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• SAF, CGF Sue Over California ‘Assault Weapons’ Law Arrest

  San Carlos, CA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Calguns Foundation have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California, seeking to have the state’s definition of so-called “assault weapons” declared unconstitutionally vague. Joining SA...

• Los Angeles County DA's Office Dismisses False Charges Against “Open Carrier” Who Exercised His Right to Remain Silent

  Mission Viejo, CA (May 10, 2011) – The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office agreed to drop all charges against “open carrier” Ryan Burbridge and is currently considering whether it will oppose a petition for a finding of factual innocence to cle...

• Tom Scocca, CGF, Madison file lawsuit against Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith over Carry Licensing

  SAN JOSE, CA – Tom Scocca, The Calguns Foundation, and The Madison Society have filed a lawsuit seeking to compel Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith to respect the equal protection rights of carry license applicants and conform her carry license po...

• Solano County Reduces Illegal Concealed-Carry License Fees

  CGF “Sunshine Initiative” Continues to Improve License Issuance   San Carlos, CA (November 17, 2010) – The Calguns Foundation announced today that, as part of its Carry License Compliance and Sunshine Initiative, Solano County has recently agreed...

• Second Amendment Rights Are Reaffirmed After Sacramento County Sheriff's Office Changes Carry License Policies

  Case Continues Against Yolo County to Secure Right to Self-Defense Bellevue, WA and San Carlos, CA (October 25, 2010) - The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Calguns Foundation have dismissed their case against Sacramento County, California and i...

• Calguns Foundation Announces Firearms Carry Licensing Compliance and Education Program, Files Lawsuit Against Ventura County Sheriff for Failure to Disclose Public Records

  San Carlos, CA (October 18, 2010)  - As part of a sweeping campaign to make firearm carry accessible to all law abiding Californians, The Calguns Foundation has announced the launch of its new carry license web portal and Carry License/CCW Compliance...

• San Diego Pays $35,000, Agrees to Finding of Factual Innocence for Improper “Unloaded Open Carry” Arrest

  San Carlos CA (September 29, 2010) - The City of San Diego will pay $35,000 to gun rights activist Samuel Wolanyk for his improper arrest. The San Diego Police Department also granted Mr. Wolanyk’s petition for a Finding of Factual Innocence, admittin...

• CGF Submits Letter to DOJ on Proposed DROS Fee Reduction, Requests Audit of DOJ BoF

  As many of you will recall, Gene recently informed in this CGN thread that DOJ would be pursuing a rulemaking to reduce the DROS fee by $5, the associated fund balance and allow for administrative fee adjustments in the future. CGF immediately initiat...

• San Francisco Reverses Ad Policy, Gun Rights Posters Go Up Throughout City

  For Immediate Release: 9/7/2010 San Carlos, CA - San Francisco Metropolitan Transit Authority, which operates the City's expansive bus and light rail system, ran into a wedge as the Calguns Foundation and Second Amendment Foundation partnered to challen...

• Truckers and gun owner groups file lawsuit against California to void handgun ammunition shipping ban

  AB-962 Pre-empted By Federal Laws That Regulate Interstate Shipping For Immediate Release: 7/28/2010 Redwood City, CA - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has joined with the Calguns Foundation, the National Rifle Association, t...

• McDonald Amicus - Fairman & Berger Are Wrong on the 14th

  The Calguns Foundation filed and Amicus Brief in support of Otis McDonald et al. in McDonald v. Chicago. Our brief argues that the two most prominent anti-incorporationist scholars of the late 20th century were wildly incorrect about the meaning of the Pr...

• The Calguns Foundation Qualifies as Tax-Exempt

  The Calguns Foundation received our official notification from the IRS that we have qualified for the tax exemption under 501 (c) (3) as a public charity. The notification was dated 8/14/2009 and is fully retroactive. What this means for you: If you've...

• SAF, Calguns Challenge Arbitrary Denial of Right to Bear Arms In California

  BELLEVUE, WA and REDWOOD CITY, CA – The Second Amendment Foundation, The Calguns Foundation and three California residents today filed a lawsuit seeking to vindicate the right to bear arms against arbitrary state infringement. Nearly all states allow q...

• SAF, Calguns Foundation Challenges California Handgun Ban Scheme

  BELLEVUE, Wash. & REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Apr 30, 2009 -- The Second Amendment Foundation, The Calguns Foundation and four California residents today filed a lawsuit challenging a California state law and regulatory scheme that arbitrarily bans handguns...

• SAF & CGF CHALLENGE D.C. HANDGUN BAN SCHEME

  NEWS RELEASE Second Amendment Foundation 12500 NE Tenth Place • Bellevue, WA 98005 (425) 454‐7012 • FAX (425) 451‐3959 • www.saf.org SAF CHALLENGES D.C. HANDGUN BAN SCHEME For Immediate Release: Contact: Alan Gottlieb (425) 4547012 BELLE...

• The Calguns Foundation Announces Successful Defense of John Contos of Sacramento-Based Sonoma Firearms

  (CALGUNS.NET) - Redwood City, CA. 7:20PM 12-18-2008.   Thread: http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=139100  Case based on the incorrect theory that U-15 Stocks are “thumbhole” stocks (and/or constitute a pistol grip) is...

• Heller Decision Announced

  Supreme Court Declares That the Second AmendmentGuarantees an Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms -- June 26, 2008  Fairfax, VA – Leaders of the National Rifle Association (NRA) praised the Supreme Court’s historic ruling overturning Washington, D...

• Bright Spot Pawn Update

  On March 7, 2008 the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Jurupa Valley Station Community Action Team, in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives executed a weapons violation search warrant at Bright Spot Pawn in Glen ...

• The Calguns Foundation Launch

  The Calguns Foundation is a California non-profit corporation whose goals are to support the California Firearms Community by promoting education for all stakeholders about California and Federal firearms laws, rights and privileges, defending and protect...