International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association, International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, et al.
Amici Curiae
David B. Kopel, Counsel of Record The amici in this case are law enforcement organizations, a civil rights organization, scholars, and public policy research institutions. David B. Kopel is Research Director at the Independence Institute. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 23, 2009. Guns save lives. Criminological data, studies of criminals, and natural experiments show that American citizens frequently use firearms, especially handguns, for lawful self-defense. Because defensive arms are common in American homes, occupied homes in the U.S. are burglarized at a much lower…
