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Registration for GRPC is available online!Each year, scholars, activists, and gun owners gather at the Gun Rights Policy Conference to promote education and outreach regarding gun rights and responsibility. If you are interested in attending this year's conference and working to defend your rights, click here for more information.
The federal statutes being challenged ban the receipt, sale and purchase of firearms by U.S. citizens who claim legal residency outside the U.S. Expatriates cannot buy guns, and while they can receive guns for ‘lawful sporting purposes,’ they cannot do so for lawful self defense while visiting the U.S. The suit claims that these laws violate the Second and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Click the links below to read the lawsuit filings. Requires the no-cost Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or other pdf viewer software.
SAF Sues Library System Over Internet Censorship of Gun WebsitesThe Second Amendment Foundation and three Washington State residents have filed a federal lawsuit against a north-central Washington regional library system for denying them access to websites that include information on firearms and publications dealing with guns. Read the release announcing the lawsuit in the "Press Releases" section below. Click the links below to read the lawsuit filings. Requires the no-cost Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or other pdf viewer software.
SAF Files Texas Lawsuit Defending the Gun Rights of Citizens Living Abroad, Challenges 'Sporting Purpose' RestrictionThe federal statutes being challenged ban the receipt, sale and purchase of firearms by U.S. citizens who claim legal residency outside the U.S. Expatriates cannot buy guns, and while they can receive guns for ‘lawful sporting purposes,’ they cannot do so for lawful self defense while visiting the U.S. The suit claims that these laws violate the Second and Fifth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Click the links below to read the lawsuit filings. Requires the no-cost Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or other pdf viewer software.
SAF Files Amici Curiae Brief in Lawsuit to Overturn DC Gun BanBreaking News: SAF has prevailed in the Parker lawsuit overturning the Washington DC Gun Ban! Read the decision immediately below, and also our news release about the victory in our Press Release section further below. SAF, CCRKBA and Madison Society, along with a dozen university law professors, have filed an amicus brief in the suit to overturn the DC Gun Ban. Additionally, 13 state Attorneys General filed an amici curiae brief in support of the SAF position to protect the right to Keep and Bear Arms. Click the links below to read the lawsuit filings. Requires the no-cost Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or other pdf viewer software.
Breaking News: SAF has won the lawsuit overturning the San Francisco Gun Ban. While this is a victory, keep in mind that that City could still appeal the decision. The order is available as the last item listed below. Click the links below to read the lawsuit filings. Requires the no-cost Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or other pdf viewer software.
SAF has negotiated with the City of New Orleans to return the guns they illegally-siezed
from law-abiding citizens in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. If you had a gun siezed,
read these instructions on how to get it returned to you. If you have any problems please contact us. Click the links below to read the lawsuit filings. Requires the no-cost Adobe Acrobat Reader™ or other pdf viewer software.
Press ReleasesSAF FOUNDER TO BRADY PRESIDENT: �YOU WERE WRONG, HERE�S PROOF�July 11, 2007 - The founder of the Second Amendment Foundation today said he will supply Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke with documentation on the �text book case� from Missouri that helped convince that state�s legislature to pass a �Stand-Your-Ground� law to protect citizens from criminal or civil prosecution when they shoot in self-defense. In a series of debates with SAF founder Alan Gottlieb last week, Helmke told MSNBC viewers that he has been unable to identify anybody who has ever been sued and suffered financially for shooting in self-defense. �Helmke is sadly uninformed, and we�re going to educate him,� Gottlieb said. (Read More...)SAF LAUDS NJ MAYOR FOR �BLUNT HONESTY� IN EXIT FROM BLOOMBERG GROUPJuly 10, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � Applauding the blunt honesty of Oldmans Township, NJ Mayor Harry Moore in his resignation letter to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg�s anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the Second Amendment Foundation today said Moore�s candor should be an inspiration to everyone who opposes political demagoguery. Mr. Moore is the sixth mayor to quit the coalition. (Read More...)ANTI-GUN MAYORS� HYPOCRISY BLASTED BY SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATIONJune 28, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � Several members of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg�s anti-gun Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition are annoyed by freedom of information requests about their activities from a California law firm, yet these same mayors have no problem demanding complete access to sensitive gun trace data. The Second Amendment Foundation today said the mayors are practicing a double standard and are guilty of �world class hypocrisy.� SAF founder Alan Gottlieb pointed to a remark from Joseph Arellano in San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom�s office, who contended that the information being sought by the law firm of Trutanich Michel �is privileged.� (Read More...)SAF WANTS MINISTER INVESTIGATED FOR THREATS AGAINST GUN DEALERMay 29, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � The Second Amendment Foundation is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate a Chicago priest for threatening to �snuff� suburban Riverdale firearms retailer John Riggio during an anti-gun protest rally Saturday, May 26, near Chuck�s Gun Shop. (Read More...)SAF SAYS D.C. CIRCUIT DENIAL ON RE-HEARING OF PARKER CASE WAS RIGHTMay 8, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � This morning�s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to deny a petition from the District of Columbia for a hearing of Parker v. (Read More...)SAF DELIGHTED THAT ATF�S SULLIVAN SET RECORD STRAIGHT, REFUTING BLOOMBERGMay 2, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � Refuting weeks of erroneous assertions and outright fabrications regarding the accessibility of firearms trace data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Acting Director Michael J. Sullivan this week has issued a no-nonsense, detailed explanation affirming that trace data is available for legitimate on-going criminal investigations by law enforcement. �It�s exactly what we�ve been saying all along,� noted Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. (Read More...)GONZALES WANTS ARBITRARY POWER TO BLOCK GUN PURCHASES; SAF SAYS HE SHOULD RESIGNMay 1, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � Attorney General Alberto Gonzales� troubling support of legislation that would allow him and future attorneys general the arbitrary power to block firearms purchases without due process is cause for him to step down as the nation�s highest ranking law enforcement officer, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. The bill, S. 1237, was introduced last week at the Justice Department�s request by Sen. (Read More...)SAF WANTS DONALDSON BARRED FROM GUN STORIES AFTER HOSTING BRADY FETEApril 30, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � The Second Amendment Foundation today sent a letter to ABC News President David Westin, asking that reporter Sam Donaldson be barred from ever again reporting on gun rights issues, because he is serving as master of ceremonies at a fund-raiser for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Donaldson is hosting the event May 15 in Washington, D.C. (Read More...)SAF APPLAUDS NEW KATES-MAUSER REPORT ON FIREARMS AND CRIMEApril 24, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � The Second Amendment Foundation today said a new report by criminologists Prof. Don Kates of the United States and Prof. Gary Mauser of Canada that shows the rate of firearms ownership is irrelevant to the homicide and violent crime rate should be required reading, especially for reporters, editorial writers and elected representatives. (Read More...)SAF SAYS VIRGINIA TECH CASE UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTApril 19, 2007 - BELLEVUE, WA � Alarming new details about Virginia Tech gunman Cho Seung-Hui underscore the importance of a citizen�s individual right to keep and bear arms, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. �There were abundant warning signs that Cho posed a serious threat to the campus community,� said SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, �yet here he was running loose and committing mayhem. And all that seems to be on the minds of many in the media and at the offices of gun control extremists is figuring out how to exploit this horrible tragedy to erode and eventually destroy the right, and the means, of self-defense. (Read More...)
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