The American Hunters and Shooters Association once again proves itself an enemy of gun rights.

They have filed an amicus brief in the D.C. v. Heller case. Their argument is that the Second Amendment is based upon both an individual and collective rights theory. Additionally they argue that D.C.'s gun law is a violation of the D.C. home rule law. They seem quite proud of the fact that they argue that the D.C. gun ban should be shot down for non-Constitutional reasons.

The home rule argument is key. If the Supreme Court was to shoot down the D.C. gun law based upon a home rule argument, they can continue their seventy year tradition and bypass any ruling on the Constitutional bounds of the Second Amendment.

Shaping their arguments they way they did, they can:

• Claim to support the Second Amendment by fighting for the downfall of the D.C. gun laws,
• Protect every other gun law in the nation by getting the D.C. law overturned based upon a violation of D.C. home rule.
• Attempt to take credit for overturning the D.C. gun law. 

If effect, the AHSA acts to neuter the efforts of every person that has worked on Parker v. D.C. and D.C. v. Heller.

Consider them as trying to win the battle and lose our war. 

Update: ThirdPower goes into detail in Brady sockpuppet submit Amici.

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