Everytown to Supreme Court: NRA Affiliates Case Rests on Distorted Telling of History – YubaNet

NEW YORK, September 21, 2021 Everytown for Gun Safety, the nations largest gun violence prevention organization, today filed an amicus brief in the U. S. Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a case challenging the constitutionality under the Second Amendment of a New York law regulating the concealed carry of firearms in public. Everytowns brief explains the constitutionality of the law by:

In this latest attempt to force their dangerous views on the Second Amendment on the rest of the country, opponents of strong gun laws are relying on a distorted telling of history, said Eric Tirschwell, executive director of Everytown Law, the litigation team affiliated with Everytown for Gun Safety. The last time this NRA affiliate argued before the Supreme Court, just two years ago, it was unsuccessful in advancing its extreme and dangerous position. While the courts makeup has changed since then, the Second Amendment has not. As communities across the country grapple with increased gun violence, its particularly important that the high court get this case right, too.

Everytown Law is representing Everytown for Gun Safety in this matter along with the law firm Gupta Wessler PLLC. The Everytown Law attorneys on the brief are Eric Tirschwell, Janet Carter, William Taylor, Lisa Ebersole, and Carina Bentata.

Key quotes from the brief:Public-carry laws like the one at issue here enjoy an almost singularly impressive historical lineage among firearms regulations.Herenot only is there a long tradition of regulating public carry, but even the uncontested history is longstanding: The petitioners do not dispute that dozens of states and cities from the mid-19th-century to the early-20th century enacted laws that were at least as restrictive -4- as New Yorks law. When this unrebutted history is added to the long tradition of public-carry regulations, there can be no doubt that New Yorks law is constitutional.

To set aside the body of historical evidence in this case, while claiming the mantle of originalism, would only serve to diminish itreducing the methodology to little more than an exercise in picking out ones friends in a crowd of historical sources.

About Everytown Law Everytown Law, the litigation arm of Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, is the largest team of litigators in the U.S. working full-time on advancing gun violence prevention in the courts. Everytown Law fights for the right of every individual to live free from gun violence, including challenging dangerous gun laws, defending gun safety laws against Second Amendment and preemption challenges, and representing survivors of gun violence seeking accountability and reform from the gun industry. Learn more about Everytown Law at http://www.everytownlaw.org.

Everytown Law regularly posts commentary and analysis on firearms litigation issues and developments at https://medium.com/everytown-law.

About Everytown for Gun Safety Everytown for Gun Safety is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly six million supporters and more than 375,000 donors including moms, mayors, survivors, students, and everyday Americans who are fighting for common-sense gun safety measures that can help save lives. Learn more at http://www.everytown.org and follow us @Everytown.

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