"Gun owners can't be faced with the practice of 'arrest them first and let the courts sort it out' for exercising constitutional rights. That is just how things are done in our country."
SAF, CalGuns, Sue Over California ‘Assault Weapons’ Law Arrest
BELLEVUE, WA - The Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California, seeking to have the state's definition of so-called "assault weapons" declared unconstitutionally vague.
Joining SAF and Calguns in the lawsuit is Brendan John Richards, an Iraq combat veteran who served as a U.S. Marine, and whose arrest and six-day incarceration in the Sonoma County jail - and subsequent dismissal of all charges - was the catalyst for this legal action. Named as defendants are California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the California Department of Justice, the City of Rohnert Park and police officer Dean Becker.