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

2A LEGAL PIONEER DAVID HARDY INDUCTED INTO SECOND AMENDMENT HALL OF FAME

BELLEVUE, WA – Veteran Second Amendment legal scholar, author, attorney and gun rights authority David Hardy of Tucson, Ariz., has been inducted into the Second Amendment Hall of Fame by the Second Amendment Foundation.

In 1974, he was first to publish an article in the Chicago-Kent Law Review promoting recognition of the Second Amendment as protective of an individual right to keep and bear arms.… Read the rest

SAF HONORS OUTDOOR & SHOOTING WIRE’S SHEPHERD WITH GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced the recipient of the Global Leadership Award for 2020 is Jim Shepherd, founder and owner of The Outdoor Wire digital network, which includes the popular Shooting Wire, based in Birmingham, Alabama.

Shepherd, the original executive producer for business news at the then-fledgling CNN and later a business reporter at PBS, has been at the helm of The Outdoor Wire for 21 years.… Read the rest

SAF FILES APPEAL WITH 9TH CIRCUIT SEEKING INJUNCTION AGAINST CAL. GUN LAW

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a motion with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking an injunction against a section of California’s penal code that prohibits young adults, ages 18-20 from purchasing or acquiring firearms.

SAF is joined by the California Gun Rights Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.,… Read the rest

SAF SEEKS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION IN PENNSYLVANIA GUN RIGHTS CASE

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition have asked for a preliminary injunction in a challenge to Pennsylvania gun laws that prohibit law-abiding young adults from carrying firearms for self-defense and prevents them from acquiring a state license to carry (LTCFR) because of their age.… Read the rest

GUN RIGHTS GROUPS CHALLENGE MARYLAND GUN BAN IN FEDERAL COURT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its sister organization, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state of Maryland’s ban on common semiautomatic rifles.

The lawsuit was filed today in U.S.… Read the rest

SAF, NRA FILE APPEAL BRIEF IN FEDERAL CHALLENGE OF WA GUN CONTROL MEASURE

BELLEVUE, WA – Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association, two Washington state gun retailers and three private citizens have filed an appeal brief with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in their challenge of gun control Initiative 1639, a measure adopted two years ago in the Evergreen State.… Read the rest

SAF FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING MARYLAND CONCEALED CARRY BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation was joined by several other gun rights organizations today in a federal challenge of Maryland’s prohibitive concealed carry regulations that essentially ban average state residents from exercising their right to bear arms for personal protection under the Second Amendment.… Read the rest

SAF, DEFENSE DISTRIBUTED SUE STATE DEPT., NEW JERSEY AG OVER 3D ISSUE

BELLEVUE, WA — The Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed, the Texas firm made famous for publishing digital firearms information, have sued the U.S. Department of State and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in federal court, alleging violations of the First Amendment and administrative law.… Read the rest

GUN RIGHTS GROUPS SUE CALIFORNIA OVER BAN ON FIREARMS ‘IN COMMON USE’

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today filed a federal lawsuit against the State of California in a challenge of its recently-expanded ban via its so-called “Roster” laws.

Joining SAF and CCRKBA are the Firearms Policy Coalition and San Diego County Gun Owners along with two private businesses and nearly a dozen individuals.… Read the rest

SAF, FPC, LOUISIANA SHOOTING ASSN. SUE OVER HANDGUN BAN

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging federal law that prevents young adults from purchasing and owning handguns.

SAF is joined by the Firearms Policy Coalition and Louisiana Shooting Association and two private citizens, Caleb Reese and Joseph Granich, both in the affected age group.… Read the rest

SAF, FPC CHALLENGING RESTRICTIVE N.Y. CITY CARRY LAW IN FEDERAL LAWSUIT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition today filed a federal lawsuit against New York City regulations that essentially combine to ban average law-abiding citizens from carrying loaded handguns outside the home for personal protection. The case is known as Greco v.… Read the rest

POLITE SOCIETY PODCAST JOINS SAF FAMILY; AM-CON NOW SAF PROJECT

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today announced that the popular “Polite Society Podcast” has joined the SAF family, and the annual Second Amendment media workshop, known as AMM –Con (for Alternative Mass Media Convention), is henceforth a “Project of SAF,” according to Executive Vice President Alan M.… Read the rest

SAF FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHALLENGING RESTRICTIVE NEW JERSEY CARRY LAWS

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging laws in the state of New Jersey that effectively prevent average law-abiding citizens from legally carrying loaded sidearms outside of their homes for personal protection.

Joining SAF are the Firearms Policy Coalition, New Jersey Second Amendment Society and two private citizens, Stanley Bennett and Michael Hucker.… Read the rest