We filed an amicus brief on Hemani's side, alongside our 2A partners. Kostas Moros, who runs our legal research and education department, walked the Court through the actual history in the brief: founding-era law went after people who were actively intoxicated, or who were so habitually impaired as to be unable to manage their affairs, and even then, it was temporary, and with a process attached.
This is a great win, and there’s a ton to be excited about. With one swipe of the pen, the Supreme Court has averted the potential disarmament of millions of peaceable people and reaffirmed that our fundamental rights under the Second Amendment are too valuable and too well protected. Critically, it also held the government to a very high standard in terms of the history it needed to justify its gun control - and found that the government had failed to meet that standard. We are encouraged and hopeful the Court will continue to hold the government to that same high standard in future Second Amendment cases. But there is plenty of work left to do. The Court decided Hemani's situation and deliberately left a stack of other questions for another day.
That's exactly why I'm writing. We have cases in front of judges right now over where people are allowed to carry, and over the firearms and magazines sitting in millions of American homes, with more working their way up toward the Justices. Every one of them costs money we don't have unless you help me find it.
The government can outspend us and wait us out. The only reason we keep winning anyway is that members like you refuse to let us run out of fuel.
So, I'm asking. Chip in today and help us pay for the next one.
