Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 13:49:57 -0400
From: alerts@gatekeeper.saf.org (SAF Alerts Account)
To: best-rkba@mainstream.com, press-release-real@gatekeeper.saf.org
Subject: RELEASE: Gun-Free SchoolZone Ruling Advances Challenge to Clinton Gun Ban


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For Immediate Release:  Seattle Contact:  Alan Gottlieb    (206) 454-7012
April 26, 1995		Wash, D.C.:  Richard Gardiner (703) 352-7276
				   
   GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONE RULING ADVANCES CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO
			   CLINTON GUN BAN

	The U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the federal
gun-free school zone law as unconstitutional exposes the gun ban in
the 1994 Crime Bill as vulnerable to the same constitutional
challenge.  Today's decision strengthens a federal lawsuit filed last
month by two of the impacted firearms manufacturers with funding
provided by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF).

	``The gun-free school zone law was declared unconstitutional
because Congress failed to indicate under what authority it enacted
such a law,'' proclaimed Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second
Amendment Foundation.  ``Congress similarly failed to declare what
power it exercised in enacting the provision which banned guns and
high-capacity magazines in the Clinton Crime Bill,'' added Gottlieb.

	Today's precedent setting ruling against Congress for
exceeding its delegated powers is not the only grounds for the lawsuit
against the gun ban.  The suit also maintains that the gun ban is both
unconstitutionally vague and a Bill of Attainder and therefore
specifically prohibited under Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S.
Constitution.

	``The anti-gun, Clinton Congress left themselves wide open to
legal challenges on numerous fronts,'' declared Alan Gottlieb.  ``We
will attack this law on all these fronts and it will be a pleasure to
defeat this illegal ban on guns.  Already, we have several courts who
have thrown out previous so-called ``assault weapon'' bans for
unconstitutional vagueness, including last year's 6th Circuit decision
in Springfield Armory v. City of Columbus,'' continued Gottlieb.

	``This is one of the most poorly written laws I've ever seen.
In addition to being unconstitutionally vague in several areas, this
unnecessary assault on gun owners and manufacturers is too specific in
other areas,'' proclaimed Alan Gottlieb.  His statement refers to the
fact that by specifically targeting individual companies, this law
became a Bill of Attainder.

	Two of the hardest hit businesses are Intratec and Penn Arms,
the two named manufacturers in the lawsuit.  Intratec produced the TEC
DC-9 and TEC 22 handguns which are listed by name on the ban list.
Penn Arms manufactured the ``Striker 12'' shotgun which is also
specifically listed under the ban.

	The legal challenge is being handled by Richard E. Gardiner,
of Fairfax, Virginia, a prominent attorney in firearms-related
litigation through funding by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF).
This lawsuit is one of several planned legal attacks on the Clinton
Gun Ban by the Second Amendment Foundation.

	With more than 550,000 members and supporters nationwide, the
Second Amendment Foundation is the nations oldest and largest
tax-exempt education and legal action foundation focusing on the
Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms.  The
Foundation conducts many educational and legal action programs
designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate and
its consequences.

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