SAF Sues Nebraska Over Carry Prohibition For Resident Aliens

The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a motion for injunctive relief against Nebraska officials over a statutory prohibition that prevents non-citizens legally residing in the state from obtaining a concealed carry permit.

• District Court case docket: Carlos Nino De Rivera LaJous v.

SAF Sues Over Missouri Ban On CCW By Legal Resident Aliens

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Canadian citizen who is a legal resident of Missouri, challenging that state’s statutory prohibition on the carrying of concealed firearms by non-citizens.

• District Court case docket: Plastino v.

SAF Sues Alameda County For Civil Rights Violation In Gun Shop Case

The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit against Alameda County, California and the county’s Board of Supervisors for violating the constitutional rights of three businessmen by wrongfully denying them permits to open a gun shop.

• District Court case docket: Teixeira v.

SAF, CalGuns Foundation Sue Oakland, San Francisco Police

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the police departments in San Francisco and Oakland, California for refusing to return firearms to people who had been charged with crimes, but subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing.

• District Court case docket: Churchill v.

SAF Sues New Mexico Over Law Barring CCW Permits For Legal Resident Aliens

The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit in federal district court in New Mexico challenging that state’s prohibition on the issuance of concealed carry permits to legal resident aliens.

• District Court case docket: Jackson v. King

SAF Sues Over Public Housing Gun Ban In Warren Co, Illinois

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the Warren County, Illinois Housing Authority, seeking an injunction against the WCHA’s ban on personally-owned firearms by residents of government-subsidized housing.

• District Court case docket: Winbigler v. WCHA

SAF Sues Over Massachusetts Gun Ban For Legal Alien Residents

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that denies legal resident aliens the licenses required to possess a handgun in the home for self-defense, or purchase any kind of firearm or ammunition.… Read the rest

SAF Sues to Overturn North Carolina’s ‘Emergency Powers’ Gun Bans

The Second Amendment Foundation filed a federal lawsuit in North Carolina, seeking a permanent injunction against the governor, local officials and local governments from declaring states of emergency under which private citizens are prohibited from exercising their right to bear arms.… Read the rest

Illinois Right to Carry Lawsuit

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed suit in federal court in Illinois, challenging the state’s complete prohibition on the carrying of firearms in public for the purpose of self-defense.

• Case docket: Moore v. Madigan
• Listen to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Oral Argument here.

Amicus in San Diego Gun Permit Case

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief in a California case that challenges the constitutionality of discretionary gun permit rules adopted by officials in San Diego County, California.

• Amicus Curiae Brief (pdf)(110 Kb)
• Case docket of original lawsuit: Peruta v.

California “Assault Weapons” Arrest Lawsuit

SAF and Calguns Foundation have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California, seeking damages for an unlawful arrest and to have the state’s definition of so-called “assault weapons” declared unconstitutionally vague.

• Case docket: Richards v. Harris

SAF Challenges Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Virginia challenging the constitutionality of federal and Virginia provisions barring handgun sales to non-residents.

• Case docket: Lane v. Holder

SAF Files Federal Lawsuit Against Bloomberg Over Gun Permit Fees

SAF has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that alleges New York City’s $340 fee for a permit to keep a handgun in the home is “excessive and…impermissibly burdens the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.”… Read the rest

SAF Sues N.J. Officials For ‘Deprivation of Civil Rights’ On Permit Denials

The Second Amendment Foundation today filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against several New Jersey officials for deprivation of civil rights under color of law.

• Case docket: Piszczatoski v. Maenza
  (formerly Muller v. Maenza)

SAF Sues Eric Holder, FBI Over Misdemeanor Gun Rights Denial

Acting on behalf of a Georgia resident and honorably discharged Vietnam War veteran, the Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation over enforcement of a federal statute that can deny gun rights to someone with a simple misdemeanor conviction on his record.… Read the rest

SAF Files Amicus Brief in Nordyke Case, Argues For Strict Scrutiny

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus curiae brief in the long-running Nordyke v. King case in California, arguing that Second Amendment issues must be decided on a “strict scrutiny” basis, and that an ordinance in Alameda County banning gun shows at the county fairgrounds is unconstitutional because it would not withstand that standard of review.… Read the rest

SAF Wins Injunction v. Chicago Gun Range Ban

In a 3-0 ruling issued July 6, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reversed a lower court ruling and ordered that court to issue a preliminary injunction against the City of Chicago on behalf of the Second Amendment Foundation that prevents the city from banning gun ranges inside city limits.… Read the rest

SAF Sues in Maryland Over Handgun Permit Denial

The Second Amendment Foundation and a Baltimore County, MD man today sued Maryland authorities in federal court because the man’s handgun permit renewal was turned down on the grounds that he could not demonstrate “a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger.”

• Case docket: Woolard v.

SAF Sues in New York to Void ‘Good Cause’ Carry Permit Requirement

The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, New York and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses to be denied because applicants cannot show “good cause.”… Read the rest

SAF Sues to Overturn San Francisco Gun Ban

The city appealled SAF’s intial victory overturning the San Francisco Gun Ban. The California Appeals Court has unanimously ruled to uphold the lower court’s decision, so SAF won again. The city then appealed to the California Supreme Court, which again ruled in SAF’s favor.… Read the rest