Gura @ CATO

Alan Gura sat in with a couple of other dufasses on a 2A panel. I haven't listened to it all yet, but I've gotten 3/4 of the way through.

In his opening remarks, Alan Gura lamented that there are other, more ... 'extreme' elements who are following a legal path that is perhaps not that productive. This brings up a problem, in that Alan Gura hasn't set up a legal clearinghouse so that litigants can check to see that their cases pass his planned muster.

Now I understand that Alan Gura is the golden boy regarding 2A litigation, and rightly so. But as his co-panelist notes, the other litigants often have no choice in the matter, since those cases are primarily criminal in nature. Take David Olofson.

His case was criminal (disregard for a moment the ATF malfeasance), and he had no choice but to argue the way he did. No one can blame him.

And Alan Gura doesn't like the bad precedent that sets, because it makes his job harder. Understandable, but consider this: David Olofson has been railroaded. He'll have been out of prison for years before Alan Gura can advance a court case to address the issues involved in the Olofson case.

And while Alan Gura relentlessly follows his plan, other citizens' firearm rights are being infringed, often with no recourse. You can't blame someone in a bad situation from arguing the only way they can.

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