A spokesman for the group explains why they’re standing up for Gator’s Guns, as well as the rights of gun-carrying citizens.
Once again, a city’s unfair ban on certain gun parts is serving as a hindrance to not only private gun owners, but a business.
This past week, the Second Amendment Foundation filed an amicus brief with the Washington State Supreme Court, challenging the state’s ban on “large-capacity” magazines. Furthermore, the brief also supports Gator’s Guns, a Washington State firearms dealer that is facing unfair legal action from the state.
The ban in general passed in 2022, with Washington banning any magazines that hold more than ten cartridges. However, according to the Second Amendment Foundation, “There is no reference to magazine capacity or prohibitions of any kind regarding firearms or their components in Article I, Section 24 of the state constitution, which protects the right of individual citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves, or the state. Neither is there any such limitation in the federal constitution’s Second Amendment, which was incorporated to the states via the 14th Amendment by the U.S. Supreme Court in SAF’s 2010 victory in McDonald v. City of Chicago.”
“This prohibition is in direct conflict with the Second Amendment and the Washington State constitution,” SAF Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb stated. “By imposing this ban, the Legislature, Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson have penalized Evergreen State citizens for no other reason than to create the false impression they have taken action against the state’s growing violent crime problem, which happened on their watch. This ban cannot be allowed to stand.”
A spokesman for the group joins us now to discuss the matter further.
Q&A:
- Why is Washington State so concerned about this particular part of a gun? Are they really that worried about someone carrying high-capacity magazines?
- What about the state’s legal actions against Gator’s Guns? Is it warranted in any way? Or should the Second Amendment be providing them the same level of protection as it does private gun owners?
- What do you think will come from the case with the filing of the amicus brief?
- Where do you see the fight for gun rights going in the new year, especially as re-elected President Donald Trump returns to office?
- Where can we learn more about the Second Amendment Foundation?
a. You can visit our official website at 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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