SEATTLE GUN, AMMO TAX FALLS SHORTER AND FAILS AGAIN TO PREVENT VIOLENCE

BELLEVUE, WA – For the third consecutive year, Seattle’s so-called “gun violence tax” revenue on firearms and ammunition has fallen dramatically below original forecasts, and in the process, has continued failing to prevent violent crime as homicides climbed last year, and this week’s tragic shootings affirm, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.… Read the rest

FED. JUDGE PERMANENTLY ENJOINS RIVERSIDE COUNTY’S CCW APPLICATION DENIALS

BELLEVUE, WA – A senior U.S. District Court judge in California has issued a permanent injunction against the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s longstanding policy of “dissuading, discouraging, and preventing non-United States citizens from applying for a CCW license,” in a lawsuit brought by the Second Amendment Foundation, Calguns Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition.… Read the rest

FEDERAL JUDGE DENIES MOTION TO DISMISS SAF/NRA I-1639 COURT CHALLENGE

BELLEVUE, WA – A U.S. District Court judge in Tacoma has denied a motion by defendants to dismiss a federal lawsuit challenging Washington State’s gun control Initiative 1639, ruling that law-abiding gun owners and firearms retailers do not have to violate the law and risk punishment in order to challenge infringements of the Second Amendment.… Read the rest

SAF, CCRKBA, JPFO FILE JOINT AMICUS BRIEF IN CHALLENGE OF NYC GUN LAW

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms have been joined by four other rights groups in an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a challenge to New York City’s restrictive handgun law that prohibits handguns licensed in the city to be taken outside the home.… Read the rest

Portuguese Gun Rights Group Joins Growing International Coalition Against Gun Control

The International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR) announced today that Portuguese gun rights group Associação Nacional da Arma de Portugal (ANARMA) have joined the international coalition of 33 associations in 23 countries dedicated to defending civilian firearms rights.… Read the rest

‘THREE FOR THREE GUN RIGHTS COURT WINS IS GOOD NEWS FOR 2A,’ SAYS SAF

BELLEVUE, WA – Three victories in three Second Amendment-related cases—two from New York and one from Wisconsin—is good news for gun rights, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

“This should be tantamount to ‘three strikes and you’re out’,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF COURT VICTORY ENDS GUN BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction against the East St. Louis Housing Authority’s (ESLHA) ban on firearms possession by residents of government subsidized public housing and thus granting a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation, which sued the town in 2018 over the ban.… Read the rest

‘RED FLAG’ LAWS MUST PROTECT DUE PROCESS, SAF INSISTS

BELLEVUE, WA – Extreme Risk Protection Orders, generically known as “red flag laws” that allow the seizure of private firearms based on a complaint filed with the authorities must include and guarantee due process, or they shouldn’t be allowed, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.… Read the rest

CHRISTCHURCH TRAGEDY BROUGHT DEMS OUT OF CLOSET AS GUN PROHIBITIONISTS

By Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman

The horrific tragedy in Christchurch, New Zealand gave the world yet another glimpse of how depraved some people can become when driven by hate, and in the aftermath of that despicable act, Americans watched as this country’s Democrat leaders revealed their true disregard for the rights of tens of millions of law-abiding gun owners.… Read the rest

FED. JUDGE DENIES MOTION BY WASHINGTON A.G. TO COMPEL SAF DISCOVERY IN 3D CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle has denied a motion by the Washington State Attorney General’s office that sought to compel the Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed to provide discovery responses in a lawsuit the state filed against the U.S.… Read the rest

SAF VICTORY: IL. JUDGE ISSUES PERMANENT INJUNCTION AGAINST DEERFIELD GUN BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – An Illinois judge has issued a permanent injunction against the Village of Deerfield, Illinois prohibiting that jurisdiction from banning so-called “assault weapons” and thus granting a victory to the Second Amendment Foundation, which sued the town in 2018 over the ban.… Read the rest

SNOHOMISH COUNTY JUDGE SAYS LAWSUIT v. EDMONDS GUN LAW ‘RIPE FOR DETERMINATION’

BELLEVUE, WA – A Snohomish County Superior Court judge will allow a lawsuit challenging a so-called “safe storage” ordinance in the City of Edmonds to proceed, ruling that all plaintiffs in the case have standing to challenge the ordinance as a violation of Washington State’s 35-year-old preemption law that placed sole authority for firearms regulation in the hands of the Legislature.… Read the rest

SAF SAYS CT. GUN LAWSUIT LIKE ‘PROSECUTING CAR MAKERS FOR CRIMES OF CAR THIEVES’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today criticized the 4-3 split decision by the Connecticut state Supreme Court that reinstated a lawsuit against Remington Arms over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used in the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting.… Read the rest

CCRKBA, SAF QUESTION CONGRESSIONAL MOTIVES BEHIND NRA INVESTIGATIONS

BELLEVUE, WA – Reports that the National Rifle Association is being engulfed in what one publication described as “a rapidly expanding tangle of congressional investigations” raise an important question that nobody has been asking: Is this a deliberate effort by anti-gun-rights Congressional Democrats to overwhelm the organization’s leadership and prevent NRA from fulfilling its mission to protect the Second Amendment?… Read the rest

SAF FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SECOND AMENDMENT ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES

BELLEVUE, WA — The Second Amendment Foundation today filed suit in federal district court seeking to have federal and state laws preventing persons who, at one time in their lives, were subject to a mental health “hold” on the exercise of their Second Amendment rights overturned on the grounds that the way those laws and regulations are enforced are in violation of the Constitution.… Read the rest

SAF, PARTNERS TO ASK PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION IN 1ST AMENDMENT N.J. CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and several other parties have moved for a preliminary injunction in their First Amendment lawsuit against New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal which challenges a new law in the state that prohibits any kind of publication or distribution of information relating to 3D printing of firearms components.… Read the rest

SAF-NRA AMENDS CHALLENGE TO I-1639; ANTI-GUNNERS WRONG, LAWSUIT REMAINS

BELLEVUE, WA – Contrary to a declaration from a Seattle-based gun control lobbying group, a federal lawsuit challenging anti-rights Initiative 1639 in Washington State is still very much alive, the Second Amendment Foundation assured today.

SAF and the National Rifle Association jointly filed their legal challenge to I-1639 late last year, but last Friday filed an amended complaint that released Attorney General Bob Ferguson as a defendant, and instead named the Clark County sheriff, Spokane police chief and the director of the State Department of Licensing.… Read the rest

SAF JOINS 1st AMENDMENT CHALLENGE TO NEW JERSEY 3-D CENSORSHIP LAW

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment today joined several other organizations in a lawsuit against New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against enforcement of provisions in a 2018 law that criminalizes constitutionally-protected speech.… Read the rest

SAF JOINS IN AMICUS BRIEF SUPPORTING CHALLENGE TO NEW JERSEY CARRY LAW

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has joined several other parties in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to accept for review a case that challenges the “justifiable need” standard that is at the heart of New Jersey’s restrictive carry law.… Read the rest

SAF JOINS IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING GUN SHOW RESTRICTIONS AT DEL MAR FAIRGROUNDS

BELLEVUE, WA — The Second Amendment Foundation has joined several other plaintiffs in filing a complaint in federal court challenging the decision by the Del Mar Fair Board in San Diego County, Calif., to place overly burdensome requirements on gun shows at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and to impose a moratorium on gun shows while they study the gun show issue.… Read the rest