Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 12, 2013. House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) today released a letter signed by more than 50 constitutional law experts written and organized by leading members of the American Constitution Society, or ACS, and a memo commissioned by the Center for American Progress, or CAP, and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, or LCPGV, which each highlight that laws aimed at reducing gun violence and respect for the Second Amendment are not mutually exclusive. The documents are being released in advance of today’s Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on the constitutionality of gun-violence prevention legislation.
