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Second Amendment Foundation

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms.

To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate.

Most Recent Articles by Second Amendment Foundation:


SAF Remarks to U.N. Stopped By Storm Still Carry Powerful Message

BELLEVUE, WA - It took a hurricane to prevent it, but remarks originally scheduled to be delivered today at the United Nations by the Second Amendment Foundation still carry more clout than a storm, said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.
- Monday, October 29, 2012


SAF delighted with Judge’s ruling in Maryland case

BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation is delighted that the judge in a Maryland case that challenges the constitutionality of that state's handgun permitting scheme is ready to lift a stay on his original order for the state to process carry permits without a citizen having to provide a "good and substantial reason.'
- Wednesday, July 25, 2012

SAF, ANJRPC React to NJ Attorney General brief on gun case

Squandering an opportunity to redeem the Garden State for its long disparagement of the Second Amendment - and in particular, the right to carry - New Jersey's newly appointed Attorney General has instead slapped gun owners in the face in the latest set of papers in a federal lawsuit brought by ANJRPC and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) to overturn New Jersey's unconstitutional handgun carry laws.
- Friday, June 29, 2012

SAF, Calguns Foundation Sue Oakland, San Francisco Police

BELLEVUE, WA The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the police departments in San Francisco and Oakland, California for refusing to return firearms to people who had been charged with crimes, but subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing.
- Monday, May 14, 2012

North Carolina lets emergency powers ruling stand

BELLEVUE, WA - North Carolina's failure to appeal a federal judge's ruling that struck down the state's emergency power to ban firearms and ammunition outside the home during a declared emergency adds one more Second Amendment victory to the court record being established by the Second Amendment Foundation.
- Tuesday, May 8, 2012

CCRKBA rips Tampa mayor, lauds FL governor over CCW flap

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today lauded Florida Gov. Rick Scott for defending the rights of law-abiding gun owners by turning down a request from Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn to ban the carrying of firearms during the August Republican National Convention.
- Wednesday, May 2, 2012


SAF sues public housing gun ban in Warren Co. Illinois

BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the Warren County, Illinois Housing Authority, seeking an injunction against the WCHA's ban on personally-owned firearms by residents of government-subsidized housing.
- Wednesday, April 4, 2012


SAF victory strikes down North Carolina emergency powers gun ban

BELLEVUE, WA - A federal district court judge in North Carolina has just struck down that state's emergency power to impose a ban on firearms and ammunition outside the home during a declared emergency, ruling that the provision violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
- Thursday, March 29, 2012

SAF hails WA high court denial of Seattle gun ban appeal

BELLEVUE, WA The Second Amendment Foundation is delighted that the Washington State Supreme Court has unanimously denied the City of Seattle's petition for review in the case of Chan v. City of Seattle, a legal action brought by SAF, the National Rifle Association and five individual plaintiffs.
- Thursday, March 8, 2012

Maryland ruling a huge victory for second amendment, says SAF

BELLEVUE, WA - A federal court ruling in Maryland, that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends beyond the home and that citizens may not be required to offer a "good and substantial reason" for obtaining a concealed carry permit, is a huge victory, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
- Monday, March 5, 2012


Breyer’s robbery illustrates why RKBA so important everywhere

BELLEVUE, WA - The recent robbery of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at a vacation home in the West Indies should hopefully cause the learned jurist to re-examine his core beliefs about the individual right to keep and bear arms at places other than their primary residence, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012

SAF appeals judge’s dismissal of Moore V. Madigan carry case

BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation immediately filed an appeal following dismissal of its challenge to Illinois statutes that prohibit the carrying of loaded firearms outside the home for personal protection in the case of Moore v. Madigan.
- Monday, February 6, 2012

SAF, ANJRPC will appeal New Jersey right-to-carry ruling

BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation and Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs will appeal a federal judge's ruling Friday that "the Second Amendment does not include a general right to carry handguns outside the home."
- Friday, January 13, 2012

Bloomberg’s slander of gun law victim ‘Despicable” - SAF

BELLEVUE, WA - When Meredith Graves of Tennessee traveled to New York for a job interview last month and was ensnared by New York's restrictive gun laws, it wasn't enough that she may face criminal charges for being honest, Mayor Michael Bloomberg had to sully her reputation by alleging she possessed cocaine.
- Wednesday, January 11, 2012

An open letter to New York Mayor Bloomberg and Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Dear Mayor Bloomberg: Recent news accounts have once again revealed an ugly truth about New York City: Through the adoption and enforcement of Draconian firearms regulations, the Big Apple is rotten to its core for treating a fundamental, constitutionally-protected civil right as a felony.
- Friday, January 6, 2012

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