Two leading national gun rights organizations have cancelled plans to hold their 20th annual conference in New York City, blaming Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reported denunciation of the National Rifle Association as “reprehensible.” The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), announced today that they will […]
Two leading national gun rights organizations have cancelled plans to hold their 20th annual conference in New York City, blaming Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reported denunciation of the National Rifle Association as “reprehensible.” The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), announced today that they will […]
It is easier to rob a bank than it is to legally own a firearm to stop a crime in New York City, proving that thugs thrive where law-abiding gun owners are scarce, said Alan M. Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). “Bank robberies have tripled in the last three years,” Gottlieb said, […]
The Spokane School District’s “zero tolerance policy” on weapons that left three boys suspended for bringing tiny 2-inch-long “action figure toy guns” to school reflects zero common sense on the part of school administrators, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. SAF founder Alan Gottlieb said the school district, and especially Bemiss Elementary Principal Lorna […]
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton’s ruling Wednesday that the Second Amendment does not apply to residents in the District of Columbia because the District is not a state is an outrage, said the Second Amendment Foundation, which suggested that Judge Walton delineate other constitutional rights District residents do not have, such as voting or […]
By Dave Workman The American Civil Liberties Union – which recognizes nine of the first ten amendments in the Constitution, that section known as the Bill of Rights – is in something of a huff, as are a growing number of airline passengers, over new and intrusive security checks that will be instituted over the […]
Strict gun control in Chicago has worked…to once again boost the homicide rate, making the Windy City the most murderous city in the nation for the past 12 months, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. “Chicago finished off the year with more murders than New York or Los Angeles,” said SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb. […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today joined in a lawsuit to prevent the California Department of Justice (DoJ) from destroying critical data that may show many sheriffs and police agencies have practiced blatant discrimination in the way they issue concealed pistol licenses to […]
“When they aren’t trying to steal our gun rights, they’re trying to steal our elections, but this time they got caught.” So said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, following a report from the Federal Election Commission that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence just agreed to pay a $26,000 fine for […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today said Hazelwood, MO Police Chief Carl Wolf should set his personal anti-gun politics aside and shelve an order to have his officers seize firearms from motorists they encounter in routine traffic stops, when the state’s concealed carry law takes effect. SAF obtained a copy of Chief Wolf’s memorandum to […]
A federal court jury advisory verdict that gun makers and distributors are not responsible for gun violence in the minority community was proper, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. “Now,” said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, “U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, who had placed the jury in an advisory role, needs to heed their advice […]
California Assembly Bill 1044 is part of a deliberate effort to conceal massive wrongdoing in the handling of Concealed Weapons (CCW) permit applications across California, including wrongful actions on the part of state Attorney General Bill Lockyer, the founder of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. “SAF has received complaints from our members in […]
A decision today by the ultra-liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco not to reconsider a December case in which two of its judges ruled the Second Amendment does not guarantee an individual right neither surprised, nor alarmed, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), . “We are, after all, talking about the most over-turned […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today hailed the decision by the City of Cincinnati to drop its four-year-old lawsuit against the gun industry, noting that it is long past the time for this wasteful case to be “round-filed.” SAF had urged the city to drop its case several months ago. “Cincinnati threw in the towel […]
If the City of Cincinnati says it is impossible to substantiate all of its wild allegations against the firearms industry before taking gun makers to court, it has no right to demand that the industry be held to the same standard, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today. Cincinnati is suing the gun industry in […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded the decision by the Arizona Supreme Court upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit against the gun industry by the families of three murder victims in the infamous “Pizza Hut” case in Tucson. Arizona justices, without comment, upheld an earlier state Court of Appeals decision that threw out the […]
By Dave Workman Constantly on the lookout for a firearm to demonize, gun control extremists have learned that if they cannot readily find a demon, they invent one. Such is the case with Smith & Wesson’s new and admittedly very large, five-shot revolver chambered for the company’s new .500 S&W Magnum cartridge. It’s an impressive […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded California Superior Court Judge Vincent P. DiFiglia of San Diego for granting summary judgment in favor of the firearms industry, throwing out lawsuits filed against gunmakers by a dozen municipalities in California. “Once again,” said SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb, “a court has seen through the rhetoric and used […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded Palm beach County Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga for setting aside the outrageous $1.2 million verdict against the Valor Corporation for distributing the firearm used by 13-year-old Nathaniel Brazill to murder his teacher over two years ago. “Judge Labarga has allowed common sense and the rule of law to […]
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded a ruling by Washington, D.C. Superior Court Judge Cheryl M. Long that dismisses a lawsuit against the firearms industry, and instead suggested that if the city wants to reduce gun violence, it should scrap its prohibition on legally-owned handguns. “The District is a crime capital as much as […]