Amendment questions Tuesday morning as they considered the most important gun-control case in decades. But you needn't dress in black robes to have questions about the case, called District of Columbia v. Heller. Here are some of them: Question - Who is Heller, and what does he want? Answer - Dick Anthony Heller is a 66-year-old Army veteran and security... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Reactions to US Supreme Court Gun Ban Arguments - Selected Quotes
Associated Press
18 March 2008
Some quotes about arguments before the Supreme Court on the District of Columbia's gun ban: "As mayor of the District of Columbia, more guns anywhere in the District of Columbia is going to lead to more crime. And that is why we stand so steadfastly against any repeal of our handgun ban." -- Mayor Adrian Fenty. "This morning the Supreme Court heard arguments about whether or not the Second Amendment actually means anything.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Justices Seem to Agree on Americans' Right to Own Guns
Associated Press
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- Americans have a right to own guns, Supreme Court justices declared Tuesday in a historic and lively debate that could lead to the most significant interpretation of the Second Amendment since its ratification two centuries ago. Governments have a right to regulate those firearms, a majority of justices seemed to agree. But there was less apparent agreement on the case they were arguing: whether Washington's ban on... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Reviews D.C. Handgun Ban - AP Breaking News Update
Associated Press
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has heard arguments about the meaning of the Second Amendment and the Districts of Columbia's ban on handguns. A majority appears to support the view that the amendment protects an individual's right to own guns, rather than somehow linking right to service in a state militia. But it is less clear what that means for the District's 32-year-old ban on handguns, perhaps the strictest gun control... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Administration Splits as High Court Nears Landmark Gun Control Ruling
Reuters
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court considers on Tuesday a landmark legal battle over gun rights, taking up for the first time in nearly 70 years whether Americans have the right to keep and bear arms. The court's ruling, expected by the end of June, could have a far-reaching impact on gun control laws in the United States, estimated to have the world's highest civilian gun ownership rate, and could become an issue in the November... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Court Decision Against Gun Control 'Could Help Republicans in Election'
Financial Times (UK)
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court appears ready to rule that Americans have a constitutional right to keep a gun in their home for self-defence, a ruling that could help Republicans in the upcoming presidential election. Hearing the most important gun rights case in nearly 70 years, the justices on Tuesday spent 98 minutes engrossed in a lively debate about British and American legal traditions relating to the right to bear arms,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Law Showdown to Be Decided on Conservative, Originalist Grounds
Wall Street Journal, Opinion
18 March 2008
Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Heller v. District of Columbia, a suit brought by several D.C. citizens contending that the ban on the possession of operable firearms inside one's home violates the Second Amendment. The Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C. agreed and held the ban to be unconstitutional. However it is decided, Heller is already historic. For the first time in recent memory, the Supreme Court... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Plunges Into Gun Ownership, American Cultural Divide
CNN
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up gun control, hearing arguments concerning a District of Columbia ban on handguns more than two centuries after the Second Amendment gave Americans the right to "keep and bear arms." Lawyers for both sides tried to strike a moderate tone before the court, arguing that there was an individual right to own a weapon, but that governments could impose reasonable gun-control legislation.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Signals Conservative Voice in Historic Gun Rights Case
Agence France Presse
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The right of Americans to keep and use guns, an issue that has divided the political landscape for centuries, was taken up by the Supreme Court Tuesday for the first time in nearly 70 years. Experts say the conservative-leaning court's decision, which is not anticipated until June, could have a far reaching impact on the United States' laws on the use and control of guns. Lawyers challenged the US capital's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supremes Lean to Individual Gun Rights, No Consensus on 'Reasonable'
SCOTUSBlog (Washington DC), Blog
18 March 2008
The Supreme Court's historic argument Tuesday on the meaning of the Constitution's Second Amendment sent out one quite clear signal: individuals may well wind up with a genuine right to have a gun for self-defense in their home. But what was not similarly clear in the hearing on District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) was what kind of gun that would entail, and thus what kind of limitations government could put on access or use of a weapon.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Weighs Individual Gun Rights Against Community's Right to Public Safety
