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SAF files brief with Supreme Court in response to Cook County’s effort to quash its ‘Assault Weapons’ case. tinyurl.com/ys9jtnck @2AFDN

CCRKBA warns of looming 2A threat: Monitoring flood of anti-gun bills. tinyurl.com/ynew2t2e @CCRKBArms @2AFDN

ATF Director: ‘We will not change’ ATF Director Robert Cekada was flying with Todd Blanche, the 88th Attorney General of the United States, Sunday night when the two men started talking. Of course, the recent midterm election losses were discussed, as were ATF’s priorities. Cekada said Monday that his response to the election was simple: He will not change. “We’re forging ahead,” he said. “I am pushing all of the rules that we told everyone to modernize. We are going to repeal all of the old Biden rules.” Once the ATF rules are formalized, everyone will have protections that they need, Cekada said. “It takes almost two years to change the rules,” Cekada said. “That gives Congress a lot of time.” Cekada said he has no plans to resign after the election losses were tallied. “I am not going anywhere unless the President fires me,” he said. “I am not going anywhere.” Cekada is still angry about the ongoing actions of some former staffers, like former ATF assistant director Marianna Mitchem, who is now an official with Everytown for Gun Safety and constantly providing false information and fictitious stats to the anti-gun media. “Everytown would love to see me go, but they should be ready for a fight,” Cekada said. “Especially when former ATF employees are spewing lies over there.” Unique history Cekada’s changes to the ATF almost defy belief. He inherited an agency that was nothing more than the despised law enforcement arm of Joe Biden’s anti-gun mob, and he turned it into a real federal law enforcement agency that now—as he constantly maintains—targets only “real bad guys.” Cekada is personally overseeing the return of the firearms that were seized by Biden’s ATF from three men who were all pardoned by President Donald J. Trump. All three of these real victims did nothing wrong, but they were still charged and convicted of violating Joe Biden’s mythical zero-tolerance policy. Pastor Russell Fincher lost all of his guns after Biden’s ATF raided his home and pointed guns at him and his young son. Now, after he was pardoned, he is talking with Cekada about the return of his firearms and a lot more. “Mr. Cekada is such a breath of fresh air that the Second Amendment community truly needs,” Pastor Fincher said. “I know there are a lot of doubters, but I need to rejoice in the positive. The hour-long conversation I had recently with him was unbelievable. I left saying, ‘I can’t believe he’s the ATF director.’ I really feel like he’s a true patriot battling for the Second Amendment. He’s a different kind of cat.” The other team has made their plans very clear: They want show trials and they plan to target the Second Amendment. It’s refreshing to hear that ATF will not be assisting them with half of their national agenda—that ATF will remain solely focused on arresting real bad guys instead of legitimate gun owners. Said Cekada: “We will not change.” The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. @2AFDN

I love it when our AG mentions "... the Free State of Florida..."

My plans for the rest of the week ...

CCRKBA PREDICTS GUN SALES SURGE AS ELECTION RESULTS THREATEN 2A BELLEVUE, WA – Tuesday’s troubling national and state election results, putting anti-gun Democrats in charge of Congress and some governors’ offices and state legislatures come January, will likely set off a rush of buyers to gun shops and sporting goods stores between now and then as people prepare for new assaults on the Second Amendment, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is predicting. “We may be about to witness a surge in gun buying not seen since 2020,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “We also anticipate a flood of new, anti-Second Amendment legislation designed to further restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens, especially in states with legislatures controlled by Democrats, and from Congress. The gun prohibition lobby is probably already salivating over various schemes to ratchet down on gun owners, to get around a string of recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings which have affirmed the individual right to keep and bear arms. “The gun control crowd may attempt to pass legislation relating to modern semiautomatic rifles and pistols in anticipation of the Supreme Court ruling on whether these firearms are protected by the Second Amendment,” he continued. “That could easily ignite a semi-auto buying surge, so nobody should be surprised when that happens. When you tell Americans they can’t have something, they rush to buy whatever it is. “One other phenomenon we look for is a sharp rise in memberships and support, not just to at the Citizens Committee, but other gun rights organizations,” Gottlieb said. “American gun owners traditionally rally around national groups such as the CCRKBA and our sister organization, the Second Amendment Foundation, because they know we will be on the front lines, fighting in the trenches, to defend our constitutionally protected, fundamental rights from the attacks we see coming just over the political horizon. “Watch the gun prohibition movement to once again be unintentionally responsible for surging gun and ammunition sales,” Gottlieb said, “and for renewed and energized support for groups fighting to defend the American heritage and Bill of Rights.” With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States. @2AFDN

Special thanks to the Panhandle! I am so glad I live in the great state of Florida!!!

