Alan M. Gottlieb

Founder

(SAF) Second Amendment Foundation

James Madison Building

(12500 N.E. 10th PL, Bellevue WA, 98005-9819)

(425) 454-7012; www.saf.org

 

SAF SUPPORTER BALLOT

 

Dear SAF Supporter,

 

[3-2014 letter] I've enclosed a SPECIAL BALLOT so you can vote on a very urgent and important matter facing the Second Amendment Foundation and American gun owners. This BALLOT is for members and key supporters of the Second Amendment Foundation, so please read my letter very carefully and return it to me as soon as possible.

 

I do not exaggerate when I say this is a very urgent and important vote for you to cast. Because in a moment, after you have read my letter and prepare to cast your vote for the question at hand, you may well be deciding the next important and critical legal battles the Second Amendment Foundation is and will be ever involved in.

 

Let me explain. The United States Supreme Court in our lawsuit, McDonald v. Chicago overturned the ban on handgun ownership in Chicago and ruled that our Second Amendment right applies in all 50 states.

 

The same day, we filed suit in Federal Court against the North Carolina Emergency Powers Law that allowed suspension of Second Amendment rights in times of natural disaster. We won and overturned that law.

 

This Second Amendment Foundation victory is of national importance as it will knock out many anti-Second Amendment laws now on the books. Some of those laws could be in your state.

 

Now we have to defend our victories and make them permanent. The anti-gun crowd knows that by winning this case, bans on carrying firearms for self-defense, buying guns and ammunition in emergencies and other anti-gun laws from coast-to-coast are next to be struck down.

 

So despite our Supreme Court victory, this legal battle is far from over. That is why I have already committed to our attorneys that we will stand with them to protect and expanding these monumental rulings. We are off to a great start, but . . .

 

. . . before I can tell our attorneys to continue with our landmark legal challenges to other ridiculous and dangerous anti-gun laws, I must know for sure that SAP has the funds to pay for them. That's why I'm writing to you today.

 

THESE COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT FEDERAL COURT CASES EVER FILED IN SUPPORT OF OUR GUN RIGHTS IN OUR LIFETIME . . . AND WE MUST SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISIONS TRULY APPLY TO ALL 50 STATES.

 

And believe me, the anti-gunners are not happy about this. The gun-grabbers are hoping that President Barack Obama will continue to honor his promise to appoint more anti-gun judges to the high Federal courts before our important cases get there.

 

Another major ruling in support of the individual right to own a gun for self-defense could be the "dagger in the heart" of the anti-gun movement we have been striving for. And because the gun grabbers know it, they are pulling out all the stops. The Brady Center, Bloomberg people and other anti-gun rights groups will again be filing briefs against us in our case (1).

 

I have been told by a source close to Michael Bloomberg that his anti-gun rights group is preparing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars against us arguing that the Second Amendment stops at your front door and does not allow you the right to carry a firearm for self-protection.

 

It is this kind of legal tactic that gun grabbers like the Brady people and anti-gun politicians like Obama, Feinstein, Schumer, Pelosi and Holder will use to uphold anti self-defense gun laws and bans. AND WE--THE SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION AND YOU--MUST BE THERE TO SUPPORT OUR RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS AND STOP THEM COLD.

 

I believe that the Second Amendment Foundation has an obligation to America's gun owners to file suits to stop the assaults on our gun rights. This is an obligation that costs money we don't have.

 

But now I must ask you to decide. Should the Second Amendment Foundation continue to fund legal challenges to laws that allow suspension of Second Amendment Rights and other laws that deny citizens the right to own and/or carry a gun for self-defense?

 

But before you answer, consider this additional critical information:

 

1.                 It was the Second Amendment Foundation's suit that twice overturned the city of San Francisco's Handgun Ban and forced scores of other cities to back away.

 

2.                 It was a Second Amendment Foundation suit that overturned a law the city of New Haven passed that banned the sale of handguns and stopped a number of other Connecticut towns from passing the same law.

 

3.                 It was the Second Amendment Foundation's legal efforts that have destroyed city gun bans, stopped BATFE harassment of gun ownersand protected people falsely accused.

 

4.                 It was a SAF suit that forced Los Angeles to issue concealed carry licenses to gun owners.

 

5.                 It was a Second Amendment Foundation suit that stopped gun confiscation in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

 

6.                 It was a SAF suit that forced the state of Ohio to pass a law allowing concealed carry of firearms for self-defense.

 

7.                 It was SAF amicus curiae briefs that helped overturn the Washington, D.C. gun ban at the Federal Appeals Court and at the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

8.                 It was SAF's suit that killed Chicago's handgun ban and extended the Second Amendment Protection to all 50 states.

 

9.                 And, it was a SAF suit that overturned the Illinois ban on carry and forced their Legislature to legalize concealed carry.

 

Now with all this in mind . . . please complete the SAF SUPPORTER BALLOT I've enclosed for you and return it to me right away. And please vote, too, with your dollars.

 

SAF can't fund these and other new legal suits, or continue those in progress without your financial help and involvement. Our lawsuits cost an estimated $250,000 each and the enclosed list of other lawsuits that we have currently going on could cost well over an additional $2,650,000 alone!

