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ALERT FROM JEWS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF FIREARMS OWNERSHIP
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August 14, 2003
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Women, Jews, Others Join Pro-Gun Effort
By GINA HOLLAND
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rifle Association has plenty of
company in a major gun rights case that the Supreme Court is
considering hearing.
Among the organizations that have joined the case are the Pink
Pistols, a group of gay and lesbian gun owners; the Second
Amendment Sisters; and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms
Ownership. They are asking the court to consider if the
Constitution's Second Amendment guarantees the right to own a
gun.
At issue is an appeal filed this summer by some rugby teammates
and friends who challenged California's assault weapons ban.
They lost at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San
Francisco, which ruled the Constitution protects gun rights of
militias but not individuals.
Their lawyer, Gary Gorski of Fair Oaks, Calif., mainly expected
to receive support from conservative, male-dominated
organizations. Instead, friend-of-the-court briefs backing the
appeal were filed by two women's groups, the Jewish organization,
a doctors' group and the gay gun owners.
"Women Against Gun Control asks this court to give due regard to
the interest of women in equalizing things, be it in the
workplace or a dark parking lot," lawyer Howard J. Fezell of
Frederick, Md., told the court in a filing.
Pink Pistols lawyer Lisa Steele of Bolton, Mass., said justices
have an opportunity to save the lives of gays who face hate
crimes. A gun will help them "lawfully defend themselves against
would-be gay bashers," she wrote.
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership reminded the
court that German Jews were barred from having firearms before
the Holocaust.
"The tragic history of civilian disarmament cries a warning
against any systematic attempts to render innocent citizens ill-
equipped to defend themselves from tyrant terrorists, despots or
oppressive majorities," wrote the group's lawyer, Daniel
Schmutter of Paramus, N.J.
NRA lawyers, in their filing this month, said that the right of
people "to keep and bear arms is a bedrock feature of the Anglo-
American legal tradition."
"It's not surprising that a number of groups from all walks of
life have filed briefs in this case," Chris Cox, NRA's chief
lobbyist, said Thursday.
California has not filed a response to the appeal. But the state,
in the lower court, defended its ban of 75 high-powered weapons
with rapid-fire capabilities.
The Supreme Court, after returning from the summer break, should
announce this fall whether it will hear the case.
The case is Silveira v. Lockyer, 03-51.
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On the Net:
Supreme Court: http://supremecourtus.gov/
The JPFO Brief: http://www.jpfo.org/jpfobrief.pdf (see note
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August 14, 2003
ALERT: This just in, we thought you would like to see it
Las Vegas SUN, August 14, 2003 at 17:53:10 PDT
Women, Jews, Others Join Pro-Gun Effort
By GINA HOLLAND
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Rifle Association has plenty of
company in a major gun rights case that the Supreme Court is
considering hearing.
Among the organizations that have joined the case are the Pink
Pistols, a group of gay and lesbian gun owners; the Second
Amendment Sisters; and Jews for the Preservation of Firearms
Ownership. They are asking the court to consider if the
Constitution's Second Amendment guarantees the right to own a
gun.
At issue is an appeal filed this summer by some rugby teammates
and friends who challenged California's assault weapons ban.
They lost at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San
Francisco, which ruled the Constitution protects gun rights of
militias but not individuals.
Their lawyer, Gary Gorski of Fair Oaks, Calif., mainly expected
to receive support from conservative, male-dominated
organizations. Instead, friend-of-the-court briefs backing the
appeal were filed by two women's groups, the Jewish organization,
a doctors' group and the gay gun owners.
"Women Against Gun Control asks this court to give due regard to
the interest of women in equalizing things, be it in the
workplace or a dark parking lot," lawyer Howard J. Fezell of
Frederick, Md., told the court in a filing.
Pink Pistols lawyer Lisa Steele of Bolton, Mass., said justices
have an opportunity to save the lives of gays who face hate
crimes. A gun will help them "lawfully defend themselves against
would-be gay bashers," she wrote.
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership reminded the
court that German Jews were barred from having firearms before
the Holocaust.
"The tragic history of civilian disarmament cries a warning
against any systematic attempts to render innocent citizens ill-
equipped to defend themselves from tyrant terrorists, despots or
oppressive majorities," wrote the group's lawyer, Daniel
Schmutter of Paramus, N.J.
NRA lawyers, in their filing this month, said that the right of
people "to keep and bear arms is a bedrock feature of the Anglo-
American legal tradition."
"It's not surprising that a number of groups from all walks of
life have filed briefs in this case," Chris Cox, NRA's chief
lobbyist, said Thursday.
California has not filed a response to the appeal. But the state,
in the lower court, defended its ban of 75 high-powered weapons
with rapid-fire capabilities.
The Supreme Court, after returning from the summer break, should
announce this fall whether it will hear the case.
The case is Silveira v. Lockyer, 03-51.
---
On the Net:
Supreme Court: http://supremecourtus.gov/
The JPFO Brief: http://www.jpfo.org/jpfobrief.pdf (see note
NOTE: this is a 1,290,096-byte .pdf file, requiring Adobe Acrobat
Reader installed on your computer to view. Download a FREE copy
of Acrobat Reader from:
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The Liberty Crew
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Firearms News feed from FirearmsNews.com -- Stay informed about
the latest firearm related news at
http://www.jpfo.org/unpopularspeech.htm
Visit our UNPOPULAR SPEECH page as part of your daily net
reading. There are over 1,500 articles and essays that will
either make your blood boil or give a chill down your spine.
Bookmark it today: http://www.jpfo.org/unpopularspeech.htm
================================================================
Original Material in JPFO ALERTS is Copyright 2003 JPFO, Inc.
Permission is granted to reproduce this alert in full, so long
as the following JPFO contact information is included:
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
PO Box 270143
Hartford, Wisconsin 53027
Phone: 1-262-673-9745
Order line: 1-800-869-1884 (toll-free!)
Fax: 1-262-673-9746
Web: http://www.jpfo.org/
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Community. If you wish to help support this service, consider
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