D.C. v. Heller

District of Columbia v. Heller is the most significant gun control case in the United States in about 70 years. The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit invalidated a gun control statute in the District of Columbia based on an interpretation that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own firearms. The D.C. statute had completely prohibited residents of the District of Columbia from possessing firearms in a manner compatible with self defense.

In 2007 the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to reconsider the appellate decision, and a decision is expected in June 2008. The following groups, none of which are known to be conservative, have filed amicus curiae briefs in favor of gun control in this case:

• Brief amicus curiae of Members of Congress filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, et al. filed.
• Brief amicus curiae of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Professors of Linguistics and English Dennis E. Baron, Richard W. Bailey, and Jeffrey P. Kaplan filed.
• Brief amici curiae of American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Violence Policy Center, et al. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Major American Cities, et al. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Law Professors Erwin Chemerinsky and Adam Winkler filed.
• Brief amici curiae of DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, et al. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of American Jewish Committee, et al. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Former Department of Justice Officials filed.
• Brief amicus curiae of American Bar Association filed.
• Brief amici curiae of New York, et al. filed.
• Brief amicus curiae of Professors of Criminal Justice filed.
• Brief amici curiae of National Network to End Domestic Violence, et al. filed.
• Brief amici curiae of American Public Health Association, et al. filed.
• Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.
• Brief amici curiae of District Attorneys filed.
• Brief amici curiae of Jack N. Rakove, et al. filed.