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TABLE OF CONTENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE OF APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TABLE OF CITED AUTHORITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INTERESTS OF AMICUS CURIAE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
ARGUMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
I.
T H E I N T ERV EN T ION OF T H I S
COURT IS NECESSARY TO QUELL
THE MAELSTROM OF DECISIONS
ERODING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER
THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION . . . . . . . .1
I.A.
I.B.
T H E C OU RT I S N EEDED
TO CONDUCT A CRITICAL
E X A M I N A T IO N O F T H E
RECORD ON APPEAL AND
T O I S SU E A RU LI NG I N
ACCORDA NCE WITH FED.
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II. THE COMMON USE STANDARD
FROM HELLER IS NOT PROTECTING
OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS UNDER
THE SECOND AMENDMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . .
II.A.
II.B.
III. T H E C O U R T S B E L O W A R E
C AV I N G I N T O E M O T I O N A L
PR E S SU R E A N D N EGL EC T I NG
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III.A.
NUMEROUS JUDGES A RE
HIDING BEHIND QUESTIONS
OF BU R DEN T O AVOI D
PRO T ECTING OU R CI V IL
LI BERT I E S U N DER T H E
SECOND AMENDMENT. . . . . . . . . .18
III.B.
CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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APPENDIX A A LISTING OF THE AMICI . . . . .
APPENDIX B NATIONAL FIREARMS
A C T R E G I S T E R E D W E A P ON S B Y
STATE, DATED FEBRUARY 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . .
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CASES
Abramski v. United States,
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Brown v. Bd. of Educ.,
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Korematsu v. United States,
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Marbury v. Madison,
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Texas v. Johnson,
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U.S. v. VA,
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Whitney v. Cal.,
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Amici
Amicus Curiae
Amici
Amici
ARGUMENT
I.
Amici
Amici
Heller3
I.A.
feel
IL
McDonald
Heller
4
Kolbe v. Hogan
rehg granted
4
5
No
Heller, supra,
Marbury v. Madison,
United States,
v. Bd. of Educ.,
Korematsu v.
Brown
McDonald
Henderson
.
Heller
et seq
McDonald
Abramski,
I.B.
Heller
Heller, McDonald, Henderson,
7
Heller, McDonald, Henderson,
Abramski,
Amici
Amicus Curiae
Assn. v. Cuomo
LEXIS 18121 (2015); appealed sub nom. Shew v. Malloy, petition
N.B.:
Amicus Curiae
8
10
11
12
13
14
15
Heller
10
Shew v. Malloy
Hogan
Assn. v. Cuomo
Friedman
certiorari
Heller
Kolbe v.
e.g.,
Friedman, id.
Amicus Curiae.
Amici
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Amici
Robinson v. Cuomo,
11
II.A.
Heller
Heller.
Pistol Assn. v. Cuomo
sub nom. Shew v. Malloy, supra.
appealed
Id.,
Shew v. Malloy,
12
affd in part, revd in part,
,
LEXIS 18121 (2015), appealed sub nom. Shew,
supra.
Id.,
,
affd in part, revd in part,
, 804
appealed sub nom. Shew, supra.
Kolbe,
supra
Kolbe,
id.,
13
Park,
415.
Hogan,
Id.,
Kolbe v.
affm in part, vacated
Highland Park
Friedman v. City of
14
affd
cert. denied, supra.
Heller
Heller
II.B.
T H E F I R E A R M I S T H E O N LY
CONSUMER PRODUCT PROTECTED
BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS. WELLE S TA B L I S H E D F E D E R A L L AW
A N D THE FIREA RMS IN DUSTRY
REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FIX THE SNARL OF LOWER COURT
DECISIONS CHILLING MILLIONS OF
LAW-ABIDING FIREARMS OWNERS.
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Heller
Heller,
supra,
per se
Heller
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20. N.B.:
Heller,
17
21
Heller, supra,
Amicus Curiae
Supra,
21. Sub nom. Shew, supra,
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Henderson
Heller
Abramski, supra
certiorari
manner
prohibition
Malloy,
supra,
supra,
Shew v.
