SAF Launches New Effort to Defend Equality of Gun Ownership
SAF LAUNCHES NEW EFFORT TO DEFEND EQUALITY OF GUN OWNERSHIP Feb 25, 2013 – BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation today launched a new project aimed at promoting and protecting equality in the exercise of the individual fundamental right to keep and bear arms, with... Read More
Right to Carry News: 7th Circuit Lets Posner Ruling Stand; Huge Win for CCW, Says SAF
Earlier today, the Second Amendment Foundation published this press release on the federal 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to let Judge Posner’s recent decision on Second Amendment rights outside the home (overturning Illinois’ total ban on carry) stand: For Immediate Release: 2/22/2013 BELLEVUE, WA –... Read More
Silicon Valley Libertarians Cling to Their Guns: “Gun Control is Technology Control”
Silicon Valley Libertarians Cling to Their Guns: “Gun Control is Technology Control” Tuesday, February 19, 2013 articles and photo by Sarah Lai Stirland via TechPresident Gene Hoffman is standing in the middle of his sunny corner office in Belmont, California, and he’s showing me his... Read More
Smith Enterprises stands with U.S. gun owners in opposition to draconian gun control laws
Add Smith Enterprises to the growing list of companies who are taking a stand against gun control. Their press release, posted at their website today, is reposted below in its entirety. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Ron Smith Smith... Read More
Magpul Industries press release says they’ll leave Colorado if gun control bill passes
Magpul Industries joins the growing chorus of firearms-industry firms threatening to move millions of dollars of revenues and jobs out of their home state. In this case, Magpul chief executive Richard Fitzpatrick says that he’ll take their business out of Colorado if the legislature passes gun... Read More
New Jersey Legislature’s Public Safety Committee Passes Anti-Gun Bills Despite Overwhelming Opposition
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** NJ LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE PUSHES THROUGH ANTI FREEDOM BILLS DESPITE OVERWHELMING OPPOSITION By Rich Petkevis NJ2AS Media Relations [email protected] On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, the New Jersey Law and Public Safety Committee heard testimony on 24 anti freedom bills. Approximately... Read More
20 U.S. states, CATO, others file briefs to Supreme Court supporting SAF’s Kachalsky carry case
As part of a nationwide, multi-state, and multi-case effort to compel the government to respect the fundamental right to bear arms for self-defense protected under the Second Amendment, attorney Alan Gura in 2010 filed a civil rights lawsuit (Kachalsky, et al. v. Cacase, et. al.)... Read More
Mark LaRue, LaRue Tactical Leading on Policy to Limit State, Local Law Enforcement Sales to Civilian Standards
According to this statement posted on LaRue Tactical’s Facebook page this afternoon, re-posted below in its entirety, LaRue Tactical will use the same state and local laws for private gun ownership to state and local law enforcement agency procurement. We support Mark LaRue’s thoughtful and... Read More
California Senate Democrats Unleash New Barrage of Gun Control Proposals
The full text of the press release is below: Law Enforcement, Mayors Join Senate Democrats in Proposals to Curb Gun Violence February 07, 2013 (Sacramento) – Senate Democrats have unveiled ten legislative actions to curb gun violence in California designed to close loopholes in the existing... Read More
Video of CA Sen. Darrell Steinberg’s Press Conference 2/7/13 “Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence”
21 minutes of rabid anti-rights pontification and rationalization. It’s not a surprise but it never makes watching clips like this less infuriating. Said California Senate Pro Tem Steinberg, “So that’s just a little bit of clarification on what [the proposed laws] do, and why they are... Read More