California, having established that they have no standing, it is irrational & goes against long-established legal precedent to come back as the case goes against their politically-driven positions…
Amicus Curiae Briefs
Twenty Two Gun Rights Organizations File Brief in ‘Peruta’ ‘Right-To-Carry’ Lawsuit
Twebty two gun rights organizations and Second Amendment lawsuit plaintiffs argue that the Peruta decision should stand…
WV Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Continues his Leadership on the Second Amendment
This brief urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to declare unconstitutional a Maryland law forbidding the possession, sale or transfer of certain firearms…
West Vrigina AG Leads 21 States In Amicus Brief Supporting Citizens’ RKBA
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced a friend of the court, brief urging the 4th Circuit Court to declare unconstitutional a MD law that forbids the possession, sale of certain firearms…
NSSF Joins Appeal Against Illinois City’s Modern Sporting Rifle & Magazine Ban
By filing this brief, NSSF hopes to educate the court as to the benefits of the MSR and their common legal uses in today’s society…
Gun Owners of America Defending the Second Amendment in Court
Gun Owners of America submitted a vital amicus brief in Heller v. DC on Tuesday — in a case that is otherwise known as Heller III…
22 State Attorneys General Join Pro-Second Amendment Brief in NY SAFE Act Appeal
Among those states that have weighed in on New York Governor Cuomo’s SAFE ACT, the clear weight of opinion is against the constitutionality of the SAFE Act…
Second Amendment Foundation Expresses Gratitude For Strong Amicus Briefs In SCOTUS Cert Petition
SAF extended its heartfelt gratitude to five groups, for their strong amicus curiae briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting SAF’s petition for review of the NJ carry challenge, Drake v. Jerejian…
Amicus Brief In SAF’s Drake Case From Capitol Hill Signed By 34 Members
34 members of Congress signed onto an amicus curiae brief in the Second Amendment Foundation’s case of Drake v. Jerejian, which asks the Supreme Court whether the 2A secures the right outside…
Nappen Law Firm files Second Amendment Brief with NJ Supreme Court
Without a permit to possess, the only way to legally possess a handgun in one’s home in New Jersey, is by exemption. Individuals, who rely on exemptions, are perpetually at risk of arrest & prosecution …
NC Attorney General Refuses to Stand Against Malicious Federal Prosecution of Private Gun Sellers
NC AG Roy Cooper Proves He’s as Anti-Gun as Michael Bloomberg as he Refuses to join 26 other state Attorneys General standing against malicious federal prosecution…
WV Leads 27 States,Territories in Supreme Court Brief Supporting Citizens’ Rights to Buy, Sell Guns
West Virginia and 25 other states have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing government attempt to prosecute legal gun owners who wish to sell legal weapons…
Glock Files Amicus Brief Supporting SAF’s California Case
Attorneys for Glock have filed an amicus curiae brief supporting the Second Amendment Foundation’s case in California challenging the state handgun roster requirements that include microstamping…
NJ Second Amendment Society Files Amicus Brief In NJ Supreme Court Concealed Carry Case
The New Jersey Second Amendment Society filed a “friend of the Court” brief in a State Supreme Court appeal challenging New Jersey’s “justifiable need” requirement to obtain a Permit to Carry…
22 States Join the NRA in Supreme Court Fight for 2nd Amendment Rights of Young Adults
Twenty-one state attorneys general support the National Rifle Association’s challenge against a federal law that restricts the sale of handguns to young adults aged 18 – 20…
GOA Backing Case Before the Supreme Court
The Fourth Circuit reversed that decision, using a “balancing test” to come to conclude that Maryland may override the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in the name of public safety…
D.C. Gun Transfer Law Is Unconstitutional
Permit Requirement Violates Second Amendment by Burdening the Sale of Goods or Services, Brief Says…
NRA Files Amicus Brief In Case Challenging Ban On Firearms In Parks
If the appellate court upholds the trial court’s ruling against the plaintiffs, the case could set bad precedent for future cases challenging local regulation of firearm possession on legal preemption grounds…
Briefs Submitted Challenging San Francisco Gun Laws
On February 7, 2013 the NRA, the San Francisco Veteran Police Officers Association and several San Francisco resident civil rights activists, filed their opening brief in Jackson v. San Francisco in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. ..
20 State Attys & Others File Briefs Supporting SAF Appeal of NY’s ‘Justifiable Need’ Rule
SAF and the five individual plaintiffs are challenging whether the state can arbitrarily restrict the Second Amendment right to bear arms outside the home by requiring people to prove a special need to the satisfaction of a government official…
VSSA Files Amicus Brief in Support of Woollard v. Sheridan Decision
The case of Woollard v Sheridan found Maryland’s discretionary handgun licensing system to be in violation of the 2nd Amendment.
Baker Lawsuit Over Concealed Carry Draws Fire From Brady Campaign
Probably the most profound failure of common sense is this gem: “…carrying a gun in public is not an effective form of self-defense…”
Gun Group Files Final Brief in Firearms Freedom Case
Montana Shooting Sports Association has filed its final brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in MSSA v. Holder litigation…
SAF Leads Coalition In Amicus Filing For Colorado Firearms Carry Case
The case, Peterson v. Garcia, was filed by Washington state resident Gray Peterson, who cannot exercise his right to bear arms because Colorado statute prohibits the issuance of a concealed carry permit to non-residents…
Firearms Freedom Act Heads to the Ninth Circuit Court on Appeal
The MFFA is designed to test the power of Congress to regulate everything without limits under the narrow power given to Congress in the Constitution to “regulate commerce … among the states.”..
NJCSD Supports Landmark SAF Gun Rights Case Against State of NJ
We intend to sweep the legs out from under entire swaths of New Jersey gun law, which will collapse under the weight of their own unconstitutionality…
Lawsuit Over Montana-Made Guns Goes to Next Judicial Level
Lawsuit Over Montana-Made Guns Goes to Next Judicial Level MISSOULA, MONT. –-(Ammoland.com)- In MSSA v. Holder, the lawsuit to validate the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA), plaintiff Montana Shooting Sports Association announced today that it is now free to take this lawsuit to the next judicial level, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. MSSA president […]
Texas State Rifle Association & McDonald v City of Chicago
We are a mobile society, and what weakens 2nd Amendment Rights for a citizen in one city, may weaken us all…
Oral Arguments Heard In Critical Second Amendment Case
The NRA argued that the highest standard, “strict scrutiny” test should apply, meaning that any gun-control law must address a compelling governmental interest…
Anti Gun Group Files Briefs Against Firearms Freedom Act
Both briefs are from entities opposing the MFFA validation, and both concerning the pending U.S. Motion to Dismiss…