THE HELLER CASE: Gun Rights Affirmed!

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Brady Campaign Endorses Mr. Obama

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oct. 16, 2008
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Gun Law Update: Brady Backs Barack
Gun Law Update: Brady Backs Barack
Gun Law Update: Brady Backs Barack

Will Anti-Gun Group's Endorsement Help Or Hurt?
Will Anti-Gun Group's Endorsement Help Or Hurt?

Anti-Gun-Rights Candidate Could Gut Heller Decision

SCOTTSDALE, AZ 10/16/08 -- Now that Barack Obama has received the endorsement of the Brady Campaign gun-control group, will the Supreme Court's findings in the D.C. gun-ban Heller case matter?

That's the question experts are asking in the wake of Obama's 11th-hour support from America's leading gun-ban advocates. The late-date endorsement was conspicuously absent from most large news outlets. Those groups have repeatedly claimed that anti-gun-rights agendas were a key issue in the Democrat election defeats of 2000 and 2004.

"Obama publicly supported Washington D.C.'s total gun ban until the Supreme Court's Heller case voided it," says Alan Korwin, co-author of The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed, which was just released (see below for news-media review copies). "His opposition to gun rights is well known and carefully documented in the new book," he said. Obama swiftly reversed his position after the High Court found that gun rights belong to individuals, a point also documented in the new book.

"Before the ban was overturned, Mr. Obama supported the position of the Court's dissenters -- that gun bans are fine and the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights does not protect people, it protects "collective rights" of states. That position had little to support it in the historical record, but was favored by people seeking to ban firearms from public hands. The "collective rights" theory, a recent creation, was dismissed with ridicule by the Court (equating it to Alice in Wonderland). The amendment itself speaks of "the security of a free state," and "the right of the people."

As the first book released about the landmark gun-rights decision, The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed describes the events leading up to the case, and precisely what the Court said, word-for-word and in plain English. If Obama follows the Court's decree, the civil rights of the general public should be fairly well safeguarded with respect to owning and using firearms.

If he instead follows the lead of his endorsers in the Brady Campaign, gun rights as America has known them for more than two centuries could easily end. His campaign positions so far suggest the latter, if he is elected. His widely available voting record is 100% consistent -- voting for every restriction on law-abiding gun use, and against every proposed protection for innocent individuals.

Virtually all recent gun-law proposals fall into those two categories -- bans on honest ownership and rights, or support for honest ownership and rights. New laws targeting criminals are rare, since every imaginable criminal activity with guns is already against the law and carries severe penalties.

The only thing left, according to leading experts, is to ban guns for non-criminals, a policy choice adopted in some circles. Gun bans on criminals have had embarrassingly little effect on street gangs, the drug war and career criminals in general. Facing abject failure of crime-related social policies, and unable to disarm criminals, many politicians are turning instead to civil disarmament schemes. Working against this trend, "Disarm criminals first" says one campaign slogan in the Marksmanship Movement.

The three publicly announced elements of the Brady-Obama anti-gun positions include 1- Ban the freedom to sell firearms from one innocent person to another, euphemistically called the "gun-show loophole"; 2- Allow all law enforcement officers to fish through gun-dealer records looking for paperwork or other violations, and compile data as they see fit, euphemistically known as "repealing the Tiahart Amendment" (which prevents them from doing so currently); and 3- permanently ban an enormous list of perfectly legal firearms and accessories based on looks, names and operating characteristics, euphemistically called an "assault-weapons ban".

First, knowledgeable observers know assault is a type of behavior, not a type of hardware, and the ban seeks to outlaw all semiautomatic firearms. Second, it's already completely illegal for criminals to buy firearms under any circumstances, so the proposed private-sale ban would only affect innocent citizens. And third, the Tiahart Amendment protects the innocent from government registries and abuse, so all three proposals, as noted above, have virtually no effect on stopping crime, but do crush freedoms Americans currently enjoy.

A long wish list of other gun-freedom repeals have been previously announced by Brady, Obama and their supporters, but have not shown up in the candidate's platform yet. See some of them here and many more here, including:

THE FIVE YEAR PLAN:

1. National Licensing of all handgun purchases.

2. Licenses for Rifle and Shotgun owners.

3. State Licenses for ownership of firearms.

4. Arsenal Licenses (5 guns and 250 rounds of ammunition).

5. Arsenal License Fees (at least $300.00, with a cap of $1,000.00).

6. Limits on Arsenal Licensing (None in counties with populations of more than 200,000).

7. Requirement of Federally Approved Storage Safes for all guns.

8. Inspection License. (Gun safe licenses, yearly fee for spot inspections).

9. Ban on Manufacturing in counties with a population of more than 200,000.

10. Banning all military style firearms.

11. Banning Machine Gun Parts or parts which can be used in a Machine gun.

12. Banning the carrying a firearm anywhere but home or target range or in transit from one to the other.

13. Banning replacement parts (manufacturing, sale, possession, transfer, installation) except barrel, trigger group.

14. Elimination of the Curio Relic list.

15. Control of Ammunition belonging to Certain Surplus Firearms. (7.62x54R and .303).

16. Eventual Ban of Handgun Possession.

17. Banning of Any ammo that fits military guns (post 1945).

18. Banning of any quantity of smokeless powder or black powder which would constitute more than the equivalent of 100 rounds of ammunition.

