As a critical Second Amendment case goes before the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Jon Tester (D-MT), and Congressmen Mike Ross (D-AR) and Mark Souder (R-IN) are gathering signatures for an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief by Members of Congress. And we need your support for this important effort next week.
The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago, and it will answer the question of whether the Second Amendment applies to the states—as the Congress clearly intended in the 1860s, when it adopted the Fourteenth Amendment to protect constitutional rights against abuse by state and local governments. This brief is an opportunity for today’s Congress to show just as clearly that it respects the Second Amendment’s importance to all Americans—not just residents of the District of Columbia and other federal territories.
The brief describes Congress’s debates on the Fourteenth Amendment, and points out the many occasions—from 1866 to 2005—when the Congress has spoken in favor of the Second Amendment as protecting a right of all Americans, and taken action to protect that right against actions such as gun confiscation and predatory lawsuits. It also makes the case for Congress’s interest (under its constitutional war powers) in preserving an armed citizenry as part of America’s national defense.
When Congress speaks, the Supreme Court listens. And it did in the historic Heller case last year when 55 Senators and 250 Representatives signed an amicus brief supporting the Second Amendment as an individual right. Now every Senator and Congressman who supports the rights of all Americans should step forward to be heard by signing this brief in the McDonald case.
The brief must be filed within the week, so we need your immediate help! On Monday through Thursday, please call your U.S. Senators and Representative, and urge them to sign on to this critically important brief, which will be a key part of the legal battle to protect the Second Amendment in the U.S. Supreme Court.
You can call your U.S. Senators at (202) 224-3121, and your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-31
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Conservative Libertarian Outpost 
November 14, 2009 at 10:23
The people most vocal about gun rights are the ones you’d least want to own one.
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November 14, 2009 at 15:18
The most vocal people about liberty and rights are former Police Officers veterans, Firefighters, and women that have been on the wrong end of things. But those people, like you Ben, all have a right to their opinions.
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November 14, 2009 at 15:30
You’re right Ben,the people that try to infringe on liberties and sentence law abiding citizens to victimhood are exactly the kind of people that should never be armed.
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November 14, 2009 at 17:39
Ummm…
Sick em Alfie!
Thanks for stopping by BTW! 😀
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November 14, 2009 at 22:18
[The most vocal people about liberty and rights are former Police Officers ]
Actually, most police officers would like to see assault weapons banned.
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November 15, 2009 at 15:29
Oh come now Ben, I worked hand in hand with Police Officers for years, and spent some time as a Deputy myself…
Most, of what you call “assault weapons” shoot either pistol ammo, or 5.56 mm ammo, which, among other things body armor will stop. But a standard hunting rifles will go through like a hot knife through butter.
Nice try though.
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November 16, 2009 at 19:01
Wow, Ben is trolling again, and still spewing his stupid, and unfounded BS…
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November 16, 2009 at 19:03
Patrick, I seriously doubt if Ben the Troll actually has the stones to pull a trigger.. Just sayin’…
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November 16, 2009 at 22:45
Ha! A troll to you is someone who offers a dissenting opinion. On my blog, I consider this to be the comment of a troll: “still spewing his stupid, and unfounded BS” and this “I seriously doubt if … actually has the stones to pull a trigger.”
Those are just insults with no value added to the discussion.
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November 17, 2009 at 08:31
You are the one that has generated that type of opinion about yourself Ben. It wasn’t myself, or anyone else.
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