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    SAF Challenges Arbitrary Denial of Right to Bear Arms in California

    The Second Amendment Foundation, Calguns Foundation and three California residents filed a lawsuit seeking to vindicate the right to bear arms against arbitrary state infringement.

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    SAF Challenges California Handgun Ban Scheme

    The Second Amendment Foundation, Calguns Foundation and four California residents filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation that arbitrarily bans handguns based on a roster of ‘acceptable’ handguns approved by the State of California.

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    SAF Sues Eric Holder Over Gun Rights of Non-resident American Citizens

    The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking an injunction against enforcement of a federal law that makes it impossible for American citizens who reside outside the United States to purchase firearms while they are in this country.

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    SAF Challenges D.C. Handgun Ban Scheme

    The Second Amendment Foundation and three Washington, D.C. residents filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation by District of Columbia city government that arbitrarily bans handguns based on a roster of ‘acceptable’ handguns approved by the State of California.

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    SAF Files Lawsuit Challenging Chicago's Handgun Ban

    Following the 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 right 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.

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    We maintain a separate website with news and case filings for this case at www.ChicagoGunCase.com.

    SAF, NRA Sue Washington State for Discriminating Against Alien Residents

    The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by the National Rifle Association, today filed a lawsuit in federal court against the State of Washington, seeking to overturn a state law that discriminates against legal resident aliens who own firearms by violating their Second Amendment rights under the equal protections affirmed by the 14th Amendment.

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    SAF Files Amicus Brief in Hayes Case

    The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Hayes case (U.S. v. Hayes).

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    SAF Files Amicus Brief in Nordyke Case Seeking 2nd Amendment Incorporation

    The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief in the long-running case of Nordyke v. King, a challenge to the gun show ban in California's Alameda County. Russell Allen Nordyke had been fighting the Alameda County gun show ban on First Amendment grounds, but a ruling in the case by a district court judge opened up a Second Amendment issue.

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    SAF Sues Library System Over Internet Censorship of Gun Websites

    The 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.

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    SAF Files Amici Curiae Brief in Lawsuit; DC Gun Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

    The Supreme Court has overturned the DC Gun Ban, ruling that the Second Amendment protects and individual right to keep and bear arms.

    SAF, CCRKBA and Madison Society, along with a dozen university law professors, 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.

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    SAF Sues to Overturn San Francisco Gun Ban

    The city appealled SAF's intial victory overturning the San Francisco Gun Ban. The California Appeals Court has unanimously ruled to uphold the lower court's decision, so SAF won again. The city then appealed to the California Supreme Court, which again ruled in SAF's favor.

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    SAF Stops New Orleans Gun Confiscation

    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.

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Press Releases

    SAF LAWSUIT FORCES CHANGE IN D.C. GUN REGULATIONS

    June 17, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA – Firearms regulations in Washington, D.C. are being amended today by emergency order in response to a federal lawsuit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation that challenged the arbitrary nature of previous regulations enforced in the District of Columbia. (Read More...)

    SAF APPEALS CHICAGO CASE TO U.S. SUPREME COURT

    June 9, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today appealed its lawsuit against the City of Chicago’s handgun ban to the United States Supreme Court. The case, which began as McDonald v. City of Chicago and is now consolidated with a similar lawsuit filed by the National Rifle Association, was filed last year within an hour of the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment ruling in District of Columbia v. (Read More...)

    SOTOMAYOR NOMINATION AN OBAMA SLAP AT SECOND AMENDMENT

    May 26, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA – The nomination of Second Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court is a slap at gun rights and the Second Amendment, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. (Read More...)

    SAF HAILS NINTH CIRCUIT RULING IN GLOCK LAWSUIT

    May 12, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA – Monday’s ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that dismisses a lawsuit against Glock by the victims of a deranged gunman in Grenada Hills, CA was a proper decision under existing statute, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. (Read More...)

    SAF, CALGUNS CHALLENGE ARBITRARY DENIAL OF RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS IN CALIFORNIA

    May 5, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA and REDWOOD CITY, CA – The Second Amendment Foundation, The Calguns Foundation and three California residents today filed a lawsuit seeking to vindicate the right to bear arms against arbitrary state infringement. Nearly all states allow qualified law-abiding citizens to carry guns for self-defense, but a few states allow local officials to arbitrarily decide who may exercise this core Second Amendment right. In the action filed today, Plaintiffs challenge the policies of two California Sheriffs, in Sacramento and Yolo counties, who reject the basic human right of self defense by refusing to issue ordinary people gun carry permits. (Read More...)

    SAF, CALGUNS FOUNDATION CHALLENGES CALIFORNIA HANDGUN BAN SCHEME

    April 30, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA and REDWOOD CITY, CA – The Second Amendment Foundation, The Calguns Foundation and four California residents today filed a lawsuit challenging a California state law and regulatory scheme that arbitrarily bans handguns based on a roster of “certified” handguns approved by the State. This case parallels a similar case filed in Washington, DC, Hanson v. District of Columbia. (Read More...)

    NINTH CIRCUIT RULES 2ND AMENDMENT INCORPORATED TO STATES

    April 20, 2009 - The Second Amendment Foundation today applauded the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco for ruling that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states and local governments. (Read More...)

    PELOSI: 'WE WANT REGISTRATION'; HOLDER: 2A WON'T 'STAND IN THE WAY'; SAF: 'GLOVES ARE OFF'

    April 8, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA – Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on April 7 acknowledged that gun registration is on her agenda, days after Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters in Mexico that the Second Amendment would not “stand in the way” of administration plans to crack down on alleged gun trafficking to Mexico. “These are alarming remarks from Speaker Pelosi and Attorney General Holder,” said Second Amendment Foundation founder Alan Gottlieb. “It appears that the Obama administration and Capitol Hill anti-gunners have dropped all pretense about their plans for gun owners’ rights, and it looks like the gloves are coming off.” (Read More...)

    SAF SUES ERIC HOLDER OVER GUN RIGHTS OF NON-RESIDENT AMERICAN CITIZENS

    March 30, 2009 - BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking an injunction against enforcement of a federal law that makes it impossible for American citizens who reside outside the United States to purchase firearms while they are in this country. (Read More...)

    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEFIANCE IN GUN RIGHTS APPALLING

    March 27, 2009 - Op-Ed By Alan Gottlieb Obstructing justice normally lands one in deep legal trouble, unless you are the mayor, police chief or a member of the city council in the District of Columbia. All of those people have been working overtime, it would seem, in their efforts to obstruct and obfuscate the process of allowing the city’s law-abiding citizens to exercise their right to have a gun in the home for protection, as affirmed by the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in District of Columbia v. Dick Anthony Heller last June 26. (Read More...)

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