A coalition of Second Amendment groups has filed an amended complaint in its challenge of New Jersey’s revised gun permit law, adding one plaintiff and expanding its scope on so-called “sensitive places.” The case is now known as Koons v. Platkin, according to a news release from the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). SAF said the […]
SAF Leads Lawsuit Challenging Magazine Ban Law in Washington
Less than a month before a new Washington State law banning the future sale, import or manufacture of so-called “large capacity magazines” is scheduled to take effect, the Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation is leading a federal lawsuit aimed at derailing the new statute. The case is known as Sullivan v. Ferguson. It was filed Friday […]
25 State AGs Ask Supreme Court to Review Challenge to Maryland Gun Ban
UPDATED: Fully half of all Attorneys General in the United States have submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to hear a challenge to a restrictive gun law in Maryland, in a case filed by a trio of gun rights organizations, one private business and three Maryland residents, as reported first […]
Federal Lawsuit Challenges Cook County, IL ‘Assault Weapon’ Ban
The Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the prohibition on so-called “assault weapons” in Cook County, Illinois, the latest in a growing list of legal actions in which SAF and FPC have collaborated. The complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The […]
2A Rights Groups Sue New Jersey over Restrictive Gun Laws
Five gun rights organizations have joined forces with a New Jersey gun store and three private citizens to challenge gun control laws in the Garden State, alleging that state requirements to first obtain a permit to purchase, along with several other bureaucratic speed bumps “unconstitutionally restrict the acquisition of firearms.” The Second Amendment Foundation is […]
ATF Backs Off on Braces: Yes, America There Is a Santa Claus!
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives suddenly withdrew its notice and request for comments on the “Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with ‘Stabilizing Braces’,” that was published Dec. 18 and had created no small amount of ill will for the holidays. The agency released the withdrawal notice Wednesday only five days after […]
