Representatives Robert A. Brady (D-PA), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), et al.
Amici Curiae
Scott E. Gant, Counsel of Record RepresentativesBrady, Conyers, and Davis are joined in this brief by 15 other Members of theHouse of Representatives. Scott E. Gant is a partner with the law firm Boies,Schiller & Flexner, where he specializes in constitutional law, antitrust,commercial litigation, and media law. He received his law degree from HarvardUniversity in 1995. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2008. Thedecision below reads the Second Amendment as creating an individual right topossess firearms for purposes unrelated to the preservation or efficiency…