Texan arrested for selling Forced Reset Triggers in Florida Skyeler “Bleau” Jackson, 24, says he is the first person ever charged with an eight-year-old Florida statute that may prohibit the possession of Forced Reset Triggers, or FRTs, which are completely legal in most other free states. He may be right. FRTs have long been a frequent target of the anti-gun media, which falsely claimed they turned rifles into machineguns. Thankfully, federal law now makes them legal, but a Florida state law still bans FRTs in the Sunshine State. Florida’s poorly written statute certainly hasn’t been used much since 2018 when then-Governor Rick Scott—now a U.S. Senator—signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act, which created the law. FRTs aren’t even mentioned in the statute, which bans “bump-fire stocks” as well as anything else that can “alter the rate of fire of a firearm to mimic automatic weapon fire or which is used to increase the rate of fire to a faster rate than is possible for a person to fire such semiautomatic firearm unassisted by a kit, a tool, an accessory, or a device.” Whether FRTs are even illegal in Florida is a judgement call, which in Jackson’s case was made by investigators working for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. No one from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office even told Jackson what he allegedly did wrong, as he sat in their county jail for nine days last February. No one from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office was even willing to discuss his case: Calls and emails for this story were not returned. Jaskson, a native Texan who lives in San Antonio, learned in court that he faces up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines if he is convicted of two counts of violating the “bump-fire stock” statute for selling FRTs to “undercover” sheriff’s deputies at a West Palm Beach gun show. “I was arrested February 11th. The warrant was signed. There were three charges: Two counts of possession of a bump stock and one count of possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, which was dropped,” Jackson said. “I didn’t have any bump stocks. I am the first person ever charged with that statute since the law has been in place. Essentially, they made a huge mistake.” The arrest Jackson sold a few FRTs at a West Palm Beach gun show in early February. He was stopped in his dad’s car near the event. “The deputy told me I had a taillight out. He said, ‘Can I show you?’ I got out and he arrested me and like 14 cars pulled up—all blacked-out SUVs. There were five cops on me. They took off my jewelry and asked me if I had any explosives, like I was some kind of terrorist. There was one guy in charge. He was wearing a fisherman’s shirt. He asked if there were any guns in the car—after I had just left a gun show. That was the beginning of the end of it,” Jackson said. There wasn’t much of an interrogation during the car stop. The detective in charge offered only confusing questions. “He said the only way I was gonna get out of it was if I could name gang members. Gang members? I’m from Texas. I told him I didn’t know anything about that,” Jackson said. “He told me I was going to jail, and my bond would be around $2,000, which was total BS.” Palm Beach County deputies took Jackson to their jail, where he was stripped, searched, fingerprinted and photographed. He ended up in a holding cell with another inmate. The next day he was taken to his bond hearing. He waited his turn and watched inmate after inmate appear before the judge. Almost all had been arrested for battering their spouse. Their bonds were $200 or nothing at all. “Then it was my turn. The prosecutor said, ‘Look at all these bump stocks we’ve recovered’—I never had a single bump stock. My bond was going to be $175,000, but my attorney negotiated it down to $70,000,” Jackson said. Jackson was able to secure his release after spending nine days in the county jail. “They never told me what I was supposed to have done wrong,” he said. “I don’t think the judge even knew what the statute was or what it meant.” According to Sheriff’s Office reports, deputies were working “undercover” at the gun show when they were told that a vendor—Jackson—was selling FRTs. Jackson reportedly had a video at his booth that showed how the triggers operated. Reports claim he told the “undercover” investigators that the FRTs were easy to install on their firearms. He also showed them documents on his phone that proved they were legal. Florida lawmakers introduced a bill during the last legislative session that would have repealed section 790.222—the “bump-fire stock” statute. Unfortunately, the bill died in the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee For now, the charges against Jackson stand. Takeaways Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw has spent 53 years in law enforcement. At 78 years old, he is one of the oldest active law enforcement officials in the country. While most Florida sheriffs are Republicans, Bradshaw is a registered Democrat, which may explain why he would prioritize gun-show enforcement. Jackson has been studying the charges he faces since his arrest. He has been told the “undercover” deputies took a video of the actual sale, but he hasn’t seen it yet. Said Jackson: “My big takeaway is that I don’t have a takeaway yet. When this is all over, I’ll have it. I’m not bitter, I just want to know more or less why I was targeted for FRTs, especially in Florida.” The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. @2AFDN

