Man Who Failed to Rewrite Second Amendment Asks SCOTUS to Finish the Job
We're probably going to see well over a dozen amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court this week in support of the "assault weapon" bans being challenged in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins. The deadline to file is this Wednesday, and the first brief to officially be received is now online and ready to be perused. I can only hope that every amicus brief that follows is as bizarre as the one submitted by attorney David A. Robinson, but he's set a pretty high bar. Jane: “Can a gun shoot 30 people in 30 seconds?” Teacher: “Guns don’t shoot people. People shoot people. A gun is an inanimate object. It can’t do any harm itself. Yes, a rifle called an AR-15 can enable the rifleman to shoot 30 people in 30 seconds.” Jane: “Why do they allow a gun like that? Why does anyone need a gun like that?” Teacher: “The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says you have the right to…
