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GUN RIGHTS

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation announced that William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal will publish a scholarly paper authored by the foundation’s director of constitutional studies, Joseph Greenlee. The piece presents compelling evidence in support of the right to train with the very weapons protected by the U.S. Constitution, and provides courts with examples of history and legal precedent to establish it as a “core” human right.

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Monday, September 27, 2021

The Second Amendment Foundation has launched a powerful new message to gun owners across the country, warning them, “If Joe Biden can force a needle in your arm, he can take your gun.” The 60-second TV message includes a clip of Biden telling America, “This is not about freedom or personal choice” in his push for all Americans to get vaccinated, even if they have personal, religious or health concerns. SAF reasons that if Biden—a career anti-gunner—can get away with issuing such a mandate without Congressional approval, he could make the same declaration about surrendering Second Amendment rights.

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017
For the first time in its history, the Second Amendment Foundation issued a "travel advisory" to firearms owners to avoid going to California. The organization warned "law-abiding armed citizens that their civil rights could be in jeopardy due to that state's restrictive gun control laws."
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015
The Second Amendment Foundation has responded to published reports that the Obama administration is pushing to prevent citizens collecting Social Security benefits from owning guns as proof the president wants to strip as many people as possible of their Second Amendment rights while he remains in office.
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Friday, May 22, 2015
Blinn College student Nicole Sanders filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the public institution near Houston, Texas after being told by an administrator last February that she would need "special permission" to display a gun rights sign and collect signatures for her student group on campus.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
When former Congresswoman Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords told an Oakland, California, audience Wednesday that she forgives a mass murderer whose name we won't glorify, she was "way off target" because her recent efforts have tried to punish law-abiding citizens with new gun laws."We don't forgive the Tucson shooter," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "We're glad he will spend the rest of his life in prison for what he did to Congresswoman Giffords, and for killing six other people in the process.
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Monday, March 3, 2014
The Second Amendment Foundation today offered congratulations to the first 5,000 recipients of Illinois concealed carry licenses, which were mailed out by the State Police. The SAF's case -Moore v Madigan- forced the Illinois Legislature to adopt a concealed carry law over the objections of anti-gun Gov. Pat Quinn and others, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
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