Should Distrust Of Government Be A Phenomenon Exclusive To Gun Owners?
“The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.” — Samuel Butler In the current political climate surrounding the hot topic of gun control, there has been much attention focused on the subject of “gun owner paranoia.” One mainstream news agency after […]
CGF and Carry in California: Sunshine Initiative Update (Part 2)
While we work to resolve the national question of the scope of the right to bear arms in public, the Initiative’s Compliance component would further go to address as much as possible in the 58 sheriffs’ carry license programs (from pre-application to issuance) so that, as soon as we did have a final decision from […]
CGF and Carry in California (Part 1)
Calguns Foundation, with our partner SAF, filed the first post-Heller “right to carry” lawsuit in the nation on May 5, 2009, 15 days after the first Nordyke v. King panel decision incorporated the Second Amendment. The case against the sheriffs of Sacramento and Yolo Counties was originally known as Sykes v. McGinness. We moved quickly on carry after we read the Heller decision, […]
CA gun rights groups The Calguns Foundation, Cal-FFL send letter to Capitola City Council on proposed gun control ordinance
Today, attorney Jason Davis of Orange County-based law firm Davis & Associates sent a letter to the City of Capitola on behalf of second amendment rights groups The Calguns Foundation and California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees. The letter, shown below, opposes the City’s proposed gun control ordinance scheduled for hearing during the February 28, […]
Silicon Valley Libertarians Cling to Their Guns: “Gun Control is Technology Control”
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 Articles and photo by Sarah Lai Stirland Via TechPresident Gene Hoffman is standing in the middle of his sunny corner office in Belmont, California, and he’s showing me his AR-15. If California State Senator Leland Yee had his way, Hoffman could get arrested for this. In 1989, the California legislature passed […]
Leading Gun Rights Organizations Form New Coalition To Combat Assault On Second Amendment
Firearms Policy Coalition pledges “not one more inch.” BELLEVUE, WA / SAN CARLOS, CA / MADERA, CA (January 4, 2013) – Firearms Policy Coalition, a new project of renowned Second Amendment rights advocacy organizations Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees, Second Amendment Foundation, and The […]
The new gun rights culture is worth fighting for – and we’re winning
If you’ve spent any time reading newspapers, listening to the radio, or scanning the Interwebs lately, it’s apparent that American gun owners have a significant challenge ahead to defend the Constitutionally-enshrined fundamental (read: inalienable) right that secures all of the others. That’s doubly true for residents of states like gun-ban happy California and Illinois, places where ‘logic’ […]
Carry License Denial Due To City Residency (Apply to PD First Requirement)
Please use this form to report issues relating to a sheriff’s denial of or refusal to process a carry license application due to your residing in an incorporated city. For example, a county may require that a resident of a city must first apply to that city’s Chief of Police or Police Department. If you […]
CGF, SAF, CAL-FFL Sue County of Alameda for Violation of Civil Rights
For Immediate Release: June 26, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The County of Alameda’s zoning law requiring that gun stores be located 500 feet away from residential properties is not rational and cannot withstand any form of constitutional scrutiny, argues a new federal civil rights lawsuit filed yesterday in San Francisco, California. Businessmen John Teixeira, […]
Alameda County Runs Away From Nordyke Case, Concedes
San Carlos, CA (June 4, 2012) – In an astonishing eleventh-hour about-face, the County of Alameda’s “sweeping concessions” in open court to allow gun shows at the Alameda County Fairgrounds was accepted by the Ninth Circuit in its opinion for Nordyke v. King, released on Friday. As was noted in a concurring opinion by Circuit Judge […]
