Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William Bryan Mateja (argued), Lubbock, TX, John F. DePue (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Criminal Div. Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Peter Michael Fleury, Asst. Federal Public Defender, David Michael Guinn, Jr., Timothy William Crooks (argued), Federal Public Defender's Office, Fort Worth, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.
Ralph H. Brock, Lubbock, TX, for Amicus Curiae, pro se.
Eric Jon Mogilnicki, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, Laura Ann Heymann, America Online, Inc., Dulles, VA, for Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Ass'n, International Ass'n of Chiefs of Police International Brotherhood of Police, Organizations, Legal Community Against Gun Violence, Major Cities Chiefs, National Ass'n of Police Organizations, National Black Police Ass'n, National Ass'n of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Police Executive Research Forum, Police Foundation and Hispanic American Police Command Officers Ass'n, Amici Curiae.
Stuart Jay Land, Arnold & Porter, Washington, DC, Marc Andrew Silverman, Arnold & Porter, New York City, for Educational Fund to End Handgun Violence, Amicus Curiae.
David Yassky, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, for Bruce Ackerman, Joyce Appleby, Jack M. Balkin, Michael Bellesiles, Adele Bernhard, Ruth Bloch, Carl T. Bogus, Frank Bowman, John Brooke, Chandos Michael Brown, Darryl Brown, Edwin G. Burrows, Andrew Cayton, Edwin Chermerinsky, Saul Cornell, Edward Countryman, John Dipippa, Michael Dorf, Norman Dorsen, David Dow, Susan R. Estrich, Heidi Li Feldman, Hendrik G. Hartog, Bruce Hay, Don Higginbotham, Peter Charles Hoffer, Nancy Isenberg, Sheri L. Johnson, Stanley N. Katz, Arthur Lafrance, Jan Lewis, Jill Lepore, Rory K. Little, Mari J. Matsuda, Andrew J. McClurg, Frank Michelman, Dawn Nunziato, Michael Perlin, Carl Prince, Norman L. Rosenberg, Malinda L. Seymore, Peter Shane, Billy G. Smith, Peter J. Strauss, Richard Uviller, Spencer Weber Waller, Eldon D. Wedlock, Jr., Leila Sadat Wexler, Welsh S. White, Steve Winter and Michael Zucherman, Amici Curiae, pro se.
Richard Brudzynski, Dayton, OH, for Potomac Institute, Amicus Curiae.
Fernando R. Laguarda, Valerie E. Hurt, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Washington, DC, for National Network to End Domestic Violence Fund, Texas Council on Family Violence, Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence, YMCA of the USA, NY Sister's Place, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, One Voice/The American Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Kentucky Domestic Violence Ass'n, Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, Michigan Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence, New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, New Maine York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Amici Curiae.
Brannon P. Denning, Southern Illinois University, School of Law, Carbondale, IL, for Ethan Allen Institute and Heartland Institute, Amici Curiae.
Stephen P. Halbrook, Fairfax, VA, for Texas Justice Foundation, Amicus Curiae.
David Benjamn Kopel, Independence Institute, Golden, CO, for Independence Institute, Amicus Curiae.
Charles Justin Cooper (argued), Cooper, Carwin & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for State of Alabama, Amicus Curiae.
Richard E. Gardiner, Fairfax, VA, for Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
James H. Jeffries, III, Greensboro, NC, for Gun Owners Foundation, Amicus Curiae.
David John Schenck, Robert H. Mow, Jr., Hughes & Luce, Robert Anthony Montserrat, Dallas, TX for Texas State Rifle Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.
Aaron Ray Clements, Hurley, Reyes & Guinn, Lubbock, TX, for Second Amendment Foundation, Amicus Curiae.
Hugo Teufel, III, Matthew Yager Biscan, Hall & Evans, Denver, CO, Anita Katherine Blair, Welty & Blair, Arlington, VA, for Independent Women's Forum and Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, Amicus Curiae.
Robert J. Dowlut, National Rifle Ass'n of America, Fairfax, VA, for National Rifle Ass'n of America, Amicus Curiae.
Stefan Bijan Tahmassebi, National Rifle Ass'n of America, Fairfax, VA, for Congress of Racial Equality, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Academics of the Second Amendment, Amicus Curiae.
Shawn Timothy Newman, Olympia, WA, for Citizen Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Amicus Curiae.
Thomas D. Strodtman, Bamberger & Feibleman, Indianapolis, IN, for Women Against Gun Control, Southern States Police Benevolent Ass'n and Jews for the Preservation of Firearm Ownership, Amici Curiae.
Peter Goldberger, Law Office of Peter Goldberger, Admore, PA, for National Ass'n of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.
Before GARWOOD, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
