Has the TFA submitted an amicus brief?
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:55 pmHas the TFA submitted an amicus brief? Can we?- Tim
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New York State Rifle & Pistol Joins Other State
Associations in Filing Brief in Supreme Court Case
TROY, NY (02/12/2008; 1430)(readMedia)-- The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case in which a 31-year-old Washington, D.C. handgun ban was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The District Court ruled that the ban violated the Second Amendment to the Constitution and the Washington city government
is appealing this decision. This case is important to gun owners everywhere because the Supreme Court will be interpreting the language
of the Second Amendment – specifically, whether it enumerates an individual right to keep and bear arms. Thus, the results of this case could
be either a great victory or a devastating defeat for gun owners.
The New York State rifle & Pistol association has joined 41 other state associations in filing an amicus brief [attached] urging the Supreme Court
to uphold the ruling that the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment, and that the Second Amendment enumerates an individual right to keep and bear arms. This brief can be found online at:
http://www.nysrpa.org/files/StateFirear ... sBrief.pdf
This filing comes on the heels of a related amicus brief signed by a majority of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
Clearly, legislators on both sides of the aisle agree that the Second Amendment enumerates an individual right to keep and bear arms. We hope that the Supreme Court agrees.
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http://readme.readmedia.com/news/show/N ... Case/63847
News from New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc.
For more information contact: Tom King; 518-436-0161
New York State Rifle & Pistol Joins Other State
Associations in Filing Brief in Supreme Court Case
TROY, NY (02/12/2008; 1430)(readMedia)-- The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to hear a case in which a 31-year-old Washington, D.C. handgun ban was overturned by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The District Court ruled that the ban violated the Second Amendment to the Constitution and the Washington city government
is appealing this decision. This case is important to gun owners everywhere because the Supreme Court will be interpreting the language
of the Second Amendment – specifically, whether it enumerates an individual right to keep and bear arms. Thus, the results of this case could
be either a great victory or a devastating defeat for gun owners.
The New York State rifle & Pistol association has joined 41 other state associations in filing an amicus brief [attached] urging the Supreme Court
to uphold the ruling that the District's handgun ban violates the Second Amendment, and that the Second Amendment enumerates an individual right to keep and bear arms. This brief can be found online at:
http://www.nysrpa.org/files/StateFirear ... sBrief.pdf
This filing comes on the heels of a related amicus brief signed by a majority of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.
Clearly, legislators on both sides of the aisle agree that the Second Amendment enumerates an individual right to keep and bear arms. We hope that the Supreme Court agrees.