Anti Gun Firearms Group Lumps "Gun Lobby" Together With "Gun Criminals"

secondamendmentfreedom.blogspot.com ^ | 03/12/10 | Sasparilla

[Sasparilla]

The Brady Campaign has grouped the “Gun Lobby” with “Gun Criminals.”

Although The U.S. Supreme Court is deliberating whether the 2nd Amendment applies to the States, a Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on March, 10, 2010, said that, “Based on current Federal law, however, we cannot say that the Second Amendment applies to the States, either through the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantee of substantive due process or otherwise.” It would have been prudent for the Massachusetts Court to have delayed their ruling until SCOTUS has its say.

If the SCOTUS holds that it does apply to the States, their ruling will trump the liberal reasoning in the Massachusetts ruling. We shall see.

However, in celebrating the possibly short lived victory, the Brady Campaign has lumped those who believe the Second Amendment applies to the States and who are in favor of firearms rights with gun criminals who want to strike down “common sense” gun laws.

Here’s their press release.

“Mar 10, 2010 Washington, D.C. - Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which filed amicus briefs in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in both Commonwealth v. Runyan and Commonwealth v. DePina, released the following statement on the Court’s rulings:

“The gun lobby’s argument that the Second Amendment gives gun owners the right to place children at risk by leaving unsecured guns in the home was appropriately rejected. Courts must continue to reject efforts by the gun lobby and gun criminals to...

[antiRepublicrat]

I was unaware that criminals were filing amicus briefs with the court.

[Niteranger68]

The Brady Campaign = Domestic Terrorists

[fso301]

Just wait. If obamacare passes, gun control will be touted as a way to reduce skyrocketing medical costs.

[lrb111]

The AMA has been pushing doctors to “prescribe” gun control for years.