New amicus brief filed by Second Amendment Law Center, written by Stephen Halbrook.

“The AR-15 falls within the historical tradition of the right to effective arms for defense of self and state and other lawful purposes. The English freeman had a right and duty to be armed.

From colonial times to the Revolution and beyond, effective arms were critical to the Americans. In reaction to arms confiscation by the British, the colonists asserted their right to keep and use their militia arms in defense of liberty.

The Second Amendment was understood to guarantee a robust concept of the “Arms” that the people have a right to keep and bear.”