Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus Members Sign 2nd Amendment Court Brief

[spin]

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 9:00 pm

Washington, DC --(AmmoLand.com)- Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and Caucus Vice-Chair Sen. Jon Tester, along with CSC House Vice-Chair Rep. Mike Ross, and Rep. Mark Souder, joined together with 58 Senators and 251 House members in filing a bipartisan, bicameral amicus curiae brief asking the Supreme Court to hold the Second Amendment applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment in the case McDonald v. City of Chicago.

“The Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus really stepped up to the plate in further protecting our Second Amendment rights by working across party lines in filing this landmark brief,” said Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation President Jeff Crane.

The McDonald v. City of Chicago case will decide whether the Second Amendment is a fundamental individual right that applies to states in the same way the Supreme Court found that it applied to the Federal government in last year’s District of Columbia v. Heller decision.

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Last year, members of the Caucus joined in the filing a similar amicus brief in the District of Columbia v. Heller case in support of the Court upholding the Second Amendment as a fundamental, individual right.

“Banning guns will not keep guns out of the hands of criminals, but it will keep guns out of the hands of those trying to defend themselves against criminals,” said Rep. Ross. “The Supreme Court’s recent decision in District of Columbia v. Heller affirmed the right of D.C. residents to own and bear arms and I am optimistic these same rights will be extended to the law abiding citizens of Chicago and across the United States in McDonald v. the City of Chicago.
http://www.ammoland.com/2009/11/30/congressional-sportsmens-caucus-sign-2nd-amendment-court-brief/

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[Tejas]

1. Good on Congressman Ross! - nt

[spin]

2. It doesn't look like any future draconian gun laws...

willpass considering the number of congressmen who filed this brief.

[eqfan592]

3. Is there a full breakdown on the congressmen that signed this?

I'd like to see it :)

[DonP]

4. Why?

Based on what we're told all the time, they must all be shills for the NRA. <sarcasm>

The ones with a "D" after their name are particularly good shills at hiding their real GOP agenda - even from their voters.

It's gotta be getting harder and harder for gun control people to find any bright spots out there. Crime with guns is at a 20 year low, concealed carry in 48 states with no blood running in the streets. Record high gun sales with record low shooting deaths. It's not supposed to work that way.

But they still turn up to roll in the blood of the innocent, as if an oft convicted felon with a gun shooting cops in an ambush is the equivalent of a law abiding citizen with a concealed carry permit.

[GreenStormCloud]

5. Yes.

I don't know how to link to a pdf file. But go to this site: http://www.sportsmenslink.org/media_room/Press-Releases/congressional-sportsmens-caucus-members-sign-2nd-amendment-court-brief.html and click on the highlighted amicus curiae link to get this list:

Senate
Senator A. Lamar Alexander (TN, R)
Senator John A. Barrasso (WY, R)
Senator Max S. Baucus (MT, D)
Senator B. Evans Bayh, III (IN, D)
Senator Mark P. Begich (AK, D)
Senator Michael F. Bennet (CO, D)
Senator Robert F. Bennett (UT, R)
Senator Christopher S. Bond (MO, R)
Senator Samuel D. Brownback (KS, R)
Senator James P. D. Bunning (KY, R)
Senator Richard M. Burr (NC, R)
Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (PA, D)
Senator C. Saxby Chambliss (GA, R)
Senator Thomas A. Coburn (OK, R)
Senator W. Thad Cochran (MS, R)
Senator Susan M. Collins (ME, R)
Senator Robert P. Corker, Jr. (TN, R)
Senator John Cornyn, III (TX, R)
Senator Michael D. Crapo (ID, R)
Senator James W. DeMint (SC, R)
Senator John E. Ensign (NV, R)
Senator Michael B. Enzi (WY, R)
Senator Russell D. Feingold (WI, D)
Senator Lindsey O. Graham (SC, R)
Senator Charles E. Grassley (IA, R)
Senator Judd A. Gregg (NH, R)
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Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC, D)
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (UT, R)
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX, R)
Senator James M. Inhofe (OK, R)
Senator John H. Isakson (GA, R)
Senator Michael O. Johanns (NE, R)
Senator Timothy P. Johnson (SD, D)
Senator Amy J. Klobuchar (MN, D)
Senator Jon L. Kyl (AZ, R)
Senator Mary L. Landrieu (LA, D)
Senator George S. LeMieux (FL, R)
Senator Blanche L. Lincoln (AR, D)
Senator John S. McCain, III (AZ, R)
Senator A. Mitchell McConnell (KY, R)
Senator Lisa A. Murkowski (AK, R)
Senator E. Benjamin Nelson (NE, D)
Senator Harry M. Reid (NV, D)
Senator James E. Risch (ID, R)
Senator C. Patrick Roberts (KS, R)
Senator Jefferson B. Sessions, III (AL, R)
Senator C. Jeanne Shaheen (NH, D)
Senator Richard C. Shelby (AL, R)
Senator Olympia J. Snowe (ME, R)
Senator Arlen Specter (PA, D)
Senator R. Jon Tester (MT, D)
Senator John R. Thune (SD, R)
Senator Mark E. Udall (CO, D)
Senator David B. Vitter (LA, R)
Senator George V. Voinovich (OH, R)
Senator Mark R. Warner (VA, D)
Senator James H. Webb, Jr. (VA, D)
Senator Roger F. Wicker (MS, R)