As a proud Floridian, there are some rules I obey religiously and some I don't. This one deserves religious obeyance.

Mentally disturbed anti-gun vandal defaces 9/11 Memorial Neither the NYPD nor the NYFD were willing to comment publicly about a wanton act of vandalism that occurred this week at Ground Zero of the 9/11 Memorial. Calls and emails to both agencies were not returned. It’s not too difficult to figure out why. There were 343 New York City Firefighters murdered near the vandalized site on September 11, 2001. There were 23 New York City Police officers and detectives killed on that horrible day. Jonathan Andrew Tijerina, 31, was arrested at the 9/11 Memorial he defaced Monday night. He was charged with criminal mischief, making graffiti and possession of graffiti instruments. Tijerina painted the URL of his anti-gun website onto marble stonework surrounding the North Tower of the reflecting pool. He boasted of his insane criminal act on his website. “My name is Jon Tijerina and I’ve just spray-painted ‘just stop killing kids’ on the 9/11 Memorial,” Tijerina wrote on his website’s Instagram account. Thankfully, the memorial has already been restored. Tijerina’s paint was quickly removed, which cost taxpayers around $500. He has been released from custody. His next court appearance is January 13, 2027. Tijerina was only six years old when terrorists struck 25 years ago. It’s questionable whether he even remembers the horror of the events of that day, but it is crystal clear he doesn’t give a damn about them. The nature of the crimes he publicly bragged about committing speaks volumes. It’s doubtful that he knew any of the nearly 3,000 victims who were murdered that day, or any of their families, or any of the rescuers whose health was horribly impacted by the terrorist attack. It’s also unlikely he knows any of the slain servicemembers who quickly enlisted and gave their lives in response to that horrible day, or their surviving family member who are still struggling. It’s a given he never saw how the entire country came together in the hours after the attack, regardless of politics or party. We became Americans First as a result of the thousands of horrible deaths. That much certainly escaped this young vandal’s meager grasp. If you look at his website, the answer to why he vandalized one of the country’s most holy places becomes very clear. Tijerina, friends, is a nut. Even the staunchest anti-gunners in the country have got to think the same thing if they read this fella’s writing. He’s lost all of his marbles. He’s off his rocker. He’s as mad as a hatter. Every single one of his screws is most certainly loose. To sum, he needs some serious help. Tijerina’s website calls for two specific actions—just two—which he described as “demands.” He demands universal background checks and a universal gun registry. “Both already exist in other high-income countries. Neither requires repealing the Second Amendment. We are not asking for the impossible — we are asking for what every other wealthy democracy already has,” Tijerina wrote on the website. Background checks, he falsely claimed, “stop prohibited buyers.” Sure. And a national gun registry, he wrote, is sure to work too. “Every gun sale — including private sales, gun shows, and online transactions — must include a federal background check. This is already the law in 22 states. It should be the law everywhere,” he wrote. If the entire country does not immediately agree with his two “demands,” Tijerina names what will happen in response: “Civil resistance.” “Civil resistance is different. It does not ask permission. It does not wait for the next election cycle. It applies direct, sustained pressure until the cost of inaction exceeds the cost of change,” his website claims. He then goes yet another step too far, and he actually compares his crimes to the actions of one of history’s most celebrated civil rights groups: The Freedom Riders. That, friends, is over-the-top craziness. For Tijerina to compare his stray-painting to the actions of a real civil rights group leaves no doubt in anyone’s sane mind about the lunacy that has overridden his thoughts and actions. “Civil resistance is not hope. It is strategy,” he wrote on his website. In my humble opinion, the best response to Tijerina’s civil resistance strategy will be when he dons the white jacket with sleeves that tie in back, followed by a few thousand volts administered between his ears. That would be the exact response that both his desecration and his civil resistance deserve. The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. @2AFDN

