Appellant's brief in Parker v DC

The deadline to file was June 1st, and like clockwork the brief is available from the counsel's website. All the delays in getting this document posted and analyzed were mine; it's a big document, coming in at 80 pages, and took me a while to digest, and then even longer to put together an analysis. To support the depth of the document I will be maintaining a table of contents in this post, and linking to areas of deeper analysis from it.

Jurisdictional Statement
Statement of Issues
Statement of the Case
Statement of Facts
Summary of Argument

FOP I
FOP II

Argument

Standing

Failure to assert until prompted
Specific and Personal Threats of Prosecution

2nd Amendment

The Supreme Court has repeatedly suggested an individual right

Printz v United States
Lewis v United States

Implicit Adoption within this Circuit
The Clear Intent of the Framers
Textual Analysis

The Preamble does not limit the Right
The Militia is synonymous with The People
Consistent usage throughout the Bill of Rights
The Right to Privately Possess and Carry Ordinary Firearms
The District Court Failed To Address Plaintiffs? Arguments

The Possession of Ordinary Handguns is Protected
The Right to Keep and Bear functional Arms

Conclusion
Footnotes

Posted on 2006-06-02 05:51:35.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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