Posted on 11/26/2007 1:22:24 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama
FROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT SISTERS
900 R.R. 620 S
Suite C101, Box 228
Lakeway, TX 78734
World Wide Web: http://www.2asisters.org
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/20/07
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For additional information contact:
Genie Jennings, SAS Spokesperson
Phone: 877-271-6216
E-mail: saspress@2asisters.org
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Lakeway, TX –
SAS ANNOUNCES AMICUS BRIEF IN HELLER
Second Amendment Sisters is pleased and proud to announce that we are joining South East Legal Foundation in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court hearing of Washington, D.C. v. Heller. We are particularly interested in the benefits of firearms in self-defense for women, the elderly and the disabled.
SAS has watched this case closely, since it was originally prepared as Parker v. Washington, D.C. The successful outcome of that case in the lower court was heartening to all who believe in the Second Amendment and in the basic human right of self-defense.
The city’s 1975 handgun ban has made it impossible for law-abiding citizens to defend themselves and their families within the confines of their own domiciles. If this prohibitive law is found unconstitutional, for the first time in three decades residents of the nation’s capitol will be allowed to have an effective means of protection within their homes.
This case does not address carrying a firearm, either concealed or openly, on the streets of the city. It does not address the legality of the city to control the use of firearms in the city. It addresses the constitutionality of the city to override the Second Amendment rights of individuals to keep and bear arms.
Second Amendment Sisters believes that self-defense is a basic human right. We have a right to life; we have a right to defend that right and the rights of those around us; we have a right to the means to do so.
If we are denied the means to defend our life, we are effectively denied our right to life. For over thirty years the citizens of Washington, D.C. have been denied the right to a means of protecting their lives, and thereby denied their basic human right to life.
We are confident in a positive outcome to the Supreme Court hearing. Individual rights are important to both conservative and liberal judges.
Second Amendment Sisters is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving the individual basic human right to self-defense.
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Well done, you. Send me re-up papers.
Do amicus briefs ever have any sway with the courts?.................
Anyone know when the DC brief deadline is?
Okay - now I understand your FreepMail....LOL
Will do and thanks!
As exciting as this is, to finally get a chance to get the Supreme Court to look at this Amendment...
I am tempered by the fact that this court, as favorable as it looks on the surface is not a lock in our favor...
And that the question posed to the court is extremely narrow, but from our perspective we are expecting or demanding a broad opinion from it...
Some are thinking this could be a 5-4 opinion in our favor, but if it is presented (argued) weakly or incorrectly, it could very easily go 6-3 against us...
I would caution us to be on guard next year when we see what they do with this...
But by then we’ll know what the score is...And we’ll still have our “stuff”...
Like I’ve said before...I hope I am wrong...I’m just not building up too much excitement or hope...
Way to go SAS, well done. :)
Here’s the video of Suzanne Hupp testifying before congress.
http://www.washingtonceasefire.com/content/view/23/35/
Just one final statement.
I’ve been sitting here getting more and more fed up with all of this talk about these, pieces of machinery, having no legitimate sporting purpose, no legitimate hunting purpose, people, that is not the point of the second amendment!
The second amendment is not about duck hunting, and I know I’m not going to make very many friends saying this, but it’s about our right, all of our right to be able to protect our selves from all of you guys up there.
And nobody’s talked about that.
Dr. Suzanna Gratia, Killeen massacre survivor who watched as her parents were murdered because she obeyed Texas law and left her handgun locked in her car. Appearing before Rep Schumer’s committee hearings on the assault weapons ban
Some are thinking this could be a 5-4 opinion in our favor, but if it is presented (argued) weakly or incorrectly, it could very easily go 6-3 against us...
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Dr. Suzannah Gratia-Hupp is a Lifetime Member of SAS.
Thank you!
Amen
Thank you, I have not watched my link in several months and
I will add your link.
Bump!!
Heinrich Himmler
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