Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., Second Amendment Sisters, Inc., Women Against Gun Control, et al.
Amici Curiae
Shannon Lee Goessling, Counsel of Record The parties inthis brief are eight organizations and individuals that promote Second Amendmentrights. Shannon Lee Goessling is Executive Director and Chief Legal Counsel of Southeastern LegalFoundation. She received her law degree from Emory University in 1993. Thefollowing is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court onFebruary 11, 2008. Thisright to use a handgun or firearm for self-defense is especially important towomen, the elderly, and the physically disabled because their physicalcharacteristics make them the most vulnerable to attack. A firearm makes women,the elderly, and the physically…