New York judge delays Demetrio Daga’s sentencing for reasons unknown “I should be on my way to court right now to be sentenced,” Demetrio Daga said Monday morning. In September, Daga was convicted after a seven-day trial of violating 15 New York State criminal charges. However, County Court Judge Andra Ackerman, who oversaw Daga’s trial, delayed his sentencing until Nov. 30. The judge did not say why the delay was needed. Daga, his attorney and even his father-in-law strongly suspect why the judge did not want to sentence the 44-year-old, married, father of two this week. She’s awaiting a new pre-sentence investigation report, known as a PSI. Even though Daga is technically facing decades behind bars, the last PSI, which was prepared by the Albany County Probation Department, recommended that he receive no jail time, only probation. Judge Ackerman—who has already admitted she may not follow her own probation department’s recommendations—hopes a new PSI will recommend that Daga serve time behind bars, Daga and his team firmly believe. “I think you could certainly read into that—why the judge claims she wants to see an updated PSI,” said Daga’s trial attorney Kevin O’Brien. “I know it’s legally unnecessary, and it seems strange to me. The original PSI was done over the summer. There wouldn’t be much to update, technically speaking. She’s entitled to that, so that’s what she did.” What frustrates Daga and his legal team is the judge’s timing. “The even more bothersome part is that if she wanted this done, we’re unsure of why it wasn’t ordered right away,” O’Brien said. “Obviously, this is delaying him and his ability to appeal the sentence. It’s frustrating for sure. I don’t know that it’s calculated, but it certainly feels that way.” When the original PSI report was issued, which only the attorneys have access to, it caused quite a bit of consternation. “No one had ever seen a report like it. It recommended probation only. It floored everybody, including the judge,” said Jim Googas, Daga’s father-in-law. “From what everyone has told me, it was the cleanest probation report ever seen.” He strongly hopes his son-in-law will be released soon. Said Googas: “I’m 71 and I’ve become the acting father of his two young boys.” Daga had no criminal history prior to his arrest and has been a model prisoner. He has no idea why the judge asked for a new PSI. “My attorney has asked several times for a reason,” he said. “He was told they’ll let him know when the report is done. I don’t even know what a new PSI will tell them. The charges are all the same. The old PSI said no incarceration—probation only. I haven’t had a single issue in the jail. I don’t want to believe it’s to make me suffer more, but we’re in Albany. They call Albany ‘The Machine.’ It’s a very political city. One attorney thinks they have someone rewriting the PSI report with results that will be more favorable for them. We have the original PSI. Nothing’s changed. I’ve been in jail. If they now recommend prison, what changed? What’s the difference?” His incarceration has been hardest, he said, on his two young boys. “My one son said it’s the end of October, when are you coming home?” Daga said. “I’m so mad … I can’t make them understand because they don’t understand politics. They’re not alone. Even people who aren’t conspiracy-minded are asking what’s going on.” Case history Daga’s case was investigated solely by the New York State Police. No other agency—federal, state or local—was involved in the investigation, search warrant or arrest. Daga was convicted of 15 state weapon charges: one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the First Degree, two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, three counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, and nine counts of Criminal Possession of a Firearm. He was not charged or convicted of making firearms, even though his prosecutor accused him of it in court. “Demetrio Daga was buying and producing gun parts and building weapons in his home,” Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Jessica Blain-Lewis told the jury during closing arguments. “And he wasn’t just someone who builds guns, he was building an arsenal.” What she referred to as Daga’s “arsenal” consisted of 13 handguns, which she called “ghost guns,” 22 “AR-style assault rifles,” which she also said were “ghost guns,” 18 “AR-style assault rifles” with serial numbers, and two pump-action shotguns. Blain-Lewis has never shied away from the media. In 2016, she was a contestant on the popular CBS show “Survivor.” None of what Braga possessed is even considered illegal in a free state. His plight is drawing attention from those who faced similar predicaments. “I’m doing everything I can for Demetrio. Let’s hope for a surprising outcome, but if not, we’ll continue pressing onward. Let’s hope for another victory like mine,” said Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, who was recently pardoned by President Donald L. Trumpafter he was convicted of federal weapons charges. Demetrio Daga’s family has established a GiveSendGo page for those who are able to help. The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. @2AFDN

I asked the FBI's media folks this: "I am reporting a story about two presidential pardon recipients, Patrick "Tate" Adamiak and Pastor Russell Fincher, who were each denied recent firearm purchases by the FBI. I would like to know why the FBI is denying their Second Amendment rights even after each received a presidential pardon." This morning, the FBI replied: "The FBI cannot comment on any alleged individual firearm background check. If a person believes they have been wrongfully denied during a National Instant Criminal Background Check, they can challenge or appeal the denial. Additional information is available at fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/…." @2AFDN

Presidential pardon recipients still barred from buying guns The Federal Bureau of Investigation has denied recent firearm purchases by both Pastor Russell Fincher and Patrick “Tate” Adamiak who were each pardoned by President Donald L. Trump nearly two months ago. Adamiak tried to purchase an Auto-Ordnance semi-automatic Thompson, which had engraved images of President Trump. Fincher tried to buy a Smith & Wesson Victory handgun. Each completed an ATF Form 4473, but each was denied by the FBI. Both Adamik and Pastor Fincher received Presidential pardons, which were signed by President Trump Sept. 3, 2026, but neither man’s Second Amendment rights appear to have been fully restored. ATF Director Robert Cekada was quick to point out that his agency had nothing to do with the denials. “I am fully aware of that, but it has nothing to do with us,” Cekada said Friday morning. “We don’t block anybody. The 4473 goes to the FBI. Anyone who gets a denial on a background check gets denied by the FBI.” The FBI requires members of the media to submit their question via email. Questions were sent Friday morning, but so far, the agency has not called or sent a response. “It’s frustrating,” Fincher said Friday morning. He ordered the Smith & Wesson handgun through a local dealer. “I told him he’s going to have to sell it to someone else,” Fincher said. “If I want to buy a firearm, I guess now I have to buy it from an individual.” Adamiak said he also experienced problems with a denial by the Pennsylvania State Police instant background check system. “I filled out an appeal and mailed it to the state,” he said. “They won’t accept digital submissions, and they have up to 30 days to make a decision.” The state and federal systems are not communicating, he said. “We’re both cleared,” Adamiak said. “Every day we can’t get a firearm is a day we can’t defend ourselves. Our Second Amendment rights are being violated. We each have presidential pardons.” The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. @2AFDN

The Trace goes ‘toxic’ over lead rounds. A twenty-something Trace reporter knows best, right? It must be a difficult time to be an anti-gun activist working at the Trace—the propaganda arm of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun empire. After all, things are certainly not going their way. The National Firearms Act has been gutted. You can buy suppressors with ease, and America’s favorite rifle will likely become legal in all 50 states thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court. The changes are even more impressive at the lower levels. We’re seeing pro-gun triumphs almost every single week. Finding any anti-gun story has got to be a daily concern for the kids at the Trace. They can’t report the facts because they’re not real reporters. So, instead of reporting that President Donald J. Trump—the most pro-gun President since Teddy Rooselvelt—is restoring our Second Amendment rights on a regular basis, what can the Trace possibly tell its readers? Lead—specifically, lead is bad. In fact, it’s dangerous. That’s the best the Trace kids could come up with. According to a story in the Oct. 21stedition of The Bulletin, which the Trace publishes, “Six million children in the U.S. live in homes with people who use firearms with lead-based ammunition but don’t engage in post-shooting hygiene. That leaves the kids vulnerable to lead exposure.” So, if you go shooting and don’t wash up, your kids are at risk, the Trace claims. Evidently, they know who’s washing up and who’s not. This super-worrisome story was written by Fairriona Magee, who describes herself as the public health reporter for the Trace. She joined the Trace right after college. It’s her first paid gig. She also volunteers at a local food bank. How does Magee prove her point that lead imperils every single shooter? She finds an expert, of course, who cites the “risk.” “These findings just provide a suggestion that this is a bigger risk than I think people realize,” Christian Hoover, the study’s lead author and public health researcher at Harvard University, told me. “Hopefully, they’re willing to consider some of the suggestions that we make in the study, like changing your clothes after shooting, not bringing things into the home with you, and treating this activity when you’re using lead-based ammunition as though it were toxic.” Unfortunately for her readers, Hoover, whom Magee described as a "public health researcher at Harvard University,” uses another title on his LinkedIn: Co-Investigator, Firearm Exposure Research Team at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. I’m sure Harvard’s Firearm Exposure Research Team fully respects our Second Amendment rights, right? Magee’s bulletin is short, thankfully. For anyone with even a modicum of firearm knowledge, it’s so bad it’s almost funny. Magee never mentions that shooting outdoors lowers your risk of lead exposure dramatically, or that Americans have been shooting lead bullets downrange since before there was a United States of America. Instead, she touted her company line—guns are super dangerous. If you own one, you’re at risk. Magee wrote that she found the lead story while reading “gun violence” studies, which she does on a daily basis. That type of shoddy research is also expected from the kids at the Trace. The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project wouldn’t be possible without you. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation to support pro-gun stories like this. @2AFDN

