Sam Johnson hails SCOTUS Second Amendment decision

June 26, 2008

Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) released the following statement after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled the 1976 D.C. gun ban unconstitutional in the case of The District of Columbia v. Heller. Johnson believes that the Second Amendment grants law-abiding Americans the right to keep and bear arms.

“This is a huge victory for Americans and The Constitution. The ability to keep and bear arms is a fundamental right that our Founding Fathers created for law-abiding citizens. This applies to people who live inside and outside the Nation’s Capital. The Supreme Court made the right decision.

“I am thankful that President Bush appointed common-sense conservative judges to the highest court in the land who do not kowtow to the politically correct movement of the moment or consider it their job to make new laws.”

Johnson represents Collin and Dallas Counties.

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