NRA Pouring Millions into Failed Attempts to Attack Anti-Gun Laws
Monday, October 10, 2011

The National Rifle Association (NRA) has not enjoyed the legal success it anticipated after the U.S. Supreme Court three years ago affirmed the right to own handguns while striking down the District of Columbia’s tough gun-control law.
The NRA since then has spent millions of dollars on lawyers to challenge state gun laws, believing the 2008 District of Columbia v. Hellerdecision signaled the judicial system was on its side. Instead, the gun-rights organization has lost numerous court cases, including in Second Amendment-friendly Texas, where a judge ruled against the NRA’s effort to give teenagers the right to buy semi-automatic handguns.
“Never before have so many courts so cogently affirmed the constitutionality of so many strong gun laws in such a short span of time,” wrote Dennis Henigan, acting president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.
The NRA suffered another significant setback when it tried to rollback more gun control laws in DC, going after the city’s ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and ammunition, as well as its mandatory handgun registration. The D.C. Circuit Court rejected the challenge, ruling the district’s toughest-in-the-nation gun laws did not infringe on the core of the Second Amendment.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
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