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NYSRPA
Kolbe v. Hogan,
supra,
Kolbe,
DMD, supra,
C.f., Friedman,
supra,
supra,
Heller,
McDonald, supra,
Heller
21
McDonald, supra,
Hellers
Heller
Kolbe,
Chester.
supra,
22
Texas v. Johnson
McDonald, supra,
Heller, supra,
23
post hoc
U.S. v. VA, 518 U.S. 515, 533,
NYSRPA, supra,
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CONCLUSION
Heller,
Id.
Heller
Heller, supra,
Heller
Amicus Curiae
Heller
Heller,
supra,
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amended by
amended by
et seq., repealed by
et seq.
APPENDIX
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A OF THE AMICI
APPENDIX A Appendix
A LISTING
The Shooters Committee on Political Education is
a statewide organization founded in 1965, by a group of
amicus
The 110 Rod and Gun Club, Inc.
Appendix A
3a
Appendix A
The Barre Sportsmens Club, Inc
Inc
Appendix A
5a
Appendix A
Club
6a
Appendix A
Cortland County Committee of SCOPE
7a
Appendix A
The
Appendix A
The Eden-North Collins Gun Club, Inc. features
9a
Appendix A
Evans Rod and Gun Club, Inc.
Appendix A
Finger La kes Resou rce Conser vation a nd
Development Council, Inc.
11a
Appendix A
Glenville Fish and Game Club, Inc.
Appendix A
The Holland Rod & Gun Club, Inc.
13a
Appendix A
Junior Wilson Sportsmens Club, Inc. was founded
Appendix A
Club, Inc.
15a
Appendix A
The Monroe County Chapter of SCOPE sees its
16a
Appendix A
17a
Appendix A
North County Chapter of SCOPE
Inc
Appendix A
Ontario County Chapter of SCOPE
of SCOPE
Inc
19a
Appendix A
Inc
Appendix A
Putnam County Chapter of SCOPE brings forward
Appendix A
Appendix A
Inc
Appendix A
The Seneca County Committee of SCOPE is on
th
generation dairy
Appendix A
Appendix A
Inc
New York
TEA
Appendix A
Tioga County Committee of SCOPE
Appendix A
Ulster County Committee of SCOPE
Appendix A
West Mountain Rod & Gun Club, Inc.
Appendix A
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Appendix B FIREARMS ACT
APPENDIX B NATIONAL
REGISTERED WEAPONS BY STATE, DATED
FEBRUARY 2015
FOLDOUT
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Appendix B
FOLDOUT
Any Other
Weapon 1
Destructive
Device2
Machinegun 3
Silencer4
Short Barreled
Rifle5
Short Barreled
Shotgun 6
Total
1,154
320
602
1,165
3,856
953
708
69
32
3,436
1,856
34
877
637
980
1,579
701
1,080
538
838
987
570
1,122
2,646
1,369
419
435
894
202
734
437
427
302
786
1,831
1,858
1,158
1,540
2,104
41
692
350
1,582
6,740
458
2,834
226
1,848
762
446
302
6
74,778
4,499
44,239
82,271
245,524
43,200
11,603
38,427
2,454
144,313
59,799
6,701
24,563
18,016
88,946
40,044
21,522
25,166
49,929
14,473
49,531
3,134
23,865
41,948
29,468
9,064
3,506
83,200
1,817
6,190
4,033
41,823
77,700
34,306
39,744
76,872
15,408
20,088
159,048
3,118
32,245
3,693
38,172
200,870
15,410
187,526
2,429
40,925
29,197
13,705
118,123
359
18,212
1,674
5,140
15,987
29,550
6,629
26,741
4,466
591
33,435
28,046
410
3,455
4,053
26,086
18,754
3,660
12,605
6,623
6,985
25,548
4,698
12,247
9,307
9,389
4,137
2,299
11,461
1,568
2,190
8,034
7,621
3,819
8,904
12,366
19,641
8,908
6,436
17,928
647
8,113
1,634
13,415
33,548
6,533
32,685
1 '116
4,191
6,762
2,863
1,748
215
15,501
3,527
12,218
25,642
11,091
15,050
7,432
285
294
50,422
59,942
139
793
19,167
1,641
27,329
6,080
20,650
18,855
9,156
10,822
2,061
7,898
1,270
12,366
8,289
5,220
18,432
3,745
4,880
7,271
1,081
4,943
14,310
3,383
25,383
27,870
15,589
27,021
28
20,298
5,649
16,860
130,767
50,291
26,881
72
18,027
9,100
4,199
3,044
18
2,550
1,162
2,159
8,996
9,058
4,094
2,406
787
174
14,872
7,500
58
470
2,231
2,066
3,984
1,964
2,388
2,981
1,975
3,489
1,640
1,478
1,969
3,423
1,416
912
5,443
532
1,156
2,822
1,105
1,803
4,886
4,435
5,603
3,230
3,698
6,561
108
3,078
474
4,759
23,840
3,214
11,023
221
2,632
2,712
1,194
571
12
2,224
1,242
1,067
2,054
13,185
1,526
987
1,091
542
7,913
11,019
61
959
456
1,702
8,696
899
1,739
1,679
1,006