 

I must know what level of support I have from loyal SAF Supporters like you before I give the go-ahead to our attorney, Alan Gura, who won the Supreme Court cases that overturned both the Washington. D.C. and Chicago gun bans.

 

And I promise you, we won't pay any attorney one cent more than we have to. I will not allow any lawyer to get rich off the money you contribute. These cases will protect gun rights in all 50 states.

 

Your immediate tax-deductible gift of $500, $100, $50, $25 or whatever you can afford, is necessary to continue to fund our legal suits in defense of your rights to own and use a gun for self-defense. Please let me know your decision right away. Thank you.

 

Sincerely yours,

Alan M. Gottlieb

Founder

 

P.S. Once you give me the nod to fund our legal cases, I will. Together, we can protect our Second Amendment rights in the courts.

 

[Please request for SAF SUPPORTER BALLOT (SAF, 12500 N.E. 10th PL, Bellevue WA, 98005-9819).

 

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SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION

GUN RIGHTS LEGAL ACTIONS

 

Here are just some of the lawsuits that YOUR Second Amendment Foundation has been and is currently involved in. We've spent a lot of money in court fighting to protect and expand YOUR rights. EACH lawsuit has a price-tag as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars!

 

·      SAF Sues Illinois and Wins over Ban on Carrying Guns for Self-Defense...SAF and Illinois Carry filed suit in federal court, challenging the state's complete prohibition on the carrying of firearms in public for the purpose of self-defense. SAF wins the case and Illinois becomes 50th state to allow concealed carry.

·      SAF Sues Chicago over Gun Range Prohibition on 1A, 2A Grounds...SAF and ISRA filed a lawsuit in federal court against the City of Chicago's gun ordinance, asserting that "by banning gun ranges open to the public..." the city is depriving citizens of their right to keep and bear arms in violation of the First and Second Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Appellate Court ordered Chicago to end this ban. Case continues.

·      SAF Wins Preliminary Injunction against New Mexico Law Barring CCW Permits for Legal Resident non-citizens...SAF has won a preliminary injunction in federal district court in New Mexico against that state's prohibition on the issuance of concealed carry permits to legal resident aliens.

·      SAF Challenges CaliforniaHandgun Ban Scheme...SAF and Calguns Foundation filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation that arbitrarily bans handguns based on a roster of "acceptable" handguns approved by the State of California. Case has been amended to include new microstamping requirement. Glock files amicus brief in support. Smith & Wesson and Ruger file declarations in support of SAE's lawsuit.

·      SAF and CalGuns Sue and Win Against California's "Assault Weapons" Law Arrest and Win...SAF and Calguns Foundation win a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in California, seeking damages for an unlawful arrest and to have the state's definition of so-called "assault weapons" declared unconstitutionally vague.

·      SAF Sues Nebraska Over Carry Prohibition for Legal Resident non-citizens...The Second Amendment Foundation filed a motion for injunctive relief against Nebraska officials over a statutory prohibition that prevents non-citizens legally residing in the state from obtaining a concealed carry permit.

·      SAF Files Amicus in San Diego Gun Permit Case...SAF filed an amicus brief in a case that challenges the constitutionality of discretionary gun permit rules adopted by officials in San Diego County, California. Ninth Circuit declares County's restrictive concealed carry licensing policy unconstitutional.

·      SAF Sues and Wins over MA Gun Ban for Legal non-citizen Residents...SAF and Commonwealth2A have won a federal lawsuit challenging a law in Massachusetts that denies legal resident aliens the licenses required to possess a handgun in the home for self-defense, or purchase any kind of firearm or ammunition.

·      SAF Files Federal Lawsuit against New York City over Gun Permit Fees...SAF and the NY State Rifle & Pistol Association filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against New York City alleging the $340 fee for a permit to keep a handgun in the home is "excessive and. ..impermissibly burdens the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms." On appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court..

·      SAF Sues N.J. Officials for Deprivation of Civil Rights on Permit Denials...SAF and the ANJRPC filed suit in U.S. District Court against several NJ officials for deprivation of civil rights under color of law, as a result of their refusal to issue carry permits to qualified citizens. On appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.

·      SAF Sues Eric Holder, FBI over Misdemeanor Gun Rights Denial...Acting on behalf of a Georgia resident and honorably discharged veteran, SAF filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder and the FBI over enforcement of a federal statute that can deny gun rights to someone with a simple non-domestic violence misdemeanor conviction on his record. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

·      SAF Sues and Wins to Overturn North Carolina's Emergency Powers Gun Bans...SAF and GNC won a lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against the governor, local officials and governments from declaring states of emergency under which private citizens are prohibited from exercising their rights to bear arms.

·      SAF Sues Over Missouri Ban On CCW By Legal Resident non-citizens and Wins...SAF filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a Canadian citizen who is a legal resident of Missouri, challenging that state's statutory prohibition on the carrying of concealed firearms by non-citizens. Missouri rewrites the law because of SAF suit.

