SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION SUES CAL. TO PROTECT GUN OWNER PRIVACY

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, challenging the constitutionality of a recently-enacted section of the state Penal Code requiring the state Department of Justice to share private information on millions of gun owners in the state, with the California Firearm Violence Research Center and others.… Read the rest

SAF, CCRKBA THANK 25 STATE AGs FOR AMICUS
BRIEF TO SCOTUS BACKING MARYLAND LAWSUIT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today expressed their sincere gratitude to the Attorneys General in 25 states for joining an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting their challenge to a Maryland gun ban law and urging the high court to hear the case.… Read the rest

SAF WINS AGAINST 2 CAL. COUNTIES OVER COVID CLOSURES OF GUN STORES, RANGES

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation scored a double victory in California with a unanimous 9^th U.S. Circuit Court panel declaring COVID-19 related shutdowns of gun stores and shooting ranges in Los Angeles and Ventura counties were unconstitutional.

The cases are known as McDougall v.… Read the rest

NEW SAF NATIONAL RADIO ADS WARN OF BIDEN’S LOOMING ATTACK ON 2A

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced it is expanding its media effort to warn of President Joe Biden’s looming attack on gun rights to include radio, by airing its information and education messages to ten of the top national talk radio programs in the country.… Read the rest

SAF LAUNCHES HUGE TV EFFORT WARNING OF ‘UNPRECEDENTED ASSAULT’ ON 2A RIGHTS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced a huge new TV effort launching the week of Jan. 3 to warn America of a coming attack on Second Amendment rights.

SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb said the foundation’s message will be broadcast 220 times during the first week on more than 20 cable television networks. … Read the rest

SAF ANNOUNCES SIG SAUER’S DOUBLE-DIAMOND SPONSORSHIP

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation is proud to announce a sustained, multi-year Double Diamond sponsorship by Sig Sauer, Inc., to support our important programs and initiatives.

“It’s an honor for SIG SAUER to contribute to the important work of the Second Amendment Foundation and join forces with their 700,000 plus membership to defend our constitutional rights to privately own and possess firearms,” said Tom Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales, SIG SAUER, Inc.… Read the rest

SAF HONORS STEPHEN HALBROOK AS 2021 ‘SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today that attorney, author and historian Stephen Halbrook is the 2021 recipient of the “Scholar of the Year” award.

Earlier this year, Halbrook saw publication of his tenth book dealing with gun rights issues, titled “The Right to Bear Arms: A Constitutional Right of the People or a Privilege of the Ruling Class?”… Read the rest

RELOAD FOUNDER STEPHEN GUTOWSKI NAMED SAF ‘JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced that veteran writer Stephen Gutowski, founder of The Reload, is the recipient of its Journalist of the Year award for 2021.

Formerly a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon, Gutowski’s byline has also been seen in the National Review, The Atlantic, The Capitol City Project, MRCTV and Washington Examiner.… Read the rest

SAF CONDEMNS ACLU TWEET AFTER RITTENHOUSE VERDICT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today condemned the American Civil Liberties Union for what it called a “deplorable reaction” to the not guilty verdict in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse by a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Following the verdict, the ACLU posted this message via Twitter: “Despite Kyle Rittenhouse’s conscious decision to travel across state lines and injure one person and take the lives of two people protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake by police, he was not held responsible for his actions.”… Read the rest

SAF: SURVEY SHOWS PUBLIC TRUSTS GOP MORE THAN DEMS ON GUNS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today pointed to a new Morning Consult/Politico survey finding that the public trusts Republicans more than Democrats on gun policy as an acknowledgement that Americans are rejecting the Democrats’ radical gun control agenda.

The survey of almost 2,000 registered voters was conducted Nov.… Read the rest

SAF WELCOMES KAHR ARMS AS 2022 GOLD SPONSOR

BELLEVUE, WA – Kahr Arms, the producer of a superb line of semiautomatic pistols, has joined the Second Amendment Foundation’s “Corporate Sponsorship Program” as a Gold Level supporter for 2022, the gun rights organization has announced.

“We are delighted to have Kahr Arms as a Gold Level Sponsor for the next year,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF WELCOMES NORTH AMERICAN ARMS AS 2022 BRONZE SPONSOR

BELLEVUE, WA – North American Arms, producer of a highly-regarded line of mini-revolvers, has joined the Second Amendment Foundation’s “Corporate Sponsorship Program” as a Bronze Level supporter for 2022.

“It’s a great honor for us to have North American Arms as a key supporter for the next year,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

BOSTON SETTLES GUN PERMIT LAWSUIT, CITY PAYS SAF $10K

BELLEVUE, WA – The City of Boston has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and other plaintiffs over delays in accepting and processing licenses to carry a firearm, and has agreed to pay $10,000 to cover attorneys’ fees and costs.… Read the rest

SAF PREDICTS RIGHT-TO-CARRY VICTORY AT SUPREME COURT

BELLEVUE, WA – Following Wednesday morning’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the Second Amendment Foundation predicts a victory for the right-to-carry a firearm in public for personal protection.… Read the rest

SAF VICTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA GUN RANGE BAN CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – A federal court has granted a preliminary injunction in a case involving zoning restrictions designed to ban a gun range in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania, the Second Amendment Foundation announced.

The case is known as Drummond LLC v. Robinson Township.… Read the rest

SAF IN FEDERAL COURT CHALLENGE OF CALIF. GUN SHOW PROHIBITION

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and two California gun rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s restrictive regulatory scheme covering the sale of firearms and ammunition as it applies to gun show operations in the state.… Read the rest

SAF FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGES NEW YORK’S STUN GUN, TAZER BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York state and municipal laws prohibiting private citizens from possessing and using stun guns and tasers, noting in its complaint, “Most courts have found that bans on stun guns and tasers violate the Second Amendment and are unconstitutional.”… Read the rest

NEW SAF TV AD: ‘IF BIDEN CAN FORCE NEEDLE IN YOUR ARM, HE CAN TAKE YOUR GUNS’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has launched a powerful new message to gun owners across the country, warning them, “If Joe Biden can force a needle in your arm, he can take your gun.”

The 60-second TV message includes a clip of Biden telling America, “This is not about freedom or personal choice” in his push for all Americans to get vaccinated, even if they have personal, religious or health concerns.… Read the rest

DOJ Asks More Time to Process Over 211K Comments on Proposed Arm Brace Rule

Nine months after the Second Amendment Foundation sued the Department of Justice and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in federal court over ATF’s flip on how it regulates stabilizing braces on pistols, the DOJ and SAF jointly asked for a continuation of a stay in the legal action to allow processing of more than 211,000 public comments on a proposed rule on “Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached Stabilizing Braces.”… Read the rest

SAF INVITES GUN OWNERS TO ‘JOIN US ONLINE’ FOR 2021 GUN RIGHTS POLICY CONFERENCE

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation invites run rights activists across the country to participate in the 36^th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, which, due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, will once again be a virtual event held online Sept.… Read the rest