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HELLER CASE HEARD. |
03.18.
08
The ground breaking Second Amendment "Heller " case
was heard today by the US Supreme Court.
Alan Gura, who argued on behalf of Dick Heller, a Washington
DC security guard who wanted to be allowed to own a handgun,
made some peculiar and perhaps astonishing, assertions.
In defense of the right to own a handgun, Gura (who we have
met and seems to be an intelligent and competent attorney) suggested
that the Second Amendment did NOT protect an individual's right
to own a machine gun.
All of us who are familiar with the Miller decision, (the case
usually noted as the last major Second Amendment case taken
up by SCOTUS) know that any rational reading of that decision
would require you to conclude that in fact, machine guns are
exactly what are protected by the Second Amendment. As such,
Gura's arguments seemed extremely counterproductive and may
have well undermined his own case.
The Miller decision was faulty on several grounds, not the least
of which, that Miller had no representation in court and the
decision was based on the mistaken belief by the court that
shotguns had no military use. The ignorance of all the participants
in today's hearing of basic facts about firearms works very
much against us, and may, in many ways replicate the flawed
conclusions the Court came to in Miller.
For a transcript of the hearing click here.
For more info and important links, click here.
For info direct from the lawyers who argued for gun rights,
click here.
KMED Radio Interview
with OFF Director Kevin Starrett 03.19.08 (MP3 Format)
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