Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Amicus Curiae
Daniel L. Schmutter, Counsel of Record Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to preserving the individual right to keep and bear arms. Daniel L. Schmutter is a partner with the law firm Farer Fersko, where he specializes in commercial, trademark, and environmental law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 23, 2009. In his dissent in Silveira v. Lockyer (9th Cir. 2003), Judge Kozinski articulated the fundamental concept that “tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath…
