Second Amendment Cases

Here are decisions cited by liberal health groups against an individual right to bear arms under the Second Amendment:

The precedents relied upon by the amici brief of the American Public Health Association, et al.:

• Bach v. Pataki, 408 F.3d 75 (2d Cir. 2005)
• Day v. State, 37 Tenn. (5 Sneed) 496 (1858)
• Fresno Rifle and Pistol Club, Inc. v. Van de Kamp, 965 F.2d 723 (9th Cir. 1992)
• Love v. Pepersack, 47 F.3d 120 (4th Cir. 1995)
• Peoples Rights Org. v. City of Columbus, 152 F.3d 522 (6th Cir. 1998)
• Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886)
• Quilici v. Vill. of Morton Grove, 695 F.2d 261, (7th Cir. 1982), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 863 (1983)
• Robertson v. Baldwin, 165 U.S. 275 (1897)
• Silveira v. Lockyer, 312 F.3d 1052 (9th Cir. 2002)
• Stevens v. United States, 440 F.2d 144 (6th Cir. 1971)
• Thomas v. Members of City Council of Portland, 730 F.2d 41 (1st Cir. 1984)
• United States v. Darrington, 351 F.3d 632 (5th Cir. 2003)

The precedents relied upon by the amici brief of the American Academy of Pediatrics, et al.:

• Gabree v. King, 614 F.2d 1 (1st Cir. 1980)
• Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1 (2005)
• Osborne v. Ohio, 495 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Purity Extract and Tonic Co. v. Lynch, 226 U.S. 192 (1922)
• Quilici v. Morton Grove, 695 F.2d 261 (7th Cir. 1982)

The above amici briefs completely ignore the following precedents:

• United States v. Emerson, 270 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001)
• Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)