House of Representatives
Representative Robert B. Aderholt (AL-04, R)
Representative W. Todd Akin (MO-2, R)
Representative Rodney M. Alexander (LA-5, R)
Representative Jason Altmire (PA-4, D)
Representative Michael A. Arcuri (NY-24, D)
Representative Stephen Austria (OH-7, R)
Representative Joe Baca (CA-43, D)
Representative Michele M. Bachmann (MN-6, R)
Representative Spencer T. Bachus, III (AL-6, R)
Representative J. Gresham Barrett (SC-3, R)
Representative John J. Barrow (GA-12, D)
Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD-6, R)
Representative Joe L. Barton (TX-6, R)
Representative Marion Berry (AR-1, D)
Representative Judith B. Biggert (IL-13, R)
Representative Brian P. Bilbray (CA-50, R)
Representative Gus M. Bilirakis (FL-9, R)
Representative Robert W. Bishop (UT-1, R)
Representative Sanford D. Bishop (GA-2, D)
Representative Marsha W. Blackburn (TN-7, R)
Representative Roy D. Blunt (MO-7, R)
Representative John A. Boccieri (OH-16, D)
Representative John A. Boehner (OH-8, R)
Representative Josiah R. Bonner, Jr. (AL-1, R)
Representative Mary Bono Mack (CA-45, R)
Representative John N. Boozman (AR-3, R)
Representative D. Daniel Boren (OK-2, D)
Representative Leonard L. Boswell (IA-3, D)
Representative Frederick C. Boucher (VA-9, D)
Representative Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (LA-7, R)
Representative F. Allen Boyd, Jr. (FL-2, D)
Representative Kevin P. Brady (TX-8, R)
Representative Bobby N. Bright, Sr. (AL-2, D)
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Representative Paul C. Broun (GA-10, R)
Representative Henry E. Brown, Jr. (SC-1, R)
Representative Virginia Brown-Waite (FL-5, R)
Representative Vernon G. Buchanan (FL-13, R)
Representative Michael C. Burgess (TX-26, R)
Representative Danny L. Burton (IN-5, R)
Representative Stephen E. Buyer (IN-4, R)
Representative Kenneth S. Calvert (CA-44, R)
Representative David L. Camp (MI-4, R)
Representative John B. T. Campbell, III (CA-48, R)
Representative Eric I. Cantor (VA-7, R)
Representative Anh Quang Cao (LA-2, R)
Representative Shelley M. Capito (WV-2, R)
Representative Dennis A. Cardoza (CA-18, D)
Representative Christopher P. Carney (PA-10, D)
Representative John R. Carter (TX-31, R)
Representative William M. Cassidy (LA-6, R)
Representative Jason E. Chaffetz (UT-3, R)
Representative A. Benjamin Chandler, III (KY-6, D)
Representative Travis W. Childers (MS-1, D)
Representative J. Howard Coble (NC-6, R)
Representative Michael Coffman (CO-6, R)
Representative Stephen I. Cohen (TN-9, D)
Representative Thomas J. Cole (OK-4, R)
Representative K. Michael Conaway (TX-11, R)
Representative James H. S. Cooper (TN-5, D)
Representative Jerry F. Costello (IL-12, D)
Representative Joseph D. Courtney (CT-2, D)
Representative Ander Crenshaw (FL-4, R)
Representative R. Enrique Cuellar (TX-28, D)
Representative John A. Culberson (TX-7, R)
Representative Artur G. Davis (AL-7, D)
Representative Geoffrey C. Davis (KY-4, R)
Representative Lincoln E. Davis (TN-4, D)
Representative J. Nathan Deal (GA-9, R)
5a
Representative Peter A. DeFazio (OR-4, D)
Representative Charles W. Dent (PA-15, R)
Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21, R)
Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25, R)
Representative John D. Dingell (MI-15, D)
Representative Joseph S. Donnelly (IN-2, D)
Representative David T. Dreier (CA-26, R)
Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. (TN-2, R)
Representative T. Chester Edwards (TX-17, D)
Representative Brad Ellsworth (IN-8, D)
Representative Jo Ann H. Emerson (MO-8, R)
Representative Mary C. Fallin (OK-5, R)
Representative Jeff Flake (AZ-6, R)
Representative John C. Fleming, Jr. (LA-4, R)
Representative J. Randy Forbes (VA-4, R)
Representative Jeffrey L. Fortenberry (NE-1, R)
