Re: Silveira DENIED Certiorari

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 21:30:07 GMT, "Morton Davis"
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>
>"Mike Haas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> The United States Supreme Court announced this morning that it has DENIED
>> the Silveira vs. Lockyer Petition for Certiorari. The Supreme Court will
>not
>> hear the case.
>>
>> We should all be thankful for this. For reasons set out by long-respected
>> RKBA scholars, this case was disaster, now narrowly avoided for the most
>> part. See http://www.calgunlaws.com/ and http://NRAMembersCouncils.com/
>for
>> articles.
>>
>> RKBA legal experts strongly suggest that those wishing to support getting
>a
>> Second Amendment case before the Supreme Court send their money to support
>a
>> case that does NOT arise in the hostile Ninth Circuit or California.  Note
>> that there are two Second Amendment cases being litigated in the District
>of
>> Columbia now, one by the NRA and one by CATO Institute.
>>
>
>Gee, didn't folk just rant and rave about the NRA not doing anything in the
>courts?

Yep.  Most don't know of all the low profile gun cases the NRA funds
across the nation each year.   

The Silvera suit just wasn't one of them.  There's people I respect on
both sides of the aisle on this one.  My friends all believe that the
Second is an individual right, but they don't all agree that Silvera
was the best case to take to the SCOTUS.


Sam A. Kersh
NRA Endowment Member
L.E.A.A. Life Member
TSRA Life Member
GOA, JPFO, SAF
http://www.flash.net/~csmkersh/
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