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 […]
SAF, Partners Get Busy in Court; Are They ‘Extremist’ Groups?
Mother Jones just published an article about the troubles plaguing the National Rifle Association in which it suggested several other, far more “extreme” organizations might move in to fill any void, and among those radical outfits it listed the Second Amendment Foundation. That’s the group currently blazing a legal trail through a maze of offensive […]
Federal Challenge to Restrictive NJ Concealed Carry ‘Regulatory Scheme’
The Second Amendment Foundation, Firearms Policy Coalition, New Jersey Second Amendment Society and two private citizens, Stanley Bennett and Michael Hucker, have filed a federal lawsuit challenging New Jersey’s restrictive laws on concealed carry in a case that might put the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Garden State is one of the most […]
Gun Sales Spike Continues; Anti-Gunners Lament Increased Ownership
Handguns, rifles and shotguns are “flying off the shelves” with the primary focus on self-defense, and “nearly 26 million background checks were run through the FBI’s national instant check system through August,” the Washington Times is reporting. That number will no doubt climb when the September NICS check data is released, possibly eclipsing the record […]
Deep Divide over Open or Closed Gun Shops During COVID-19 Crisis
The divide between gun control proponents and Second Amendment advocates may never have been better illustrated than by the controversy brewing right now over whether gun shops and shooting ranges should be allowed to remain open as “essential businesses” or closed while the “pandemic panic” continues. One good place to observe the difference is in […]
Gun Fight: ‘Essential’ or ‘Non-Essential’ at Issue
Are retail firearms stores an “essential” or “non-essential” business? That’s the question at the heart of a battle currently being waged in New Jersey and promising to spread to several other states, and the fight revolves around the individual right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment. A federal lawsuit filed by […]