Representative Virginia A. Foxx (NC-5, R)
Representative Trent Franks (AZ-2, R)
Representative Elton W. Gallegly (CA-24, R)
Representative E. Scott Garrett (NJ-5, R)
Representative James W. Gerlach (PA-6, R)
Representative Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8, D)
Representative J. Phillip Gingrey (GA-11, R)
Representative Louis B. Gohmert, Jr. (TX-1, R)
Representative Robert W. Goodlatte (VA-6, R)
Representative Barton J. Gordon (TN-6, D)
Representative Kay M. Granger (TX-12, R)
Representative Samuel B. Graves, Jr. (MO-6, R)
Representative R. Eugene Green (TX-29, D)
Representative Parker Griffith (AL-5, D)
Representative S. Brett Guthrie (KY-2, R)
Representative Ralph M. Hall (TX-4, R)
Representative Deborah L. Halvorson (IL-11, D)
Representative Gregg Harper (MS-3, R)
Representative Richard N. Hastings (WA-4, R)
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Representative Martin T. Heinrich (NM-1, D)
Representative Dean Heller (NV-2, R)
Representative T. Jeb Hensarling (TX-5, R)
Representative Walter W. Herger (CA-2, R)
Representative Stephanie M. Herseth Sandlin (SD-AL, D)
Representative Baron P. Hill (IN-9, D)
Representative Paul W. Hodes (NH-2, D)
Representative Peter Hoekstra (MI-2, R)
Representative T. Timothy Holden (PA-17, D)
Representative Duncan D. Hunter (CA-52, R)
Representative Robert D. Inglis (SC-4, R)
Representative Darrell E. Issa (CA-49, R)
Representative Lynn M. Jenkins (KS-2, R)
Representative R. Samuel Johnson (TX-3, R)
Representative Timothy V. Johnson (IL-15, R)
Representative Walter B. Jones, Jr. (NC-3, R)
Representative James D. Jordan (OH-4, R)
Representative Steven L. Kagen (WI-8, D)
Representative Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11, D)
Representative Ronald J. Kind (WI-3, D)
Representative Steven A. King (IA-5, R)
Representative John H. Kingston (GA-1, R)
Representative Ann L. Kirkpatrick (AZ-1, D)
Representative Lawrence W. Kissell (NC-8, D)
Representative John P. Kline, Jr. (MN-2, R)
Representative Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (MD-1, D)
Representative Douglas L. Lamborn (CO-5, R)
Representative Leonard Lance (NJ-7, R)
Representative Thomas P. Latham (IA-4, R)
Representative Steven C. LaTourette (OH-14, R)
Representative Robert E. Latta (OH-5, R)
Representative Christopher J. Lee (NY-26, R)
Representative C. Jeremy Lewis (CA-41, R)
Representative John E. Linder (GA-7, R)
Representative Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-2, R)
7a
Representative Frank D. Lucas (OK-3, R)
Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9, R)
Representative Cynthia M. Lummis (WY-AL, R)
Representative Daniel E. Lungren (CA-3, R)
Representative Donald A. Manzullo (IL-16, R)
Representative Kenny E. Marchant (TX-24, R)
Representative Elizabeth H. Markey (CO-4, D)
Representative James C. Marshall (GA-8, D)
Representative Eric J. J. Massa (NY-29, D)
Representative James D. Matheson (UT-2, D)
Representative Kevin O. McCarthy (CA-22, R)
Representative Michael T. McCaul (TX-10, R)
Representative Thomas M. McClintock, II (CA-4, R)
Representative Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI-11, R)
Representative Cornelius H. McGillicuddy, IV (FL-14, R)
Representative Patrick T. McHenry (NC-10, R)
Representative D. Carmichael McIntyre, II (NC-7, D)
Representative Howard P. McKeon (CA-25, R)
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5, R)
Representative Charles J. Melancon, Sr. (LA-3, D)
Representative John L. Mica (FL-7, R)
Representative Michael H. Michaud (ME-2, D)
Representative Candice S. Miller (MI-10, R)
Representative Gary G. Miller (CA-42, R)
Representative Jefferson B. Miller (FL-1, R)
Representative Walter C. Minnick (ID-1, D)
Representative Harry E. Mitchell (AZ-5, D)
Representative Alan B. Mollohan (WV-1, D)