Agence France Presse
18 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court will Tuesday begin weighing an individual's right to bear arms against a community's right to restrict gun ownership for public safety, an emotional issue that has long divided Americans. The conservative-leaning court's first decision on gun ownership in almost 70 years is expected to have a far reaching impact on US gun control laws, experts say. Since 1939, the high court has not ruled... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Veteran Supreme Court Advocate Dellinger Gears Up to Defend DC Gun Ban
Washington Post
18 March 2008
Here's how veteran Supreme Court advocate Walter E. Dellinger gets ready for a big case: Three dozen lawyers are waiting for him in a conference room, but Dellinger isn't in a hurry. In his 11th-floor office at O'Melveny & Myers, he meticulously cuts up his notes and tapes key sections into a manila folder. As he works, he grabs a black iPod, punches up "Ophelia," a 1970s rock song by the Band, and sings along: "Mama, you know we... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Will US Supreme Court Accept or Overturn the DC Gun Ban? - BBC Q&A
BBC News
18 March 2008
The US Supreme Court is grasping the thorny issue of Americans' right to bear arms for the first time in almost 70 years. At issue is a challenge to one of the nation's toughest gun laws -- but the justices' ruling could have far wider ramifications. What is the case before the Supreme Court? The nine justices are to hear a challenge to one of the toughest gun laws in the nation - a virtual ban on private handgun ownership... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Landmark US Gun Case Causes Bush Administration Rift, Much Speculation
New York Times
17 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- Suppose that after decades of silence on the subject, the Supreme Court was to decide that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to gun ownership, as opposed to a right tied to service in a militia. Such a ruling would be a cause for dancing in the streets by proponents of the individual-rights view -- or so it might seem. After all, the great majority of federal courts have long refused to read the Second... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
New York, Chicago Gun Control Laws Dangle in Scales of DC Handgun Case
New York Sun
17 March 2008
New York's gun control laws will hang in the balance when the Supreme Court this week takes up the question of whether Americans have a constitutional right to own guns. At oral arguments on Tuesday, the nine justices will, for the first time in nearly 70 years, try to interpret whether the Second Amendment provides an individual right to own firearms or only the right of a state to keep a militia without federal interference. ... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court 'Gets to Write on a Blank Slate' in Gun Control Decision
Associated Press
17 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court gets to write on a blank slate when it takes up the meaning of the Second Amendment "right to keep and bear arms" and the District of Columbia's ban on handguns. The nine justices have said almost nothing about gun rights, and their predecessors have likewise given no definitive answer to whether the Constitution protects an individual's right to own guns or whether that right is somehow tied to service... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Washington, DC's Gun Ban Goes to Court: Excerpts from Selected Briefs
Washington Post
17 March 2008
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller. The justices are expected to rule on whether the Second Amendment allows an individual right to bear arms or reserves that right to militias. Below are excerpts from some of the dozens of briefs filed on both sides. In 1976, the Council of the District of Columbia concluded that existing laws did not adequately curb gun-related violence. As a consequence,... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Case May Set Broad Precedent for Gun Control in America
Washington Post
16 March 2008
Despite mountains of scholarly research, enough books to fill a library shelf and decades of political battles about gun control, the Supreme Court will have an opportunity this week that is almost unique for a modern court when it examines whether the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment. The nine justices, none of whom has ever ruled directly on the amendment's meaning, will consider a part of the Bill of Rights... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Supreme Court Gun Ban Decision 'Could Reverberate Throughout the US'
Los Angeles Times
16 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- For more than 30 years, the District of Columbia has had the nation's strictest gun-control law -- a ban on having handguns at home for self-defense. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to that law from those who say it violates the 2nd Amendment's right to keep and bear arms. Few would cite D.C.'s gun ban as proof that gun control leads to crime control, as the city continues to have one of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Gun Control Advocates, Opponents Ready for Supreme Court Argument
Fox News (USA)
