Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John Parker Sweeney , Washington, DC, with whom James Michael Campbell , Akron, OH, Richard Paul Campbell , Campbell Campbell Edwards & Conroy PC, Boston, MA, T. Sky Woodward , Washington, DC, James W. Porter, III , Birmingham, AL, Marc A. Nardone , and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Washington, DC, were on brief, for appellants.
Ilya Shapiro , Trevor Burrus , Matthew Larosiere , Joseph G.S. Greenlee , and David B. Kopel on brief for Professors of Second Amendment Law, Cato Institute, Second Amendment Foundation, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Millennial Policy Center, and Independence Institute, amici curiae.
Dan M. Peterson , Dan M. Peterson PLLC, C. D. Michel , Sean A. Brady , Anna M. Barvir , and Michel & Associates, P.C., Long Beach, CA, on brief for Western States Sheriffs' Association, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, Law Enforcement Action Network, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, CRPA Foundation, International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, and Law Enforcement Alliance of America, amici curiae.
David H. Thompson , Washington, DC, Peter A. Patterson , Ada, MI, John D. Ohlendorf , and Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, Washington, DC, on brief for National Rifle Association of America, Inc., amicus curiae.
Julia E. Kobick , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General, William W. Porter and Elizabeth Kaplan , Assistant Attorneys General, and Gary Klein , Special Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellees.
Jonathan K. Baum , Chicago, IL, Mark T. Ciani , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, New York, NY, J. Adams Skaggs , and Hannah Shearer on brief for Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, amicus curiae.
Mariel Goetz , Kimberly A. Mottley , Laura Stafford , and Proskauer Rose LLP, Boston, MA, on brief for Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, amicus curiae.
Edward Notis-McConarty , M. Patrick Moore, Jr. , Boston, MA, Vanessa A. Arslanian , and Hemenway & Barnes LLP on brief for Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and Massachusetts Major City Chiefs of Police Association, amici curiae.
Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General of New Jersey, Andrew J. Bruck , Executive Assistant Attorney General, Jeremy M. Feigenbaum and Glenn Moramarco , Assistant Attorneys General, Melissa Medoway , Deputy Attorney General, Xavier Becerra , Attorney General of California, George Jepsen, Attorney General of Connecticut, Matthew P. Denn , Attorney General of Delaware, Russell A. Suzuki , Attorney General of Hawai`i, Tom Miller , Attorney General of Iowa, Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General of Maryland, Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General of Oregon, Josh Shapiro , Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Peter F. Kilmartin , Attorney General of Rhode Island, Mark R. Herring , Attorney General of Virginia, Thomas J. Donovan, Jr. , Attorney General of Vermont, Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General of Washington, Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, on brief for states of New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai`i, Iowa, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, amici curiae.
Eric Tirschwell , William J. Taylor, Jr. , Philadelphia, PA, Mark Anthony Frassetto , Deepak Gupta , Jonathan E. Taylor , West Palm Beach, FL, and Gupta Wessler PLLC, on brief for Everytown for Gun Safety, amicus curiae.
Albert W. Wallis , Elizabeth A. Ritvo , Boston, MA, Tristan G. Axelrod , Brown Rudnick LLP, Kenneth A. Sweder , and Sweder & Ross LLP, Boston, MA, on brief for Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, Islamic Society of Boston, Massachusetts Council of Churches, Union for Reform Judaism, Central Conference of American Rabbis, Women of Reform Judaism, and Men of Reform Judaism, amici curiae.
Ben T. Clements and Clements & Pineault, LLP, Boston, MA, on brief for Stop Handgun Violence, MA Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and Massachusetts General Hospital Gun Violence Prevention Coalition, amici curiae.
James Murray, pro se, on brief for James Murray, amicus curiae.
Before Barron, Circuit Judge, Souter, Associate Justice, and Selya, Circuit Judge.
