“Gun nuts” battle “Constitution nuts” at the Supreme Court: if Gura wins on privileges or immunities grounds, it will open up the full richness of the 14th Amendment’s original meaning, which makes the stakes for a victory in McDonald far higher than just preventing states and localities from stopping citizens keeping guns in their homes

Brian Doherty has a look at the issue: All those nervous about the radical and expansive arguments to incorporate the Second Amendment on states and localities through the long-moribund Privileges or Immunities Clause of the 14th Amendment that Alan Gura will be making before the Supreme Court in the upcoming McDonald v. Chicago case can […]

Short version: People say Hey, Uncle, what the Hell is all that about? And I say Well, NRA feeling a bit left behind after Heller, is trying to get a little credit here. Folks are wondering what this is all about. And, no, it’s not about any sort of conspiratorial enemy action. It’s about credit. […]

Sebastian has a look at their motion.

For their birthday, they got you a brief in the case. You can see it here. Wasn’t that nice of them?

Wayne LaPierre of the NRA: Those Who Call The NRA Racist Dont Know Our History He then lists the civil rights activists who were directors or even executives of the NRA and their Union origins. But then he engages in a bit rewriting of recent history: With our unyielding dedication to preserving the Second Amendment, […]

A school teacher teaches the class that the NRA says “porch monkeys deserve to die“, along with a litany of anti-gun propaganda. Also, with that grammar, you’re involved with teaching kids?

Emailed to me from NRA: The National Rifle Association Strongly Opposes the Nomination of Andrew Traver to Head BATFE Calls on President Obama to withdraw the nomination Statement from Chris W. Cox, executive director, NRA Institute for Legislative Action The National Rifle Association of America strongly opposes President Obama’s nomination of Andrew Traver as director […]

The NSSF: The Illinois Association of Firearms Retailers (ILAFR), a state affiliate of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of several recently adopted anti-gun laws designed to circumvent last week’s Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v. Chicago. NRA has […]

On the Chicago Gun Case.

The AP: Gun control advocates are hoping they can win by losing when the Supreme Court rules on state and local regulation of firearms. Like Heller, they’re really going to push this our loss is really a win mythology? I guess since they embraced the collective rights mythology, they’re used to that sort of thing. […]

Here’s NRA’s brief. Ilya Shapiro is less than impressed.

It is here: NRA’s solitary goal in McDonald is to ensure that our fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms applies to every law-abiding American in every state. We are hopeful that the Court will share our view that the Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment clearly intended to apply the Second Amendment to the […]

NRA ILA: U.S. Supreme Court Grants NRA Motion for Divided Argument in McDonald v. City of Chicago

The briefs in support of Chicago are pouring in. Damon Root notes one interesting brief that seeks to get the court to revisit Heller. I suppose since so much creation science was put into developing the collective rights mythology that some folks just hate to see it go. SCOTUS Blog has a look at NRA […]

Via The Packing Rat, comes this: The NRA Respondents-Supporting-Petitioners, in McDonald v. Chicago, have filed a Motion for Divided Argument to request time at oral arguments. Petitioner opposed this motion. In short, the NRA, represented by Paul Clement at King & Spalding, is asking to divide Gura’s time, and to get 10 minutes to argue. […]

An overwhelming majority of congresscritters come out on the side of truth, justice and the American way: An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have signed an amicus curiae, or “friend of the court,” brief supporting the NRA’s position that the Second Amendment is incorporated against […]

Dave Kopel has a look.

The presser from Alan Gura, the attorney for the good guys and all around good guy himself: “The freedoms we enjoy as Americans are secured to us against violation by all levels of government,” noted Alan Gura, of Gura & Possessky, PLLC, lead counsel for the McDonald plaintiffs. “State and local politicians should be on […]

Alan Gura reports that an appellate brief has been filed in the Chicago gun case: All three remaining Chicago-area cases, ours and the two brought by the NRA against Chicago and Oak Park, have been consolidated on appeal.

NRA appeals handgun decision. Well, that was the plan. Daley to have anti-gun conference.

Judge upholds Chicago’s handgun ban: A federal judge today upheld Chicago’s 1982 handgun ban as Mayor Daley disclosed plans to strengthen it by following Washington D.C.’s lead. In a 5-to-4 decision in June, the Supreme Court overturned the D.C. handgun ban on grounds that the Second Amendment establishes the right to own a handgun for […]

Suits filed in San Fran with SAF and Calif State Rifle and Pistol; then in Chicago, Morton Grove, Oak Park and Evanston, IL. Update: Presser here.

Commenter Craig: First, I don’t own a gun. I don’t have a FOID card. I don’t belong to the NRA. But how on earth are gun laws protecting citizens? Bruce, read your own paper. How many people have been shot over the past week? Year? Yeah, that gun ban is really working.

Being gun owners, we didn’t have a happy hour. We had a bitter hour. Pics of famous gunnies Kevin met. That was neat, I have to say. Also, I met a few blog readers like Carl in Chicago, JFMan, and ParatrooperJJ. And that was just as cool. Those guys know their stuff. Rusty has gun […]

The NRA had a convention this weekend. Let’s look at how the press covered it: The AP: While gun-control groups acknowledge the NRA’s influence in government, those activists say the NRA is out of step with most Americans. “Unfortunately it’s because they have a ton of money and they do a very good job with […]

SLAPP: Looks like sculptor Anish Kapoor is collaborating with Bloombergs Everytown to sue NRA for using footage featuring his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago in their video Clenched Fist of Truth

Hold the NRA convention in Chicago because the event reduces crime. They should have one every week. Heh.

Mentioned the folks at GunsSaveLife netting money to teach kids to shoot from the Chicago gun buy back. Turns out, it made the news networks. Well, the Sun Times is butthurt about it and about America making fun of Chicago. I’d sum up their complaint but it’s already been done. Needs more WWAAAAHHH.

GunsSaveLife members collect junk guns and take them to Chicago for the gun buy back program. Raise $6K to send kids to gun camp. Awesome. And so much for “no questions asked”.