4,242
442
1,181
1,099
2,460
756
426
2,858
258
806
464
2,555
653
898
7,921
5,910
1,639
1,400
12,715
112
3,886
189
5,913
7,420
1,287
7,285
135
804
1,189
1,008
388
47
114,419
12,424
65,425
136,115
312,264
71,452
49,877
45,125
4,087
254,391
168,162
7,403
31 '117
44,560
121,421
100,386
34,826
63,628
80,605
34,433
94,619
12,545
47,791
58,239
58,475
24,081
12,798
122,288
8,122
15,956
23,061
54,612
89,220
64,090
69,680
135,267
58,213
48,751
225,377
4,054
68,312
11,989
80,701
403,185
77,193
268,234
4,199
68,427
49,722
23,415
124,176
657
57,523
2,446,984
543,073
792,282
181,314
138,393
4,159,569
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The term "any other weapon" means any weapon or device capable of being .concealed on the person from which a shot can be discharged through the
energy of an explosive, a pistol or revolver having a barrel with a smooth bore designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell, weapons with
combination shotgun and rifle barrels 12 inches or more, less than 18 inches in length, from which only a single discharge can be made from either
barrel without manual reloading, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire. Such term shall not include a pistol or a
revolver having a rifled bore, or rifled bores, or weapons designed, made, or intended to be fired from the shoulder and not capable of firing fixed
ammunition.
2 Destructive
device generally is defined as (a) Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas (1) bomb, (2) grenade, (3) rocket having a propellant charge of
more than 4 ounces, (4) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, (5) mine, or (6) device similar to any of the
devices described in the preceding paragraphs of this definition; (b) any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell which the Director finds
is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes) by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a
projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of more than one-half inch in diameter; and (c) any
combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any device into any destructive device described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this
section and from which a destructive device may be readily assembled. The term shall not include any device which is neither designed nor redesigned
for use as a weapon; any device, although originally designed for use as a weapon, which is redesigned for use as a signaling, pyrotechnic, line
throwing, safety, or similar device; surplus ordnance sold, loaned, or given by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to the provisions of section 4684(2),
4685, or 4686 of title 10, United States Code; or any other device which the Director finds Is not likely to be used as a weapon, is an antique, or is a rifle
which the owner intends to use solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes.
3 Machinegun
is defined as any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot,
without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed
and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any
combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
4
Silencer is defined as any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or
redesigned, and intended for the use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such
assembly or fabrication.
5 Short-barreled
rifle is defined as a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length, and any weapon made from a rifle, whether by
alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches.
Short-barreled shotgun is defined as a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length, and any weapon made from a shotgun,
whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches.
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