Representative Jerry Moran (KS-1, R)
Representative Patrick J. Murphy (PA-8, D)
Representative Scott Murphy (NY-20, D)
Representative Timothy F. Murphy (PA-18, R)
Representative John P. Murtha, Jr. (PA-12, D)
Representative Sue W. Myrick (NC-9, R)
Representative Robert R. Neugebauer (TX-19, R)
8a
Representative Devin G. Nunes (CA-21, R)
Representative Glenn C. Nye, III (VA-2, D)
Representative James L. Oberstar (MN-8, D)
Representative Peter G. Olson (TX-22, R)
Representative Solomon P. Ortiz (TX-27, D)
Representative William L. Owens (NY-23, D)
Representative Erik P. Paulsen (MN-3, R)
Representative Michael R. Pence (IN-6, R)
Representative Thomas S. P. Perriello (VA-5, D)
Representative Gary C. Peters (MI-9, D)
Representative Collin C. Peterson (MN-7, D)
Representative Thomas E. Petri (WI-6, R)
Representative Joseph R. Pitts (PA-16, R)
Representative Todd R. Platts (PA-19, R)
Representative L. Ted Poe (TX-2, R)
Representative Earl R. Pomeroy (ND-AL, D)
Representative William Posey (FL-15, R)
Representative Thomas E. Price (GA-6, R)
Representative Adam H. Putnam (FL-12, R)
Representative George P. Radanovich (CA-19, R)
Representative Nick J. Rahall, II (WV-3, D)
Representative Dennis R. Rehberg (MT-AL, R)
Representative David G. Reichert (WA-8, R)
Representative Silvestre Reyes (TX-16, D)
Representative Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX-23, D)
Representative D. Phil Roe (TN-1, R)
Representative Harold D. Rogers (KY-5, R)
Representative Michael D. Rogers (AL-3, R)
Representative Michael J. Rogers (MI-8, R)
Representative Dana T. Rohrabacher (CA-46, R)
Representative Thomas J. Rooney (FL-16, R)
Representative Peter J. Roskam (IL-6, R)
Representative Ileana C. Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18, R)
Representative Michael A. Ross (AR-4, D)
Representative Edward R. Royce (CA-40, R)
9a
Representative Paul D. Ryan (WI-1, R)
Representative Timothy J. Ryan (OH-17, D)
Representative John T. Salazar (CO-3, D)
Representative Stephen J. Scalise (LA-1, R)
Representative Mark H. Schauer (MI-7, D)
Representative Jean Schmidt (OH-2, R)
Representative Aaron J. Schock (IL-18, R)
Representative Kurt Schrader (OR-5, D)
Representative F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (WI-5, R)
Representative Peter A. Sessions (TX-32, R)
Representative John B. Shadegg (AZ-3, R)
Representative John M. Shimkus (IL-19, R)
Representative J. Heath Shuler (NC-11, D)
Representative William F. Shuster (PA-9, R)
Representative Michael K. Simpson (ID-2, R)
Representative Adrian M. Smith (NE-3, R)
Representative Lamar S. Smith (TX-21, R)
Representative Mark E. Souder (IN-3, R)
Representative Zachary T. Space (OH-18, D)
Representative Clifford B. Stearns (FL-6, R)
Representative Bart T. Stupak (MI-1, D)
Representative John M. Sullivan (OK-1, R)
Representative John S. Tanner (TN-8, D)
Representative G. Eugene Taylor (MS-4, D)
Representative Harry Teague (NM-2, D)
Representative Lee R. Terry (NE-2, R)
Representative Glenn W. Thompson, Jr. (PA-5, R)
Representative W. McClellan Thornberry (TX-13, R)
Representative W. Todd Tiahrt (KS-4, R)
Representative Patrick J. Tiberi (OH-12, R)
Representative Michael R. Turner (OH-3, R)
Representative Frederick S. Upton (MI-6, R)
Representative Gregory P. Walden (OR-2, R)
Representative Timothy J. Walz (MN-1, D)
Representative Zachary P. Wamp (TN-3, R)
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Representative Lynn A. Westmoreland (GA-3, R)
Representative W. Edward Whitfield (KY-1, R)
Representative Charles A. Wilson (OH-6, D)
Representative Addison G. Wilson (SC-2, R)
Representative Robert J. Wittman (VA-1, R)
Representative Frank R. Wolf (VA-10, R)
Representative C. William Young (FL-10, R)
Representative Donald E. Young (AK-AL, R)

