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• Fenty, Cheh, Tangherlini, Evans, Lanier, Catania, Barry, Alexander, June 26, 2008

  Gray, Nickles, Tangherlini, Cheh, Evans, Lanier, Wells, Catania, Barry, June 26, 2008

• Councilmember Phil Mendelson, testimony to the Zoning Commission on text amendments for firearms and firearm retail sales establishments, September 29, 2008
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Council Chairman Vincent Gray, letter to Congress asking that members not sign a discharge petition to allow a vote on HR1399, July 28, 2008
• Dick Anthony Heller, Absalom F. Jordan, Jr., and Amy McVey v. District of Columbia and Adrian M. Fenty, July 28, 2008
• Eleanor Holmes Norton, Press release on HR 1399, the District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, July 22, 2008
• Mayor Fenty, press release, Council Unveils Firearms Legislation and Regulations, July 14, 2008
• Acting Attorney General Peter Nickles, Order of amnesty for possession of registerable firearms, July 14, 2008
• “Firearms Control Emergency Amendment Act of 2008,” draft of July 14, 2008
• Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi, fiscal impact statement on “Firearms Control Emergency Amendment Act of 2008,” July 15, 2008
• Chief Cathy Lanier, notice of emergency and proposed rulemaking on firearms licensing and firearms dealer licensing, July 14, 2008
• Councilmember Phil Mendelson, statement on “Firearms Control Emergency Amendment Act of 2008,” July 14, 2008
• “Sense of the Council on Future Handgun Regulations Resolution of 2008,” July 1, 2008
• “Firearms Control Emergency Amendment Act of 2008,” draft of July 8, 2008; draft of June 30, 2008
  • “Firearms Control Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2008,” PR17-xxx
• Supreme Court upholds Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as an individual right, affirms Heller v. District of Columbia, June 26, 2008
  • Supreme Court opinion, Scalia majority decision, Stevens and Breyer dissents
  • Reactions from:
    • Mayor Adrian Fenty, Acting Attorney General Peter Nickles, MPD Chief Cathy Lanier
    • Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton
    • City Council Chairman Vincent Gray
    • Councilmember Marion Barry
    • Councilmember Phil Mendelson
    • Councilmember Muriel Bowser
    • Councilmember Kwame Brown
    • Stand Up! for Democracy in DC Coalition
    • US Conference of Mayors
    • Counsel representing the plaintiffs, Alan Gura, Clark Neely, Robert Levy
    • National Rifle Association
• Supreme Court oral argument in Heller v. District of Columbia, March 18, 2008
  • Audio from C-SPAN
  • Transcript in PDF format

• District of Columbia and Mayor Adrian Fenty, Brief for Petitioners in Heller v. District of Columbia, January 4, 2008
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release, “Walter E. Dellinger Named Lead Counsel on Gun Case as District Prepares to File Brief with High Court,” January 4, 2007
• District of Columbia and Mayor Adrian Fenty, Petition to the Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari in Heller v. District of Columbia and Adrian Fenty (formerly names Parker v. District of Columbia and Adrian Fenty), September 4, 2007
  • Mayor Adrian Fenty, Press release on petition, September 4, 2007
• Mayor Adrian Fenty, Chief of Police Cathy Lanier, Attorney General Linda Singer, 2006 Annual Report on Guns in the District of Columbia, August 15, 2007
• Press release: District of Columbia will appeal Parker v. District of Columbia and Adrian Fenty to Supreme Court, July 16, 2007
• District of Columbia, Attorney General Linda Singer, Mayor Adrian Fenty, request for rehearing en banc, April 9, 2007
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Parker v. District of Columbia and Adrian Fenty, March 9, 2007
  • Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, press release opposing US Court of Appeals opinion, March 9, 2007
  • Mayor Adrian Fenty, press release opposing US Court of Appeals opinion, March 9, 2007
  • Cato Institute press release, March 9, 2007
• HR 1399, District of Columbia Personal Protection Act, March 8, 2007
• Cato Legal Scholars File Second Amendment Challenge to Washington, D.C. Gun Ban, press release, February 10, 2003
  • Text of Lawsuit

For additional court materials in this case, see http://www.gurapossessky.com/news/parker/pleadings.html