Following the Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, our fight to enact sensible gun laws will be undiminished by the Supreme Court's decision in the Heller case.

The Justices disagreed by the narrowest of margins, 5-4, on whether the Second Amendment provides an individual, non-militia based right to bear arms. But all nine Justices agreed that a wide variety of gun laws are presumptively constitutional.

Chapters in the News
Read the press coverage some of our Chapters' work has received recently:

• Greater Philadelphia Chapters' Coalition Partner Launches Billboard Campaign
  Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 2008
• Former St. Louis Chapter Leaders Run for State Legislature
  Webster-Kirkwood Times, July 18, 2008
• North Texas (Dallas) Chapter Opposes Reckless Push for Guns on Campus
  Houston Chronicle, July 12, 2008
• Essex County (NJ) Chapter Organize Rally to Support One-Handgun-a-Month Bill
  The Montclair Times, July 10, 2008
• New Jersey Chapters Assert That Second Amendment Guarantees Reasonable Restrictions On Guns And Gun Ownership
  New Jersey Times, July 7, 2008
• Sonoma County (CA) Chapter Challenges the Notion that Trusting Gun Owners Is Enough
  The Press Democrat, July 7, 2008
• Contra Costa County Chapter Not Discouraged by Supreme Court's Decision
  Contra Costa Times, July 4, 2008
• San Diego Chapter Highlights Scalia's Long-Standing Prohibitions Language in Letter
  San Diego Union-Tribune, July 4, 2008
• North Texas (Dallas) Chapter Argues 'Reasonable Restrictions' as Upshot of Decision
  Dallas Morning News, July 4, 2008
• North Texas (Dallas) Chapter Questions Sanity of Open Carry
  Star-Telegram, July 4, 2008
• California Chapters Support Legislation to Restrict Gun Sales at State-Owned Venue
  San Mateo County Times, June 29, 2008
• New Jersey Chapters Encouraged by Court's Continued Support of Sensible Restrictions on Gun Ownership
  Trenton Times, June 29, 2008
• North Suburban Chicagoland Chapter Urges Life-Saving Changes in Response to Court's Confirmation of Limits on Guns
  Chicago Sun-Times, June 29, 2008
• Solano County (CA) Chapter Supports Sensible Approach to Gun Violence Prevention
  Times-Herald, June 28, 2008
• West Metro Detroit Chapter Supports Court's Decision to Affirm Limitations On Access To Dangerous Weapons
  Detroit Free Press, June 28, 2008
• New Hampshire Chapter Encouraged by Court Finding Reasonable Gun Laws Constitutional
  Eagle-Tribune, June 27, 2008
• East Metro Detroit Chapter Supports Continued Reasonable Restrictions on Guns
  Macomb Daily, June 27, 2008
• Greater Philadelphia Chapter Calls for Common Sense Gun Laws After Court Ruling
  Sentinel, June 27, 2008