WA APPEALS COURT UNANIMOUSLY UPHOLDS PREEMPTION IN SAF LAWSUIT

BELLEVUE, WA – A Washington State Appeals Court panel has unanimously held that a so-called “safe storage” ordinance adopted by the City of Edmonds and challenged by the Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association and three private citizens violates the state’s 36-year-old model preemption law.… Read the rest

FEDERAL COURT ALLOWS DAMAGE CLAIMS TO PROCEED IN N.C. PERMIT CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – A U.S. District Court Judge in North Carolina has ruled that plaintiffs in a case challenging last year’s “temporary suspension” of accepting and processing pistol purchase permits allegedly due to the COVID-19 outbreak and state of emergency declared by Gov.… Read the rest

SAF ‘2A FIRST RESPONDER’ TV CAMPAIGN ADDS 7TH WEEK AND MORE NETWORKS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation’s well-received “2nd Amendment First Responder” campaign has been extended for an unprecedented seventh week, with our 60-second message scheduled to appear 89 more times, and more networks have been added to reach an even wider audience.… Read the rest

DANIEL DEFENSE FIRST GOLD LEVEL CORPORATE SPONSOR FOR SAF IN 2021

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today that Daniel Defense has joined SAF’s ‘Corporate Sponsorship Program’ as the first Gold level supporter for 2021.

“We’re honored to have the support of Daniel Defense and CEO Marty Daniel as we head into what promises to be a challenging year,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF EXPANDS GUN RIGHTS TV BLITZ FOR RECORD 6TH WEEK

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today confirmed it will extend and expand its “2nd Amendment First Responder” campaign for a record-breaking sixth week, beginning Monday, Feb. 15.

“The public response to our 60-second message has been simply phenomenal,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF’S TV CAMPAIGN GROWS SECOND AMENDMENT MOVEMENT

BELLEVUE, WA – The wildly successful “2nd Amendment First Responder” campaign launched by the Second Amendment Foundation will continue into a fifth straight week with 80 one-minute spots appearing on more than a dozen national television networks beginning Feb. 8.

“By the end of next week,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF FILES AMICUS OPPOSING FORCED ATF ADOPTION OF EXTREME GUN DEFINITION

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed an amicus brief in a federal case that is trying to force the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to define certain firearms components as “firearms.”

“Forcing ATF to adopt the new approach to classification of certain gun components that the plaintiffs in this case are demanding would greatly expand ATF authority beyond the 1968 Gun Control Act,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

DEMOCRAT THREAT FUELS MOMENTUM AS SAF EXPANDS 2A OUTREACH EFFORT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today that thanks to continued overwhelming positive reaction to our “2^nd Amendment First Responder” project, we have extended our national television campaign for a fourth consecutive week, scheduling 69 more spots on more than a dozen networks.… Read the rest

SAF’S NATIONWIDE TV CAMPAIGN EXTENDED FOR THIRD WEEK

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced this morning it is extending its hugely successful television campaign promoting the “2nd Amendment First Responder” project for a third week, according to SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.

“Public reception has been gratifying,” Gottlieb said.… Read the rest

SAF SUES BATFE OVER ARM BRACE APA VIOLATIONS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a lawsuit in federal district court against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the Department of Justice, alleging violations of the Administrative Procedures Act relating to its flip-flop regulation of arm braces on semiautomatic pistols.… Read the rest

RESPONSE TO SAF’S NATIONWIDE 2A CAMPAIGN HUGE EXTENDED 2ND WEEK

BELLEVUE, WA – Public response to the Second Amendment Foundation’s nationwide television advertising campaign has been so positive, the organization announced today it will extend and expand the campaign for another week.

SAF’s one-minute recruiting message for the “2nd Amendment First Responder” project has run 40 times on nearly a dozen networks, and during the second week, SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

BIDEN’S TWEET WAS ATTACK ON ALL GUN OWNERS; SAF’S PROGRAM FIGHTS BACK

BELLEVUE, WA – Joe Biden’s Twitter message to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords may read like a threat against one gun rights organization, but it is really an attack on every gun owner in the nation, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.… Read the rest

SAF LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE TV CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT 2A FROM BIDEN-HARRIS

BELLEVUE, WA – Next week, the Second Amendment Foundation is launching a new nationwide TV campaign to protect the Second Amendment by joining SAF’s popular “2nd Amendment First Responder” program.

The 2nd Amendment First Responder project has brought tens of thousands of gun rights activists to the front lines in what promises to be a battle royal over the right to keep and bear arms.… Read the rest

SAF, PARSCALE STRATEGIES JOIN FORCES IN DIGITAL MEDIA MARKETING EFFORT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today it has signed an agreement with Parscale Strategies to produce digital media marketing and social media advertising.

“This move will help grow our Second Amendment family,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF RECOGNIZES HOUSTON ATTORNEY CHAD FLORES AS ‘DEFENDER OF CONSTITUTION’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced that Houston, Texas attorney Chad Flores is the recipient of this year’s “Defender of the Constitution” award for his representation of Defense Distributed in its First Amendment legal action against New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.… Read the rest

SAF RECOGNIZES ATTORNEY DAVID JENSEN WITH DISTINGUISED SERVICE AWARD

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced the recipient of this year’s “Distinguished Service Award” is New York attorney David Jensen, who has worked with SAF on several legal actions.

A graduate of Brigham Young University and the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Jensen grew up in Issaquah, Washington not far from SAF headquarters in nearby Bellevue, and graduated from Liberty High School.… Read the rest

SAF HONORS PROF. RANDY BARNETT AS ‘SCHOLAR OF THE YEAR’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today that Prof. Randy E. Barnett—the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center—is the recipient of the “Scholar of the Year” award.

Last year, Prof. Barnett co-authored “An Introduction to Constitutional Law: 100 Supreme Court Cases Everyone Should Know” with Josh Blackman, and he has several other titles to his credit including “Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty,” the second edition of which was published in 2013.… Read the rest

SAF HONORS KENN BLANCHARD WITH ‘RAY CARTER BLOGGER OF YEAR’ AWARD

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation announced today the recipient of this year’s “Ray Carter Blogger of the Year” award is the Rev. Kenn Blanchard, well-known as the “Black Man With A Gun.”

This award is named in honor of the late Ray Carter, a SAF employee and veteran gun rights activist who passed away in May 2016 following a two-year battle with cancer.… Read the rest

BEARING ARMS EDITOR CAM EDWARDS NAMED SAF ‘JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced that Cam Edwards, editor of Bearing Arms and host of “Cam & Company,” is the recipient of its Journalist of the Year award.

Edwards, 46, took over at Bearing Arms in July 2019 after 15 years at NRA News, where he also hosted the Cam & Company program and wrote for America’s First Freedom.… Read the rest

SAF LAWSUIT CHALLENGES CALIFORNIA’S ONE-GUN-PER-MONTH RESTRICTION

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and several partners today filed a federal lawsuit challenging California’s one-gun-per-month limit, declaring the limitation a violation of the Second Amendment.

Joining SAF are the Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc., San Diego County Gun Owners PAC, North County Shooting Center, Inc.,… Read the rest