This is the list of those persons and organizations that have filed “friend of the court” briefs for the defendants (D.C.) in the Heller vs. D.C. case, currently scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court of the U.S. Sadly, the list includes our own U.S. Department of Justice.

Each of these entities believes that you have no right to defend yourself in your own home.

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  • Janet Reno, et al. [remember the Waco Massacre? - ed]
  • National Network to End Domestic Violence
  • American Jewish Committee, et al.
  • New York, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey
  • Territory of Puerto Rico
  • American Bar Association
  • Brady Center
  • U.S. Department of Justice [see this post - ed]
  • 18 Members of Congress
  • NAACP Legal Defense Fund
  • Criminal Justice Professors
  • District Attorneys for Cities of San Francisco, New York
  • American Academy of Pediatrics [see this post - ed]
  • City of Chicago
  • Winkler, Chemerinsky
  • American Public Health Association
  • Appleseed Center, et al.
  • Violence Policy Center
  • Anti-Defamation League [see this post - ed]

The founders of the republic intended for all of us to be able to defend ourselves from tyranny of the exact nature advocated by these “friends.”

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that the source for the above information is NRA-ILA and the DC Gun Case Blog, the latter being Heller’s attorneys.