·      SAF Sues and Wins over Public Housing Gun Ban in Warren Co., Illinois...SAF wins a federal lawsuit against the Warren County, Illinois Housing Authority's ban on personally-owned firearms by residents of government-subsidized housing.

·      SAF Sues Maryland over Handgun Permit Denial...SAF sued Maryland authorities in federal court because the man's handgun permit renewal was turned down on the grounds that he could not demonstrate "a reasonable precaution against apprehended danger." Appellate court strikes down lower court ruling regarding rights to carry. U. S. Supreme Court decline to hear the case.

·      AF Challenges Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales...SAF has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Virginia challenging the constitutionality of Virginia statues and provisions of the 1968 G.C.A. barring handgun sales to non-residents. U. S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

·      SAF Files Amicus Brief in Nordyke Case, Argues for Strict Scrutiny...SAF filed an amicus curiae brief in the long-running Nordyke v. King case in California, arguing that Second Amendment issues must be decided on a "strict scrutiny" basis, and that an ordinance in Alameda County banning gun shows at the county fairgrounds is unconstitutional because it would not withstand that standard of review.

·      SAF Sues Alameda County for Civil Rights Violation in Gun Shop Case...SAF has filed a federal lawsuit against Alameda County, California and the county's Board of Supervisors for violating the constitutional rights of three businessmen by wrongfully denying them permits to open a gun shop.

·      SAF, CalGuns Foundation Sue Oakland, San Francisco Police and Win...SAF has filed a federal lawsuit against the police departments in San Francisco and Oakland, California for refusing to return firearms to people who had been charged with crimes, but subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing. Firearms returned.

·      SAF Sues in New York to Void Good Cause Carry Permit Requirement...SAF filed a federal lawsuit against Westchester County, New York and its handgun permit licensing officers, seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of a state law that allows carry licenses to be denied because applicants cannot show "good cause:' The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.

·      SAF Lawsuit Challenging Chicago's Handgun Ban a Supreme Court Winner! A 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in SAF's case of McDonald v. Chicago incorporated the Second Amendment through the 14th amendment to the states and ended Chicago's handgun ban. Thanks to SAF and ISRA, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies to all fifty states as well as the federal government. This historic Supreme Court ruling is the most important ruling protecting the right to keep and bear arms in our nation's history.

·      Gun Rights Organizations Win Lawsuit to Stop Seattle Ban...SAF, NRA and five local residents won a lawsuit challenging a new Seattle parks regulation that bans firearms, arguing that the ban violates Washington State's long-standing preemption statute.

·      SAF Sues District of Columbia over Carrying of Handguns...SAF filed a lawsuit on behalf of three residents of the District of Columbia and a New Hampshire resident, seeking to compel the city to issue carry permits to law-abiding citizens.

·      SAF Challenges Arbitrary Denial of Right to Bear Arms in California...SAF and Calguns Foundation filed a lawsuit seeking to vindicate the right to bear arms against arbitrary state infringement. Case is waiting for Appellate Court ruling.

·      SAF Sues Eric Holder over Gun Rights of Non-resident American citizens...SAF filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking an injunction against enforcement of a federal law that makes it impossible for American citizens who reside outside the U.S. to purchase firearms while they are in this country. The case has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

·      SAF Challenges D.C. Handgun Ban Scheme...SAF filed a lawsuit challenging a regulation by District of Columbia city government that arbitrarily banshandguns based on a roster of acceptable handguns approved by the State of California. In order to avoid another loss in court, Washington, D.C. changed the law.

·      SAF Sues Washington State for Discriminating against Alien Residents...SAF, joined by the National Rifle Association, filed a lawsuit in federal court against the State of Washington, seeking to overturn a state law that discriminates against legal resident aliens who own firearms by violating their Second Amendment rights. The State settled and stopped its illegal discrimination. Law changed because of this suit.

·      SAF, CCRKBA and Madison Society, along with a dozen university law professors, filed an amicus brief in the suit to overturn the DC Gun Ban in the U.S. Appellate Court. Additionally, 13 state Attorneys General - filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the SAF position to protect the rights to Keep and Bear Arms.

·      SAF Files Amicus Curiae Brief at U.S. Supreme Court: DC Gun Ban Ruled unconstitutional...The Supreme Court overturned the DC Gun Ban, ruling that the Second Amendment protects and individual right to keep and bear arms.

·      SAF Sues and Wins to Overturn San Francisco Gun Ban...The city appealed SAYS initial victory overturning the San Francisco Gun Ban. The California Appeals Court unanimously ruled to uphold the lower court's decision. The city then appealed to the California Supreme Court, which again ruled in SAF's favor.

·      SAF Stops New Orleans Gun Confiscation...SAF negotiated with the City of New Orleans to return the guns they illegally-seized from law-abiding citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

This is merely a sampling of how the Second Amendment Foundation is involved in the fight for YOUR rights! Your financial involvement for our pro-gun rights and pro-Second Amendment Constitutional efforts is URGENTLY NEEDED TODAY! F or more information about these and other cases, please visit our website: www.saf.org