19. Ban the possession of explosive powders of more than 1 kg. at any one time.

20. Banning of High Powered Ammo or Wounding ammo.

21. A National License for Ammunition.

22. Banning or strict licensing of all re-loading components.

23. National Registration of ammunition or ammo buyers.

24. Requirements of special storage safe for ammunition and licensing.

25. Restricting Gun Ranges to counties with populations less than 200,000.

26. Special Licensing of ranges.

27. Special Range Tax to visitors. ($85.00 per visit per person).

28. Waiting period for rentals on pistol ranges.

29. Banning Gun Shows.

30. Banning of military reenactments.

PLUS:

Ban of all clips holding over 6 bullets.

Elimination of the Dept. of Civilian Marksmanship.

Ban on all realistic replica and toy guns (including "air soft" and paintball).

The right of gun-violence victims to sue, with financial assistance from government programs, the gun manufacturers.

Taxes on ammo, dealers, guns, licenses to offset medical costs to society.

The eventual ban on all semi-automatics regardless of when made or caliber.

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Review copies of "The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed" are available to the media on request, and the authors are available for interview: interview@gunlaws.com; 1-800-707-4020; details on the 448-page book and its content are posted: https://www.gunlaws.com/hc.htm.

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[Backgrounder:  Phoenix-based Bloomfield Press, founded in 1988, is the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in the country. Our website, gunlaws.com, features a free national directory to gun laws and relevant contacts in all states and federally, along with our unique line of related books and DVDs. "Gun Laws of America" for news-media review is available on request, call 1-800-707-4020. Our authors are available for interview, call to schedule. Call for cogent positions on gun issues, informed analysis on proposed laws, talk radio that lights up the switchboard, fact sheets and position papers.  As we always say, "It doesn't make sense to own a gun and not know the rules."

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Will the Heller Case End Gun Rights?
New book describes strategies, plans for future
Unexpected result from the end of the D.C. gun ban

SCOTTSDALE, 10/15/08 -- “The Heller case is being used to justify a whole range of new gun controls, which the High Court said are fine,” says Alan Korwin, a national expert on gun laws, and co-author of a brand new book on the Heller case. Politicians, the book says, are on record for using the decision to add limits on concealed carry, increase scrutiny of gun sales, and ban a laundry list of people, places and gun types named in the Court’s majority opinion. All of these proposed limits are covered in The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed, just released by Arizona-based Bloomfield Press. See below for review copies.

“While some laws in the past were legally questionable, or met with fierce opposition, some of the new rules plainly embolden gun-control advocates to attempt to move their agenda forward,” Korwin says. “The fact that the Court found an individual right to keep and bear arms won’t slow down the effort to restrict gun rights even more than they currently are.”

The balancing point pivots on the right to self defense, Korwin says, which the Court held in very high regard, relying on a historical record that predates the Constitution. Standing in the way of new gun controls was the finding that the Second Amendment is an "enumerated constitutional right" on a par with free speech or the right to counsel.

Review copies of The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed are available to the media on request, and the authors are available for interview: interview@gunlaws.com;
1-800-707-4020; details on the 448-page book and its content are posted: https://www.gunlaws.com/hc.htm.

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[Backgrounder:  Phoenix-based Bloomfield Press, founded in 1988, is the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in the country. Our website, gunlaws.com, features a free national directory to gun laws and relevant contacts in all states and federally, along with our unique line of related books and DVDs. Gun Laws of America for news-media review is available on request, call 1-800-707-4020. Our authors are available for interview, call to schedule. Call for cogent positions on gun issues, informed analysis on proposed laws, talk radio that lights up the switchboard, fact sheets and position papers.  As we always say, “It doesn’t make sense to own a gun and not know the rules.”

The D.C. Gun-Ban Case—Now a Book
Rush release includes 20 experts
“First edition of history” published in record time

SCOTTSDALE 9/23/08 -- The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed!—The controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Washington, D.C.’s gun ban on June 26 is now the subject of a book, the first to hit the market about the high profile D.C. v. Heller case.

“The Heller decision will affect the gun-rights debate for decades,” said Alan Korwin, co-author with David Kopel, of the 448-page book. “We captured the history leading up to this case and the wild flurry of activity and thought surrounding the Court’s polarizing decision.” The pro-rights and anti-rights positions are carefully documented, along with both sides’ early strategies for the future.

Twenty of the nation’s leading Second Amendment experts have contributed to The Heller Case: Gun Rights Affirmed, being released in September by the nation’s largest publisher of gun-law books, Arizona-based Bloomfield Press.

Review copies are available to the media on request, and the authors are available for interview: interview@gunlaws.com; 1-800-707-4020; details on the book and its content are posted: https://www.gunlaws.com/hc.htm.

The Supreme Court overturned D.C.’s 32-year-old handgun ban, saying the Bill of Rights protects the right to keep working firearms at home for self defense, and putting the right to keep and bear arms on a par with free speech, creating a firestorm of controversy. The excitement of the buildup to decision day is explored, with the full text of the decision, 400 key quotes from the case itself, summaries of the 95 gun-related Supreme Court cases that preceded Heller and more.

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[Backgrounder:  Phoenix-based Bloomfield Press, founded in 1988, is the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in the country. Our website, gunlaws.com, features a free national directory to gun laws and relevant contacts in all states and federally, along with our unique line of related books and DVDs. Gun Laws of America for news-media review is available on request, call 1-800-707-4020. Our authors are available for interview, call to schedule. Call for cogent positions on gun issues, informed analysis on proposed laws, talk radio that lights up the switchboard, fact sheets and position papers.  As we always say, “It doesn’t make sense to own a gun and not know the rules.”