PIML 96061802 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: From: "Cravens, Roger D." Subject: FW: $5.00 to take 2nd to the Supreme Court? Date: Mon, 17 Jun 96 09:22:00 EST From: firearms-alert-errors To: firearms-alert Subject: $5.00 to to take 2nd to the Supreme Court? Date: Sunday, June 16, 1996 6:33AM Please read the attached. The Federal 9th Circuit of Appeals has trashed the 2nd Amendment in Hickman v. Block. Well, here is what you have been waiting for probably almost all of your life, a chance for a 2nd Amendment case to go before the Supreme Court. Send $5.00 to the address at the end of this message and help it happen. I am writing my check right now. It's my Father's Day present to myself. Regards, Lawrence Kennon ------------ TEXT ATTACHMENT -------- SENT 06-16-96 FROM KENNON_LARRY @AUSTIN 9th Circuit Court Trashes 2d Amendment In a decision that annihilates the 2d Amendment, the federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in _Hickman v. Block_ that a "plain reading" of the Second Amendment reveals that the true intent of the Amendment was only to protect a right of the states to maintain militias and not to protect an individual right. The Lawyers' Sec-ond Amendment Society (LSAS) views the decision as a very bad and very significant one that needs to be appealed, and is now attempting to raise the $50,000 needed to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, it is attempting to get a rehearing en banc, by the full 9th Circuit Court to review the opinion that was issued by a 3 judge panel. LSAS noted that the opinion was fraught with factual errors that reveal the poor scholarship of the judges who wrote it. For example, LSAS pointed out footnote 10 of the opinion, where the court stated "the Second Amendment is not incorporated into the Bill of Rights." !!! (The first 10 amendments *are* the Bill of Rights). Furthermore, in its discussion of the _US v. Miller_ case, LSAS noted that "the Court in Hickman did not carefully read _Miller_ because it erroneously stated Miller had been convicted at trial, rather than acquitted, and that Miller, rather than the U.S., was the appellant." LSAS feels the time is ripe for a Second Amendment case to be brought before the Supreme Court, which has been dodging the issue for many years. It feels that Hickman is the case. In it's latest newsletter, LSAS argued: We actually have little to lose by appealing. As it is, Congress, the courts, and most legislatures are already proceeding on the assumption that the Second Amendment protects only a "state's right." This is why we have some 20,000 gun control laws nationwide, including the Brady law and the "assault weapon: ban. If we lose, then we are merely back where we started; namely, in the political arena where such national groups as the NRA have proven so effective. . . . On the other hand, if we win the benefits are myriad. In a nutshell, a win would cut off gun control at the knees. . . . **************************************************************************** The LSAS is soliciting donations for this effort of $5.00 per person. Send checks payable to "The LSAS Trust Fund" to 18034 Ventura Blvd., #329, Encino, CA 91316. **************************************************************************** LSAS email alerts can be obtained by writing LSAS3@aol.com. Peaceable Texans for Firearm Rights 1300 Guadalupe, Ste. 202, Austin, TX 78701 512-476-2299, fax 476-4974 http://www.io.com/~velte/pt.htm ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.