The Brady Center & The Second Amendment

[Oscar Knight]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER

Amici Briefs

BRIEF FOR BRADY CENTER

#5
]4. The phrase “keep and bear Arms” refers to
possession and use of weapons for military
purposes
While the lower court thought it self-evident that
the word “keep” injects a private, non-militia purpose
into the Amendment, there is no historical or textual
basis to believe that while the right to “bear Arms” is
military, the right to “keep and bear Arms” is not.
There are, of course, multiple contexts in which “keep”
has an “obvious individual and private meaning[].” Pet.
App. 27a. It does not, however, have that meaning as
part of the phrase “keep and bear Arms” in a constitutional
provision referencing the importance of a “well
regulated Militia.”

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[Oscar Knight]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER

Amici Briefs

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Amici Briefs in Support of Petitioners

Amicus Brief of Am. Acad. of Pediatrics
Amicus Brief of the ABA
Amici Brief of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al.
Amicus Brief of City of Chicago
Amici Brief of Coalition of Civil Rights groups
Amici Brief of Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, et al.
Amici Brief of D.A.'s
Amici Brief of Former Dep't of Justice Officials
Amici Brief of Historians
Amici Brief of U.S. Cities et al.
Amici Brief of Members of Congress
Amicus Brief of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Amici Brief of National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al.
Amici Brief of New York et al.
Amici Brief of Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Adam Winkler
Amici Brief of Crim. Justice Professors
Amici Brief of Linguistics Professors
Amici Brief of Violence Policy Center et al.

Amici Briefs in Support of Respondent

Amicus Brief of Academics
Amici Brief of Academics for the Second Amendment
Amicus Brief of Alaska Outdoor Council
Amicus Brief of American Center for Law and Justice
Amicus Brief of American Civil Rights Union
Amicus Brief of American Legislative Exchange Council
Amici Brief of Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Amici Brief of Buckeye Firearms Foundation, et al.
Amici Brief of Cato Institute and Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm
Amicus Brief of Center for Individual Freedom
Amici Brief of Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Amicus Brief of Congress of Racial Equality
Amici Brief of Criminologists
Amici Brief of Disabled Veterans for Self-Defense
Amicus Brief of Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund
Amici Brief of Former Justice Department officials
Amicus Brief of Foundation for Free Expression
Amicus Brief of Foundation for Moral Law
Amicus Brief of GeorgiaCarry.org
Amicus Brief of Goldwater Institute
Amicus Brief of Grass Roots of South Carolina
Amici Brief of Gun Owners of America
Amicus Brief of Heartland Institute
Amicus Brief of Institute for Justice
Amici Brief of International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association
Amici Brief of International Scholars
Amicus Brief of Jeanette Moll
Amici Brief of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Amicus Brief of Joseph B. Scarnati
Amicus Brief of Libertarian National Committee
Amicus Brief of Liberty Legal Institute
Amici Brief of Maj. Gen. Altenburg, et al.
Amicus Brief of Maricopa County Attorney's Office
Amici Brief of Members of Congress and Vice-President Cheney
Amicus Brief of Mountain States Legal Foundation
Amicus Brief of National Rifle Association
Amicus Brief of National Shooting Sports Foundation
Amicus Brief of Paragon Foundation
Amici Brief of Pink Pistols
Amici Brief of Retired Military Officers
Amicus Brief of Rutherford Institute
Amicus Brief of Second Amendment Foundation
Amicus Brief of Southeastern Legal Foundation
Amici Brief of State Firearms Associations
Amici Brief of Texas, et al.
Amicus Brief of Virginia1774.org
Amici Brief of Women legislators et al.

[Oscar Knight]

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