Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, et al.
Amici Curiae
James C. Ho, Counsel of Record Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, Georgia, and Alabama are joined in this brief by 33 other States. James C. Ho was appointed solicitor general for the State of Texas in April 2008. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 23, 2009. The Second Amendment expressly provides that “[a] well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” Accordingly, in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008),…
