Obsolete Weapons

December, 2010

NEW GUN-RIGHTS ADVOCATES DILUTE THE NRAS POWERThe "class project." The taunt still rankles Alan Gura, the civil liberties lawyer who successfully argued District of Columbia v. Heller before the Supreme Court in 2008. The landmark case ruled parts of" Washington, D.C.'s sweeping gun ban unconstitutional. "Class project" was a National Rifle Association lobby­ist's dismissive tag for the legal campaign designed by an implausible collection of libertarian lawyers and polic...