GOA Asks Bush Administration to Withdraw DOJ Brief

With its most strongly worded statement to date, Gun Owners of America once more chastised the Bush Adminsitration and the U.S. Department of Justice for filing an amicus brief in the Heller (formerly Parker) case now before the Supreme Court.

GOA asked the Bush Administration to withdraw the brief on the grounds that it could be used to support "any gun ban – no matter how sweeping," as long as some court somewhere determines it is "reasonable." There's that word again, reasonable, and many of us have asked just what it means. To an anti-gun politician, it means anything they want.

"In contrast to other provisions in the Bill of Rights, which can only be trumped by 'compelling state interests,' the Second Amendment would be relegated to an inferior position at the lowest rung of the constitutional ladder, should the Justice Department prevail," said Larry Pratt, GOA executive director . . . . Under the administration's amicus brief, a national ban on all firearms – including hunting rifles – could be 'constitutional,' even if the Supreme Court decides – on ample historical evidence – that the Founders intended the Second Amendment as an individual right," he continued.

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