NRA Statement On Cheney Signing Congressional Amicus Curiae Brief In D.C. Case

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Statement From Wayne LaPierre And Chris W. Cox On Vice President Dick Cheney

Signing Congressional Amicus Curiae Brief In D.C. Case

On behalf of four million NRA members and 80 million American gun owners, we

would like to thank Vice President Dick Cheney for his strong support of the

individual rights view of the Second Amendment. Today, in his capacity as

President of the United States Senate, Vice President Cheney signed on to

the congressional amicus curiae brief affirming the individual rights view

of the Second Amendment. As Americans, we are grateful and fortunate to have

a friend of freedom in the Vice President.

Led by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), bi-partisan majorities of the

U.S. Senate and House of Representatives - in fact, the largest number of

co-signers of a congressional amicus brief in American history - filed a

strong brief in support of the individual rights view. 55 members of the

Senate and 250 members of the House co-signed this brief along with the Vice

President of the United States. This landmark brief argues that the Second

Amendment guarantees an individual, fundamental right to Keep and Bear Arms;

that any infringement on this right should be subject to the highest level

of constitutional scrutiny; that D.C.'s categorical ban on handguns and

self-defense in the home is unreasonable and unconstitutional under any

level of review; and therefore, that the Court of Appeals for the D.C.

Circuit's opinion in this case should be upheld.

We would also like to thank the other parties who are filing briefs in

support of freedom, including other pro-Second Amendment individuals and

organizations, as well as an overwhelming majority of state attorneys

general.

The NRA stated in its brief filed yesterday that "In adopting the Second

Amendment, the Framers guaranteed an individual right to keep and bear arms

for private purposes, not a collective right to keep and bear arms only in

connection with state militia service." We remain hopeful that justice,

freedom and the will of our founding fathers will prevail at our nation's

High Court.

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Patriot@America.com says...

> http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/InTheNews.aspx?ID=10594

>

> Statement From Wayne LaPierre And Chris W. Cox On Vice President Dick Cheney

> Signing Congressional Amicus Curiae Brief In D.C. Case

>

> On behalf of four million NRA members and 80 million American gun owners, we

> would like to thank Vice President Dick Cheney for his strong support of the

> individual rights view of the Second Amendment.

None of that matters if Cheney doesn't support the rest of the

constitution, which he obviously does not.

> Today, in his capacity as

> President of the United States Senate, Vice President Cheney signed on to

> the congressional amicus curiae brief affirming the individual rights view

> of the Second Amendment. As Americans, we are grateful and fortunate to have

> a friend of freedom in the Vice President.

>

> Led by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), bi-partisan majorities of the

> U.S. Senate and House of Representatives - in fact, the largest number of

> co-signers of a congressional amicus brief in American history - filed a

> strong brief in support of the individual rights view. 55 members of the

> Senate and 250 members of the House co-signed this brief along with the Vice

> President of the United States. This landmark brief argues that the Second

> Amendment guarantees an individual, fundamental right to Keep and Bear Arms;

> that any infringement on this right should be subject to the highest level

> of constitutional scrutiny; that D.C.'s categorical ban on handguns and

> self-defense in the home is unreasonable and unconstitutional under any

> level of review; and therefore, that the Court of Appeals for the D.C.

> Circuit's opinion in this case should be upheld.

>

> We would also like to thank the other parties who are filing briefs in

> support of freedom, including other pro-Second Amendment individuals and

> organizations, as well as an overwhelming majority of state attorneys

> general.

>

> The NRA stated in its brief filed yesterday that "In adopting the Second

> Amendment, the Framers guaranteed an individual right to keep and bear arms

> for private purposes, not a collective right to keep and bear arms only in

> connection with state militia service." We remain hopeful that justice,

> freedom and the will of our founding fathers will prevail at our nation's

> High Court.

>

>

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