NRA Statement on Heller
via email:
Joint Statement from Wayne LaPierre and Chris Cox Regarding Oral Arguments
Before the Supreme Court Concerning the Second Amendment
Washington, D.C.’s ban on keeping handguns and functional firearms in the home for self-defense is unreasonable and unconstitutional under any standard. We remain hopeful that the Supreme Court will agree with the overwhelming majority of the American people, more than 300 members of Congress, 31 state attorneys general and the NRA that the Second Amendment protects the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms, and that Washington, D.C.’s bans on handguns and functional firearms in the home for self-defense should be struck down.
Update: Link.
March 18th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
While the NRA is busy trying to settle for too little in Heller, they have just thrown their entire training program under the bus wheels.
Anyone have any idea what’s happening in the training division?
For that matter, does anyone have a spare copy of the Constitution to loan the NRA? Maybe with some more searching and parsing of it’s words, they CAN find the section which says “May be infringed by bits and pieces”. Good luck to them, I’ve never found it, and I’ve been reading the Constitution for about 55 years.
And yes, it not only doesn’t hurt to scream “Shall not be infringed” at the top of one’s lungs, but afterwards, taking your advice and breathing deeply, I find I’m much steadier with the sights on the target, thank you.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Heller is not the NRA’s case.