Support a 28th Amendment to the Constitution on Guns Add your name to say you support passing a Constitutional amendment that will make our communities safer from gun violence. It’s a small and simple action, but it will send a powerful message about the size and strength of the coalition to get this done. The time is now.Read More →
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npr: Poll: Most Americans say curbing gun violence is more important than gun rights The highest percentage of Americans in a decade say they think it’s more important to curb gun violence than protect gun rights, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.Read More →
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Federal Age Limit on Gun Purchases U.S. Senior District Judge Robert Payne has delivered another blow to the Administration’s effort to limit gun rights. In a 65-page decision, Judge Payne ruled that the Second Amendment protects people 18-20 who were barred under the regulations from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Federal licensed dealers were previously told that they could not sell to buyers below the age of 21. The case is Fraser v. BATFE, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82432(Eastern District, Va. May 10, 2023). The Biden Administration argued that 18- to 20-year-olds are not part of “the people” protectedRead More →
Texas Bill HB 2744: pdf below A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. The legislation would raise the minimum age for purchasing certain firearms but likely wouldn’t have been a hindrance to the Allen gunman obtaining a weapon. The bill still faces an uphill climb in the Legislature. HB02744I.pdfRead More →
Massad Ayoob Massad Ayoob has been handgun editor of GUNS magazine and law enforcement columnist for AMERICAN HANDGUNNER since the 1970s, and has published thousands of articles in gun magazines, martial arts publications, and law enforcement journals. He is the author of some twenty books on firearms, self-defense, and related topics, including “In the Gravest Extreme” and “Deadly Force,” widely considered to be authoritative texts on the topic of the use of lethal force. The winner of the Outstanding American Handgunner of the Year Award in 1998, Mas has won several state and regional handgun shooting championships. Ayoob was the first person to earn theRead More →
Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate. Massad Ayoob is an American firearms and self-defense instructor. He has taught police techniques and civilian self-defense to both law enforcement officers and private citizens since 1974. He was the director of the Lethal Force Institute in Concord, New Hampshire, from 1981 to 2009, and now operates his own company. Ayoob has appeared as an expertRead More →