NEW SAF NATIONAL TV AD CAMPAIGN RIPS BIDEN’S ‘GUN RIGHTS ERADICATION’ PROGRAM

BELLEVUE, WA – “Joe Biden is accelerating his attack on guns by nominating an anti-gun-rights activist to be the next ATF czar, through executive orders, and Congressional legislation,” the Second Amendment Foundation declared as it prepares to launch a new national television advertising campaign to alert the public.… Read the rest

SAF, CCRKBA DOUBLING DOWN ON TV CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT 2A RIGHTS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today announced new momentum in their combined efforts to educate the American public about the ongoing efforts by the anti-gun Biden-Harris administration and their colleagues in Congress to erode gun rights and discourage gun ownership.… Read the rest

NINTH CIRCUIT VACATES INJUNCTION IN 3-D PRINTING CASE, TELLS LOWER COURT TO DISMISS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation is applauding the Ninth U.S. District Court of Appeals for its decision to vacate an injunction obtained earlier in a lawsuit filed by 22 state attorneys general and the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, against an agreement between the State and Commerce departments and SAF and Defense Distributed allowing them to post data relating to 3-D printing of firearms on the Internet.… Read the rest

FED. JUDGE RULES CAL’S ‘3-TO-1’ HANDGUN LAW PROVISION MAY VIOLATE 2A

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation is applauding a ruling by a federal judge in Southern California that a provision in the state’s new handgun roster law, requiring the removal of three handguns already on the roster that can be sold, to make room for each new handgun added to the list may violate the Second Amendment.… Read the rest

ILL. JUDGE RULES FOID CARD REQUIREMENT UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR GUNS IN HOME

BELLEVUE, WA – An Illinois Circuit Court Judge in White County has ruled the requirement for possessing a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card to possess a gun in the home is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

The case is known as Illinois v.… Read the rest

SAF HAILS HIGH COURT ACCEPTANCE OF NEW YORK SECOND AMENDMENT CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today is hailing the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a Second Amendment right-to-carry case challenging New York State’s restrictive gun control law, declaring that a favorable ruling in this case will almost certainly impact challenges to similar laws in other states, which SAF and others are contesting.… Read the rest

SILENCER SHOP BECOMES GOLD SPONSOR FOR SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION

BELLEVUE, WA – Silencer Shop of Austin, Texas has joined the Second Amendment Foundation’s “Corporate Sponsorship Program” as a Gold Level supporter for 2021.

“It’s a great honor for us to have Silencer Shop’s support,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF FILES FEDERAL CHALLENGE TO RESTRICTIVE PENNSYLVANIA CARRY LAW

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging that state’s “laws, regulations, policies, and enforcement practices” relating to the rights of citizens wanting to bear loaded handguns outside the home, and the case involves two plaintiffs whose rights SAF was instrumental in restoring in a previous federal case.… Read the rest

SAF CALLS DEMOCRAT ATTEMPT TO PACK SUPREME COURT ‘AN OUTRAGE’

BELLEVUE, WA – The proposal by four anti-gun Capitol Hill Democrats to pack the U.S. Supreme Court by adding four positions is “an outrage” and an attempt to prevent the high court from accepting cases and handing down rulings favorable to the right to keep and bear arms, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.… Read the rest

NEW McLAUGHLIN POLL SHOWS MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR 2A, FOCUS ON CURRENT LAWS

BELLEVUE, WA – A new survey by McLaughlin & Associates, a nationally-recognized polling firm based in Blauvelt, N.Y., shows overwhelming public support for the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, and a clear majority belief that more gun control laws would not have prevented recent mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado.… Read the rest

SAF HIRES LEE WILLIAMS, THE ‘GUN WRITER,’ TO LEAD INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced that award-winning investigative reporter and editor Lee Williams has been chosen to serve as chief editor of SAF’s Investigative Journalism Project.

“Lee has unique skills as an editor, investigative reporter and as a guardian of the Second Amendment,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF WARNS BIDEN ADMIN: ‘STEP OVER YOUR LEGAL AUTHORITY, WE’LL SUE’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today warned the Biden Administration that if it steps over its legal authority with any executive action or order regarding the constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms, legal action is a certainty.

President Joe Biden has announced what an administration official calls “an initial set of actions” on gun control that include both executive and legislative action.… Read the rest

SCOTUS DENIES REVIEW TO NJ AG IN SAF-DEFENSE DISTRIBUTED CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition for certiorari from New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in his effort to escape the jurisdiction of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the ongoing First Amendment case brought by Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation.… Read the rest

GUN RIGHTS GROUPS MOBILIZE TO FIGHT BIDEN AND DEMOCRATS

BELLEVUE, WA – Two national gun rights organizations are mobilizing to fight back against threats from the Joe Biden administration and Capitol Hill Democrats to impose extremist gun control measures in the wake of two tragic shootings that would not have been prevented by any of the restrictions now being proposed.… Read the rest

SAF, PARTNERS CHALLENGE NJ GUNLAWS WITH FEDERAL LAWSUIT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s restrictive gun laws, alleging in a 28-page complaint that “New Jersey laws…unconstitutionally restrict the acquisition of firearms.”

SAF is joined by the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc.,… Read the rest

CALIFORNIA FORCED TO COMPLY IN SHARP v. BECERRA RIFLE REGISTRATION CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – After two years of litigation over a botched computer program to register so-called “assault weapons” in California, a settlement has been reached between the state and all parties involved, the Second Amendment Foundation revealed today.

The case is known as Sharp v.… Read the rest

SAF APPLAUDS COLORADO JUDGE’S RULING STRIKING DOWN BOULDER GUN BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation is applauding a ruling by a Boulder, Colorado District Judge striking down a Boulder city ordinance that outlawed possession, sale or transfer of semi-automatic sporting rifles and magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds.… Read the rest

SAF SUES ILLINOIS STATE POLICE FOR FAILURE TO PROCESS CCL APPLICATIONS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit today against the head of the Illinois State Police and the agency’s Firearms Services Bureau chief, alleging they have allowed the agency to indefinitely deny state residents their right to carry by failing to process Concealed Carry Licenses in violation of state law.… Read the rest

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