A spokesman for the group explains why it’s a more important time than ever to support the former President.
Everyone has a right to own firearms – even a former President of the United States.
But it sounds like, in the face of the recent guilty verdict on his business dealings, the courts may be going after former President Donald Trump to confiscate his firearms. However, the Second Amendment Foundation is more than willing to support him.
“If Donald Trump is further prosecuted for owning firearms, we will offer to defend him and challenge the law,” noted Second Amendment Foundation founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb.
The group’s position, according to Gottlieb, has always belied that “someone should not lose his or her gun rights due to a conviction of a non-violent crime.”
“Donald Trump has no history of violent crime. Under the Supreme Court’s 2022 Bruen ruling, which requires gun laws to have some analogous connection to historical regulation at the time the Founders wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights, Mr. Trump should not lose his Second Amendment rights. There is no historical nexus to deny someone, including Trump, of their gun rights over such a conviction.”
Adam Kraut, Executive Director for the Second Amendment Foundation, added, “SAF has litigated challenges in the past to restore gun rights for people convicted of non-violent crimes, and we will do so again. In fact, we are currently litigating a challenge to the denial of carry permits for some former plaintiffs whose rights were restored due to prior SAF lawsuits.”
A spokesman for the group joins us now to discuss the matter further.
Q&A:
- Why are courts so determined to take away firearms from those convicted of non-violent crimes? Do they truly believe they may turn to said firearms to commit crimes? Does it even make sense?
- Is Trump an easy target for criticism and lawsuits following his conviction over his business dealings?
- Do the courts usually overstep their boundaries when it comes to confiscating someone’s weapons or violating someone’s gun rights?
- Second Amendment Foundation has a “growing legal footprint” when it comes to the gun rights legal arena, having gained a number of victories over unfairly set laws. Is it satisfying knowing that this is growing, or upsetting that there’s a need for it to grow? Perhaps a bit of both?
- Where do you see the gun rights issue going in the months ahead as the Presidential debate draws near?
- Will we likely see more legal action over gun rights? Or will there be a day when the courts finally get the point over how much protection the Second Amendment of the Constitution provides?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation and its members?
- Those interested can visit http://www.saf.org/.
Second Amendment Foundation spokespersons available to be your guest:
ABOUT CHRIS CHENG (In Pacific Time)
Chris Cheng serves on the advisory council to the Second Amendment Foundation’s Board of Trustees. He is the History Channel’s Top Shot Season 4 Champion and author of the book “Shoot to Win.” Cheng is an Asian D&I advocate in the gun community, a former Google employee who went from self-taught amateur to pro shooter.
ABOUT CAM EDWARDS (In Eastern Time)
Cam Edwards is the editor at Bearing Arms-dot-com and hosts the popular podcast Cam & Company that focuses on Second Amendment news and information. Cam is originally from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and has worked in radio, television, and online media for over two decades. He currently lives on a small farm with his family near Farmville, Virginia, and is a member of the board of Citizens Committee to Keep and Bear Arms.
ABOUT MARK WALTERS (in Eastern Time):
Mark Walters is a member of the board of directors for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. As a nationally syndicated host of two talk radio programs, Armed American Radio and Armed American Radio’s Daily Defense, Mark is heard on hundreds of stations weekly across the country. Mark is the co-founder of Armed American News and the recipient of the 2015 “Gun Rights Defender of the Year award.” In addition, Mark Walters is co-author of three books, including Lessons from Armed America, Lessons from Unarmed America, and Grilling While Armed.
ABOUT LEE WILLIAMS (In Eastern Time)
Lee Williams is also known as The Gun Writer and has been writing about the Second Amendment, firearms, the firearms industry, and the gun culture for more than ten years. He is the Chief Editor of the Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Project and is a frequent contributor to Ammoland News and Armed American Radio. In addition, Lee serves as a board member of Florida Carry, Inc. He was also an editor for a daily newspaper in Florida. Before becoming a newspaper editor, Lee was an investigative reporter in three states and a U.S. Territory. Before becoming a journalist, he worked as a police officer. Before becoming a cop, Lee served in the Army. Lee has earned more than a dozen national journalism awards as a reporter and three medals of valor as a police officer.
ABOUT DAVE WORKMAN (In Pacific Time):
Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist and senior editor of TheGunMag.com. He writes for Liberty Park Press, Conservative Firing Line, and is communications director for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. He has authored Op-Ed pieces in several major newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and co-authored seven books with Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. Workman’s beat is firearms, from politics to the outdoors. He is widely considered an authority on firearms, concealed carry, and gun politics.
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing, and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 700,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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