[eqfan592]

6. WOOT! YOU JUST MADE MY DAY!!!!! Senator Russell D. Feingold (WI, D) FTW!!

I was hoping to see his name included on this list. He's been coming around on the firearms issue for a few years now, and I'm glad to see he continues to go in the right direction!!!

Sorry, he's my favorite Senator, and not just because he represents my state, and I would have been very disappointed if his name hadn't been on there. :)

[DonP]

7. This must be an NRA hoax!!! You can't fool us!

We all know that no pro gun issue would ever have any "real" Democrats supporting it.

(Glad to see my Rep. Halvorson supporting it. She got some solid support from the NRA and the Illinois State Rifle Assn. in the last election too. I expect her to get it again next year.)

Somebody book mark this for the next idiot that tells us that "All real Dems are for gun control".

[eqfan592]

8. Big time.

I'd like anybody to try and say that Sen. Feingold isn't a "real" Dem.

[DonP]

9. We seem to have a lot of "newbies" here

from time to time.

I think they came of age when Clinton was in office and actually think that they were the standard for all Dems for all time.

They have no idea what Kennedy or Humphrey stood for and think that Dem party history started the day they graduated from High School. They are annoying little twerps for the most part and think they can define who is and isn't a real Dem.

Sucks to be them these days.

[eqfan592]

10. I technically "came of age" under clinton as well.

So we're not all of us are of the same mind ;)

[spin]

11. There's a lot of Democrats on that list...

take note, liberal gun grabbers!

[PavePusher]

12. And no-one from Vermont.

Did I miss one? For the first time ever, I am ashamed of my home state.

[Euromutt]

14. Don't feel too bad

The signatories from Washington state are the three Republican representatives; neither of our senators (both Dems) and none of our Democratic reps, even though at least two of them (including my own) get passing grades from the NRA-PVF.

[proteus_lives]

13. Good News! Good News!

:thumbsup: