“Local governments in California, or anywhere else for that matter, cannot simply suspend the Constitution, even using a public health crisis as an excuse”
Group Sues Northern California Governments, Alleging Rights Violations
BELLEVUE, WA – Seventeen plaintiffs including the Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit naming an almost equal number of local and county governments and officials within those jurisdictions in Northern California, asking the court for injunctive and declaratory relief in a challenge to gun control measures instituted in relation to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
SAF is joined by the California Gun Rights Foundation, California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, Inc., Firearms Policy Coalition, Madison Society Foundation and the National Rifle Association, along with three private businesses and eight private citizens. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. They are represented by attorney George M. Lee of San Francisco. The complaint may be read here.
