Gun Rights Policies with John Snyder: JFK, the NRA, & Heller – Three Degrees Of Separation
In front of the JFK bust at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, John Snyder talks with Dick Heller about NRA support for Heller’s Second Amendment challenge to DC gun control, noting that Kennedy was an NRA Life Member.
GunRightsPolicies.orgJohn M. Snyder
Manager
Telum Associates, LLC
Arlington, VA
202-239-8005
About John Snyder:
Named the Gun Dean by Human Events, “the senior rights activist in Washington” by Shotgun News, a “champion of the right to self-defense” by The Washington Times, and “dean of gun lobbyists” by The Washington Post and The New York Times, John M. Snyder has spent 45 years as a proponent of the individual Second Amendment civil right to keep and bear arms as a National Rifle Association editor, public affairs director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, treasurer of the Second Amendment Foundation, and founder of www.GunRightsPolicies.org.
A former Jesuit seminarian, Snyder is founder/manager of Telum Associates, LL.C., founder/chairman of the St. Gabriel Possenti Society, Inc., a director of Council for America, and serves on the boards of the National Association of Chiefs of Police and the American Federation of Police & Concerned Citizens. He is also the author of the book Gun Saint. Visit: www.GunRightsPolicies.org
D.C. v Heller and McDonald v Chicago need Supreme Court Clarification
D.C. v Heller and McDonald v Chicago were decided in favor of gun rights three and two years ago respectively. Those of us who cherish our 2nd Amendment Rights were jubilant that finally the Supreme Court cleared up the issue in our favor. But as FirearmsTruth reported back then, not all issues were clearly defined by The Court.
Guns and the Law Part I
Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the landmark case McDonald v. Chicago. Mr. McDonald lives in the city of Chicago and wants to own a handgun for self and home protection. His neighborhood is one of the most violent in the city but Chicago’s draconian gun laws makes handgun ownership nearly impossible for the average citizen. When the Supreme Court ruled in DC v. Heller that the gun laws in the District of Columbia were too strict and denied citizens their 2nd Amendment Rights, Mr. McDonald filed a similar suit. Read more
Washington Post Gets It Half Right
In an online editorial today, the Washington Post championed a change in gun control laws through the Supreme Court. Sometime next year The Court will hear McDonald v Chicago, in which Chicago residents challenged the constitutionality of that city’s broad and strict gun laws. Read more
Supreme Court Grants Cert For Local Gun Control Laws
The Supreme Court decided this morning to hear whether draconian local and state gun control laws violate the 2nd Amendment. These laws make legal ownership of firearms practically impossible because of bureaucratic hurdles and high fees that are structured to keep average citizens from exercising their 2nd Amendment Right. Don’t be surprised if anti-gun nuts gear up their propaganda and protest machine in an attempt to influence The Court. Read more
9th Circuit To Sit On 2nd Amendment Ruling
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held en banc arguments yesterday on a firearm rights case. Since the landmark case, DC v Heller, federal appellate courts have differed as to how Heller impacts state and local gun control laws. In Heller, the Supreme Court held that an individual has the right to own firearms on federal land and that the District of Colombia’s gun laws infringed on this right. The question now is how does the 2nd Amendment apply to the states? Read more
Will Nominee Sotomayor Support Firearm Rights
Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor has been meeting with senators this week in an attempt to drum up support for her bid to land the most prestigious legal position in the country. One of the concerns senators have with the nominee is her position on gun rights. If Sotomayor is confirmed by the Senate, her opinion on firearm ownership could impact the country for generations. Read more
