Janet Reno, Nicholas Katzenbach, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Jamie S. Gorelick, et al.
Amici Curiae
Robert A. Long, Jr., Counsel of Record Janet Renoserved as U.S. Attorney General from 1991 to 2000. She is joined in this briefby 12 other former officials of the Justice Department. Robert A. Long, Jr., isAssistant Chief Counsel of the law firm Long & Leahy. He received his lawdegree from Suffolk University in 1975. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on January 11, 2008. Gunviolence continues to exact a devastating toll on communities throughout theUnited States. Every year, thousands of homicides are committed with firearms,as are hundreds…
