Second Amendment Foundation

Holder nomination signals Obama’s true anti-gun rights agenda

BELLEVUE, WA – The nomination of Eric Holder for the post of attorney general of the United States sends an “alarming signal” to gun owners about how the Barack Obama administration will view individual gun rights, as affirmed this year by the Supreme Court, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

‘Acorn uses public funds to steal elections, now your gun rights,’ says SAF

ACORN, the publicly-funded national organization linked to voter fraud in several states is now actively interfering with the exercise of firearm civil rights in New Jersey, and the Second Amendment Foundation is calling for an immediate federal investigation.

House right to vote on D.C. gun regs, make council behave, say SAF

House passage of a bill that strips away authority from the District of Columbia Council was both proper and expected for a number of reasons, the Secon d Amendment Foundation said today.

SAF call Chicago Tribune plea to repeal 2A ‘unconscionable’

The Chicago Tribune’s call for repeal of the Second Amendment following the historic Heller Decision is an “unconscionable attack on the entire Bill of Rights and the freedoms it protects,” the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

SAF files lawsuit challenging Chicago’s Handgun ban

Following Thursday’s 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller that the Second Amendment protects an individual civil r ight to keep and bear arms, and that a municipal gun ban violates that right, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the City of Chicago’s long-standing handgun ban. The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago.

San Francisco red ink revealed

San Francisco’s budget crisis underscores the frivolity of the city’s stubborn and expensive defense of its doomed-from-the-start 2005 gun ban, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

GA gun dealer made right move in quest for fair trial, says SAF

Georgia gun dealer Jay Wallace’s decision Monday to default on a lawsuit by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and carry his case to an appeals court, was the right move because of genuine concerns he could not get a fair trial before federal judge Jack B. Weinstein, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

SAF blasts Brady Bunch over effort to block pro-gun Judicial nominee

In their continuing effort to destroy the Bill of Rights, the Brady Campaign has launched a joint effort with the extremist CREDO Action to block confirmation of federal judicial nominees who accept the Second Amendment as protective of a fundamental individual civil right.

America has lost a true patriot

“With the passing of Charlton Heston over the weekend, America has lost a true patriot, and a man who stood up for all civil rights,” said Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation.

SAF applauds D.C. Court Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Gun Industry

The Second Amendment Foundation today applauded the unanimous ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals that dismissed a lawsuit against 25 gun manufacturers filed by the district and families of nine gun crime victims in the city.

CA Appeals Court Rules Unanimously in Favor of SAF Lawsuit

In a unanimous decision today, the California Court of Appeals ruled that the City of San Francisco’s handgun ban is illegal under state law, upholding a lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation and several other groups.

SAF Honors Colorado’s Jeanne Assam with Eleanor Roosevelt Award

For her remarkable display of heroism and courage under fire, the Second Amendment Foundation announced today that it will recognize Jeanne Assam, who confronted a gunman on Dec. 9 at the New Life Church shooting in Colorado Springs, with the Eleanor Roosevelt Award. The Roosevelt award was created by SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, co-author of America Fights Back: Armed Self-Defense in a Violent Age. The award honors exceptional women who use firearms in self-defense and the defense of others.

SAF Engages in Worldwide Struggle Against Gun Grabbers

The Second Amendment Foundation and the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA) met in Palermo, Italy, on October 4 and 5, 2007, to plan for a looming battle over global gun control.

Hillary Backer wants Russert Shot

A report in Thursday's edition of The Hill suggests that Hillary Clinton supporters have little or no understanding of either the First or Second Amendments, after a Clinton backer reportedly said in a conference call that NBC's Tim Russert "should be shot" for asking tough questions, the Second Amendment Foundation said today.

SAF Defends Miami reporter, says First Amendment important as the second

The Second Amendment Foundation today called the arrest of WPLG reporter Jeffrey Weinsier a "First Amendment outrage" that only subsequently focused on a concealed handgun he was carrying "simply to deflect public attention from the fact that Weinsier was arrested for doing his job."