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671 documents for Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

- Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Why America Should Care That Judge Alito Would Have Struck Down Federal Ban On Machine Guns
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judge Samuel A. Alito's judicial views pose serious dangers to the safety of our communities, our families, and our children, as evidenced by his troubling dissent in U.S. v. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3rd Cir. 1996). For this reason, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence announced its opposition to Judge Alito's nomination to the United States Supreme Court last month. (It is the first time in its history that the Brady Center has opposed a Supreme Court nomination.) In the Rybar case, Judge Alito concluded that the federal machine gun ban is an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional power under the Commerce Clause. Alito attempted to erect arbitrary hurdles to Congressional efforts to reduce the availability of machine guns to the criminal elem...
- U.S. Newswire
- January 09, 2006
- Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and its sister organization the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence are dedicated to redu...
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- Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: Judge Alito Refuses to Back Down From View That Federal Machine Gun Ban Is Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Under questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Supreme Court nominee Judge Alito today refused to back down from his dangerous dissent in U.S. v. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3rd Cir. 1996), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 807 (1997), in which he found that the federal machine gun ban is unconstitutional. In an exchange with Sen. Schumer (D-N.Y.) today, Judge Alito refused to change his view despite being confronted with a June 2005 Supreme Court ruling where six Justices, including Justice Scalia, repudiated Judge Alito's view, leading the High Court to later vacate the only court ruling that had struck down the machine gun ban.
- U.S. Newswire
- January 12, 2006

- Film Profiles Victim's Efforts in Gun Control
The story of Colin Goddard's evolution from Virginia Tech shooting survivor to gun control advocate will be screened this month at the Sundance Film Festival, and soon in Blacksburg just steps away from the Tech campus. Living for 32," a documentary produced by Maria Cuomo Cole and directed by Kevin Breslin, focuses on Goddard's experience of the 2007 campus tragedy in which 32 students and faculty died and how it led him to a career as a congressional lobbyist for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
- Roanoke Times & World News
- January 10, 2011
- Massachusetts High Court Rules That Homeowners Must Lock Up Their Guns, Says Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
BOSTON, June 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today in Jupin v. Kask that homeowners must ensure that firearms in their homes are secured from theft, or they may be held liable for shootings with stolen guns. This is the first time that a court in Massachusetts has ruled that a homeowner may be liable for a shooting with a gun stolen from a home. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence submitted a friend of the court brief in this case, supporting liability for homeowners who fail to safely store their firearms. The case involved the May 10, 1999, shooting of Westminster Police Officer Lawrence M. Jupin by Jason Rivers. Rivers shot Officer Jupin three times with a .357 Magnum handgun. Officer Jupin fell into a coma and died after 3 1/2 years in a...
- U.S. Newswire
- June 30, 2006
- Brady Center to File Amicus Brief in Case to Overturn City Gun Laws
A nonprofit group that favors stronger gun control wants a local U.S. district judge to throw out a case to overturn gun laws in Charleston, South Charleston and Dunbar. Lawyers for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence plan to file an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court's southern West Virginia district today asking that judges dismiss a case filed by the West Virginia Citizens Defense League against the cities of Charleston, South Charleston and Dunbar. Those cities have gun laws that ban carrying guns on city property, and Charleston additionally limits gun purchases to one per month and requires a three-day waiting period.
- Charleston Gazette
- April 15, 2011
- Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Holds Annual 'Stand Up for a Safe America'event, Oct. 23 ; Michael Douglas, Lewis Black, Richard Belzer, Geoffrey Canada,Michael Wolkowitz, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly Highlight Tonight's Event
To: Assignment Desk, Daybook Editor Contact: Zach Ragbourn of the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, 202-898-0792
- U.S. Newswire
- October 23, 2006
- Ten Years After Chicago Racial Killings, Brady Center Report Cites New Wave of Hate Shootings
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, +1-202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org
- U.S. Newswire
- July 02, 2009
- In New Book, 'Lethal Logic,' a Leading Advocate for Sensible Gun Laws Tears Down Gun Lobby's Bumper Sticker Slogans
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, +1-202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org
- U.S. Newswire
- June 23, 2009
- Brady Center Hails Court Ruling Blocking Domestic Abusers From Getting Guns
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, +1-202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org
- U.S. Newswire
- August 27, 2008