cool hand luke 22:36
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We shouyld all kneel an say a "BIG THANKS' to the NRA. Were it not for them, we would not be rejoicing today.
Mickey
Although I support the NRA, and have been a member for a long while, I have to point out that this is absolutly not true.
The NRA initially tried to scuttle the Heller case because they were convinced it was going to be a loss. They tried to have it consolidated with a weaker case they had filed. They also tried to have the DC ban repealed legislatively which would have rendered moot the Heller case.
They did finally come around to supporting the Heller plaintiffs. However, the Cato Institute deserves any thanks for Heller.
From the ABA Journal:
If the tone of LaPierre’s letter didn’t sound urgent enough, he used plenty of underlined boldface type and capital letters to drive home his point. He told the faithful a top-notch brief may cost as much as $1.2 million.
“For gun owners and NRA members, this is the biggest legal battle that we have ever fought, or will ever fight—and its outcome will probably impact every law-abiding American gun owner,” LaPierre wrote in the five-page letter. “It is a battle we simply cannot afford to lose.”
Here’s where LaPierre heads into a wrong turn: It’s not an NRA case. In fact, the gun rights supporters who filed it complain that lawyers working for the NRA, concerned the case could backfire, spent considerable time and money trying to scuttle it. The association finally was dragged kicking and screaming before the Supreme Court after the prospect of review appeared more likely than it has in years.
http://abajournal.com/magazine/a_shot_at_the_second_amendment/