CGF Files Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Uphold Second Amendment Right to Publicly Carry Arms
Today, the California Gun Rights Foundation (CGF) announced the filing of an important merits-stage United States Supreme Court brief in the case of NYSRPA v. Bruen, a challenge to New York’s “proper cause” scheme for the issuance of licenses to carry arms in public.
Law Abiding Woman Petitions SCOTUS
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 21, 2020) — Today, attorneys for California Gun Rights Foundation, Second Amendment Foundation, and a California resident filed a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of an improperly decided Ninth Circuit ruling.
Californians Seek Injunction Against Attorney General Becerra, DOJ, Over Unconstitutional Gun Ban Policy
Today, California Gun Rights Foundation (CGF) and Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a motion for a preliminary injunction in the case of Chad Linton, et al, v. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al., a federal civil rights lawsuit challenging some of the State’s laws and policies that prevent certain individuals from exercising their fundamental right to keep and bear arms. Court filings are available at FPCLegal.org.
Second Amendment Protects So-Called “Large-Capacity” Gun Magazines, FPC, CGF Argue in Important 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Brief Joined by Second Amendment Foundation, Armed Equality, Others
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (September 24, 2019) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and California Gun Rights Foundation (CGF) announced the filing of an important legal brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the State of California’s ban on so-called “large-capacity” magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. The brief is available online at FPCLegal.org.
Announcement From CGF Chairman Gene Hoffman Regarding Organizational Name Change
I’m reaching out to everyone because we’ve recently made a change here at CGF, and I want to make sure all our supporters are aware of it and what it means going forward.
Gun Owners, Rights Organizations Sue California, Attorney General Becerra in New Federal Lawsuit Over State’s Age-Based Ban on Firearm Purchases
A new federal lawsuit was filed in federal district court in San Diego today, announced two individual plaintiffs and the institutional parties to the case, advocacy organizations The Calguns Foundation (CGF), Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF), and Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). The case, captioned Jones, et al. v. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, et al., challenges on Second Amendment grounds the State of California’s discriminatory age-based general ban on firearm purchases by legal, law-abiding adults over the age of 18 but under the age of 21. The plaintiffs are represented by lead counsel John W. Dillon of Carlsbad, California-based Gatzke Dillon & Balance LLP. A copy of the court filing can be accessed at www.firearmspolicy.org/legal.
