John Birch Society : The Second Amendment

[Oscar Knight]

www.jbs.org/the-john-birch-society/polls-show-gun-ownership-and-second-amendment-support-up

www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/supreme-court-ruling-affirms-second-amendment

www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/anti-gun-attorney-general-tough-sell

[Oscar Knight]

Apart from his background, Holder’s firearms policy is in direct contradiction to the Bill of Rights. Earlier he co-signed an amicus brief with Janet Reno in the District of Columbia v. Heller case that argued that the Second Amendment is a “collective” right, not an individual right, and insisted that this interpretation has been the consistent policy of the Department of Justice officials since FDR’s administration — which is quite telling, and troubling, since the language of the Second Amendment is quite clear. When Holder was Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno, he argued in United States v. Emerson that the Second Amendment was no barrier to gun confiscation, even for guns held by on duty National Guardsmen

www.jbs.org/jbs-news-feed/anti-gun-attorney-general-tough-sell