SAF SUES MICHIGAN AGENCY OVER CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST FOSTER PARENTS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit against the head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) on behalf of four Michigan residents, alleging civil rights violations under color of law for enforcing restrictions on the Second Amendment rights of people who want to be foster or adoptive parents.… Read the rest

SCOTUS DENIES REVIEW, ALLOWS SAF’S BINDERUP WIN TO STAND

BELLEVUE, WA – The Supreme Court of the United States has declined to review an important Second Amendment Foundation case involving firearms rights for individuals convicted of certain non-violent misdemeanor crimes.

The decision allows an earlier favorable en banc ruling for SAF by the Third U.S.… Read the rest

SAF RENEWS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT IN SEATTLE PRA LAWSUIT

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys for the Second Amendment Foundation and the senior editor of its publication, TheGunMag.com, have filed a renewed motion for summary judgment against the City of Seattle for its refusal to provide specific revenue information on the city’s so-called “gun violence tax.”

“Seattle’s continued refusal to reveal specific revenue data on its so-called ‘gun violence tax’ amounts to the city thumbing its nose at the Public Records Act (PRA),” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb.… Read the rest

SAF: SCALISE SHOOTING IS RESULT OF DEMOCRATIC HATE SPEECH

BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise (R-LA), and others including an aide and two Capitol Police officers is the result of Democratic hate speech toward President Donald Trump and majority Republicans, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

“This hate speech that has been going on since Donald Trump was elected,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF ATTORNEYS FILE BRIEF SUPPORTING TRO, INJUNCTION v. CALIFORNIA MAG BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation, Calguns Foundation, Firearms Policy Foundation and others have filed a lengthy brief in support of their original motion for a temporary restraining order and issuance of a preliminary injunction against the state’s new ban on so-called “high capacity” magazines.… Read the rest

TRUMP’S FIRST COURT NOMINEES ‘LOOK VERY PROMISING,’ SAYS SAF

BELLEVUE, WA – President Donald Trump’s first round of federal court nominees “looks very promising,” and provides strong evidence that the president is determined to fulfill one of his most important campaign pledges, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

“We will fully vet each nominee,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF, OTHER GROUPS FILE FEDERAL LAWSUIT v. CAL. MAGAZINE BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by several other groups and individuals, today filed a lawsuit in federal district court in California, challenging that state’s law prohibiting the possession, use or acquisition of so-called “large capacity magazines,” calling the ban “hopelessly vague and ambiguous.”

Joining SAF are the Calguns Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Firearms Policy Foundation and six individuals including one retired California peace officer.… Read the rest

SAF, CCRKBA APPLAUD SENATE CONFIRMATION OF NEIL GORSUCH

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applaud the U.S. Senate for confirming Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, thus restoring the high court’s full complement, and maintaining a philosophical balance important to upholding and enforcing the U.S.… Read the rest

PRO-RIGHTS DOCTORS’ GROUP ‘WHITE PAPER’ BACKS HEARING PROTECTION ACT, SAYS SAF

BELLEVUE, WA – A pro-rights doctors’ organization has just released a “White Paper” to educate people about the proposed Hearing Protection Act of 2017, which would make firearms sound suppressors more available to the public, the Second Amendment Foundation noted today.… Read the rest

‘ARMED EVIL ALWAYS BEATS UNARMED INNOCENCE,’ WARNS SAF FOUNDER

BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday’s horrific terror attack in London that left three people dead, including an unarmed police constable, underscores the dangerously backward logic that leaves British police officers largely unarmed while terrorists and criminals will use whatever weapon they can, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.… Read the rest

FEINSTEIN QUOTED SCALIA OUT OF CONTEXT TO PUSH AGENDA

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Senator Dianne Feinstein quoted the Supreme Court’s 2008 Heller ruling out of context while questioning Judge Neil Gorsuch during this week’s Judiciary Committee hearings in an attempt to legitimize her gun ban agenda, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.… Read the rest

SAF INVITES SUPPORT FROM SEATTLE MEDIA IN P.R.A. LEGAL ACTION

BELLEVUE, WA – Renewed interest by Seattle news outlets in the revenues generated by the City of Seattle’s so-called “gun violence tax” demonstrates that the media is wondering why the city continues to withhold that information, especially considering an ongoing lawsuit by the Second Amendment Foundation and its publication, TheGunMag.com.… Read the rest

SAF BLAMES RESTRICTIVE GUN LAWS FOR RISING THEFTS OF GUNS FROM CARS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today said that a reported rise in gun thefts from cars underscores a dangerous consequence of so-called “gun-free zones” that prohibit law-abiding citizens from carrying their legally-licensed guns, thus forcing people to leave their firearms where they are vulnerable to car prowlers.… Read the rest

SAF TO MAINSTREAM PRESS: IT’S NOT ‘GUN VIOLENCE,’ IT’S ‘GANG VIOLENCE!’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today criticized the dominant media for its continued subliminal campaign to blame firearms for the carnage in Chicago, repeatedly using the term “gun violence” to describe the slaughter that local authorities appear unable to curb.… Read the rest

SAF IMPRESSED WITH JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH FOR SUPREME COURT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today said that Federal Judge Neil Gorsuch is an impressive choice to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, bringing with him a perspective on Constitutional rights that reflects strongly on the man he will replace, late Justice Antonin Scalia.… Read the rest

SAF WINS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION v. MONT. CCW CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT

BELLEVUE, WA (1/27/17) – The Second Amendment Foundation has scored another court victory, this time in Montana where a federal district court judge has entered a preliminary injunction against the state’s citizenship requirement in order to obtain a concealed carry license.… Read the rest

FEDERAL COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF SAF IN CHALLENGE TO CHICAGO GUN REGULATIONS

BELLEVUE, WA — A three-judge panel of the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today handed the Second Amendment Foundation a victory in its challenge of firearms regulations in the City of Chicago, striking down a zoning provision, reversing an earlier ruling that upheld “distancing” restrictions for gun ranges, and reversing an earlier ruling that upheld certain age restrictions.… Read the rest

SAF CHALLENGES DOJ TO INVESTIGATE GUN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CHICAGO

BELLEVUE, WA – While the Department of Justice has just issued a scathing report that Chicago police have “systematically violated the civil rights” of minorities in the city, the Second Amendment Foundation today is wondering why the DOJ hasn’t investigated the city for repeatedly violating the rights of gun owners.… Read the rest

SAF ATTORNEYS FILE FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN SEATTLE RECORDS LAWSUIT

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its news publication, TheGunMag.com, today filed for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed against the City of Seattle that alleges failure to comply with the state’s Public Records Act (PRA).… Read the rest

FED. COURT ALLOWS CHALLENGE TO PROCEED AGAINST ILLINOIS FOSTER PARENT RULES

BELLEVUE, WA – A federal district court judge in Illinois has denied that state’s motion to dismiss a legal challenge by the Second Amendment Foundation of its foster parenting rules that place restrictions on the possession of firearms for personal protection.… Read the rest