Back from SHOT, still organizing pix and writeups. More soon.
In the meantime, I loved Alan Gura’s snarky response to the NRA’s attorney Paul Clement stealing some of Gura’s oral argument time in McDonald:
“The suggestion that I wouldn’t present all the arguments to the Court was uncalled for. I hope that this time Paul understands that handgun bans are unconstitutional.â€
Y’all who are non-lawyers may not get this, but that’s about as pissed-off rude as lawyers can be to each other in public. Snarky!
(By way of background, at GBR-IV Gura was repeatedly interrupted by a particular blogger in the audience, and I just about died of embarrassment every time Gura felt it necessary to say “let me finish, please.” Lawyers are a lot of things, but they are above all else civil, and although I’m sure Gura was itching to say something much stronger, he just couldn’t do it. If he’d had to say that particular phrase in the courtroom, every other legal professional within hearing would think something along the lines of “Oooooh SNAP!” Look, when you’re in a roomful of people who are listening to Alan Gura and want to hear what he has to say, please exercise the discipline to wait until he’s finished, okay?)
Anyway, keeping the long view in mind, here’s Calguns’ own Gene Hoffman on the movement’s future goals:
NFA is a long ways off as well it should be. Going after the NFA soon is like asking the girl you just met in the bar if she’s into anal sex…
-Gene