Human Events | Oliver North | Feb. 15, 2008
Fifty-five senators and 250 representatives joined Vice President Dick Cheney in filing an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court on Friday supporting the overturning of the District of Columbia’s ban on handguns. That’s a majority of both houses stating that the DC gun ban violates the Second Amendment.
The brief — filed on behalf of a bipartisan group headed by Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) — states that gun possession is an individual right and cites law after law, precedent after precedent, in support of that interpretation.
The National Rifle Association also filed an amicus brief with the court, also arguing that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals the right to bear arms. The NRA lauded the Congressmen who supported the brief and cheers the “great news for gun owners” on their website.
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