Argument: Numerous DC groups and organizations oppose the ban

Supporting Evidence

• Emma Schwartz, “A Key Case on Gun Control”, ”In a landmark case, the Supreme Court considers just how far the Second Amendment’s freedoms go”, USNews, Posted March 6, 2008 “That essential argument has the backing of scores of supporters, some of them unlikely bedfellows, from Vice President Dick Cheney to the Association of Physicians and Surgeons to Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. One brief was filed by Pink Pistols, a gay and lesbian firearms group whose motto is “Armed gays don’t get bashed.” Likewise, a group of female state legislators has argued that armed women are better able to protect themselves”