In a major win for gun rights, the SAF and its partners have successfully challenged the federal government’s prohibition on handgun sales to young adults. A three-judge panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously to overturn a lower court decision, declaring the restriction unconstitutional and remanding the case for further proceedings. … Read more
Last week’s ruling in in FFL-IL v. Pritzker represented a significant victory for a 2A community that has fought hard over decades to protect one of the Constitution’s most fundamental rights. The ruling overturned the state’s bans on so-called “assault weapons” and on standard capacity magazines. Bans like those imposed by Illinois, and cases challenging them, will sound familiar … Read more
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced Tuesday it has filed a new lawsuit challenging Texas laws that prohibit carrying firearms at certain public locations, including businesses that primarily serve alcohol, racetracks and sporting events. The suit, Ziegenfuss v. McCraw, seeks to end what the plaintiffs argue are unconstitutional restrictions on law-abiding citizens’ right to carry … Read more
A federal judge in New York issued a permanent injunction against the Cortland Housing Authority (CHA), barring any firearms ban on CHA properties. The case, led by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) alongside three plaintiffs—Robert Hunter, Elmer Irwin and Doug Merrin—was ruled by U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby in the U.S. District Court for … Read more
In Florida, there are two ways a public official can get into serious trouble – guns and public records. Florida has powerful statutes regarding firearms and the public’s right to official records, and Okeechobee Police Chief Donald Hagan seems hellbent of violating all of them. If a local official, or officials as in the case … Read more
Before Hurricane Helene made landfall, several municipalities in Florida declared local states of emergency to ensure they would be available for state and federal funds needed for expected storm-related cleanup and repair. As earlier reported on TTAG and other gun websites and news outlets, the city of Okeechobee went so far in theirs as to … Read more
As some misguided American cities such as Memphis, Tennessee, and Savannah, Georgia, attempt to buck state law and create their own patchwork of gun laws designed to restrict Second Amendment rights, at least one city in Colorado is moving the opposite way to support Constitutional freedoms even as their state assembly works to restrict them. … Read more
The wheels are coming off of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s gun confiscation program (“buyback”). As proposed, the confiscation of firearms and devices that were banned as “prohibited” by Trudeau’s Liberal government over four years ago was to have been underway by now. Public Safety Canada’s website on the program titled the “Firearms Buyback Program … Read more
The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit in Texas challenging the ban on firearms carry in U.S. Post Offices and on postal property as violations of the Second Amendment, and is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. Joining SAF is the Firearms Policy Coalition and two private citizens, Gavin Pate and George Mandry, both Texas residents. Named as the … Read more
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