OPPOSITION GOVERNMENTS FILE BRIEFS WITH SUPREME COURT IN SAF’S ‘ASSAULT WEAPONS’ BAN CHALLENGES. BELLEVUE, Wash. — Oct. 22, 2026 — The opposition in Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenges to so-called “assault weapons” bans has filed their opening briefs with the Supreme Court laying out why their bans meet the demands of the Constitution. This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear SAF’s two cases – Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins – challenging bans on commonly owned rifles, including the AR-15, in both Cook County, Ill., and Connecticut. Originally filed in 2021, Viramontes challenges Cook County’s ban on many commonly owned modern firearms, which was the precursor for the nearly identical statewide ban passed by the Illinois legislature. In Grant, SAF is challenging Connecticut’s ban on commonly owned semi-automatic rifles – both by name and by feature set. “Categorical bans on the most commonly owned rifles in America violate the Second Amendment, full stop,” said SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut. “Unfortunately, countless peaceful Americans across the U.S. are subject to these unconstitutional bans, which single out and demonize modern semi-automatic rifles for nonsensical reasons like the adjustability of a shoulder stock or angle of a grip. The Supreme Court has already laid out a clear method of analysis for statutes like these – and has set constitutional standards that these laws simply fail to meet. The opposition briefs filed attempt ‘creative’ tactics to avoid those standards – or challenge them outright – and we are confident the Court will not be persuaded. We look forward to filing our reply and responding directly to these poorly conceived positions.” You can read Cook County’s brief here and Connecticut’s brief here. SAF is joined in Viramontes by the Firearms Policy Coalition and two private citizens and is joined in Grant by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and three private citizens. Oral arguments for both cases are set for Wednesday, Dec. 2. “It’s high time that assault weapons bans recede back into the primordial ooze of gun control legislation from which they emerged,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “One might think Supreme Court caselaw explaining that arms in ‘common use’ are protected by the Second Amendment, and bans on a rifle owned by more than 30 million law-abiding citizens would be incompatible, yet here we are. Anti-gun zealots appear willing to cling to these laws despite the weight of the Constitution being against them. Now is a great time to join SAF and throw your support behind us as we prepare our reply on behalf of all peaceable Americans.” For more information visit SAF.org. The Second Amendment Foundation (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the fundamental rights of individuals enshrined in the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. SAF engages in aggressive legal action to ensure the principles of armed self-defense, personal liberty, and the ownership of arms are defended, secured, and restored. Through public education initiatives, SAF teaches the importance of the Second Amendment to promote a society that values and exercises the right to keep and bear arms. @2AFDN

One thing even the Dems have to admit about Florida's great Attorney General James Uthmeier, he's never boring.

SAF, NRA file amicus brief challenging lifetime firearms ban for nonviolent felons. “History disarmed the dangerous, not the peaceable,” said SAF Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros. “A nonviolent felony is not a lifetime forfeiture of the right to keep and bear arms.” tinyurl.com/3jx3ttrp @2AFDN

SAF, partners challenge New Mexico’s firearms purchase waiting period “It’s a sad state of affairs when a state attorney general won’t follow the rulings set by a court of law,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. tinyurl.com/2fxdem48