16 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The nine justices of the highest court in the land will meet Tuesday to hear arguments on who the Founders Fathers intended when they called for the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms: a well regulated militia or all individuals. Tuesday's arguments in front of the Supreme Court -- the focal point for gun rights advocates and foes alike -- will be the first significant Second Amendment case in front of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US High Court Steps Into Guns, Cultural Conflict for First Time in 69 Years
Newsweek (USA)
16 March 2008
This week the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important gun-control case in 69 years. And almost lost amid all the political posturing on both sides of the case about the constitutional contours of the "right to bear arms" is the quiet, crucial fact that the high court is about to step into a cultural conflict for the first time in 69 years. Think about it: abortion, homosexuality, affirmative action, separation of... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Nears 'Up-or-down Vote on the Limits of Gun Control'
Washington Times
16 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- The District of Columbia's fight to preserve its nearly 32-year-old ban on handguns before the U.S. Supreme Court has drawn nationwide attention as an up-or-down vote on the limits of gun control. "Regardless of who wins and loses, the crucial thing is really going to be what [the justices] are going to say about the Second Amendment," said Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Campaign to Combat Gun Violence. "It will... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Vice President Breaks with Bush Justice Dept, Lines Up With Gun Lobby
Pioneer Press (Minnesota) / McClatchy Newspapers
14 March 2008
WASHINGTON -- President Bush may not be nearly the gunslinger that some of his conservative allies thought. On Tuesday, Bush and his political base will enter a three-sided showdown when the Supreme Court considers the District of Columbia's strict ban on handguns. Surprisingly, Vice President Dick Cheney has broken with the administration. An avid hunter, Cheney is aligned with those who take a more zealous view of Second... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Remarkable Number of Amicus Briefs Inform US Supreme Court Gun Case
National Law Journal / Law.com (USA)
10 March 2008
Arrayed in their traditional green jackets, these amicus briefs -- remarkable for sheer number -- call out to U.S. Supreme Court justices and clerks for attention in the most hot-button, fundamental constitutional challenge of the term. The 67 amicus briefs in what is simply known as "the D.C. gun case" fail to topple the record number filed in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases in 2003 -- 107 -- but they easily... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Washington, DC Gun Ban Case Draws Crowd of Supreme Court 'Friends'
Washington Post
9 March 2008
With the Supreme Court examining for the first time in 70 years the right to bear arms guaranteed by the Second Amendment, a group of gay and transgender gun owners called the Pink Pistols could not miss out on a chance to tell the justices about its special needs. With the opaque and oddly punctuated 27 words of 18th-century prose at last under the microscope, linguistic professors wanted the court to know that "the Second Amendment's... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Gun Case - Extracts from Various Friends-of-court Briefs
US News & World Report
7 March 2008
Dozens of organizations have weighed in on both sides of District of Columbia. V. Heller, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that will consider whether the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to bear arms. Not surprisingly, the case has drawn a great number and variety of voices. The amicus, or friend-of-court, briefs have exposed some odd bedfellows, along with internal divisions among government branches. Some former... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Ruling for Individual Rights Could Tighten Gun Controls
US News & World Report
6 March 2008
Dick Heller, a longtime resident of the District of Columbia, carries a handgun for his job as a private security guard. But at the end of his shift, he packs up the .38 revolver and stashes it in a vault. He would like to keep a gun for protection at his Capitol Hill home, where he has endured the sound of gunfire for years. But he can't, because D.C. law forbids it. "They give me a gun to protect them," he says of the government, "but... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
US Supreme Court Will Release DC Handgun Ban Audio on Day of Hearing
Washington Post
4 March 2008
The Supreme Court announced today that it will immediately release audio tapes of oral arguments later this month on whether the District's gun control laws are unconstitutional. Every argument before the justices is recorded, but the tapes normally are not available until well after the court's term has ended. But beginning in 2000, with the arguments in Bush v. Gore, the court has released same day audio tapes in high-profile... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Moderate Shooters' Group, US NRA Go Toe to Toe in Public Slanging Match
Huffington Post (USA), Blog
3 March 2008
NRA's right wing attack dogs have been having quite a time this past week trying to weave a web of deception designed to discredit me and the leadership of the American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA). In my recent diaries at Daily Kos (here and here), I have carefully laid out how AHSA, a new progressive gun rights organization, tapped into the concern of rural hunters and shooters over NRA's failure to address access to public... ( gunpolicy.org )
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