Tom Scocca, CGF, Madison file lawsuit against Santa Clara Sheriff Laurie Smith over Carry Licensing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 24, 2011 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 policies to state law. Tom Scocca is a […]
CGF Forces Solano County to Reduce 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 to modify their concealed weapon licensing fee schedule to bring it into compliance with California law. As part of […]
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 its Sheriff, John McGinness, after the Sheriff modified his handgun carry permitting policy. Law-abiding Sacramento County residents […]
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 and Sunshine Initiative, intended to make carry-related information available to the public at one […]
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, admitting no reasonable cause for his arrest existed. The lawsuit – financially supported by […]
CGF Submits Letter to DOJ on Proposed DROS Fee Reduction, Requests Audit of DOJ BoF
As many of you will recall, Gene Hoffman 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 initiated an inquiry with the DOJ to ascertain the disposition of the DROS account, […]
San Francisco Reverses Ad Policy, Gun Rights Posters Go Up Throughout City
For Immediate Release: September 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 challenge their ban on advertisements containing firearms. 16 large posters which show a woman peering out a window […]
CGF McDonald v. Chicago Amicus: Fairman & Berger Are Wrong on the 14th
The Calguns Foundation filed an amicus brief in support of Otis McDonald et al. to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of 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 Privileges or Immunities clause in Section 1 of […]
SAF, Calguns Challenge Arbitrary Denial of Right to Bear Arms In California
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2009 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 qualified law-abiding citizens to carry guns for self-defense, but a few […]
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 based on a roster of “certified” handguns approved by the State. This case parallels a similar case filed […]
