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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is a United States nonprofit organization that supports gun rights. Founded in 1974 by Alan Gottlieb and headquarter in Bellevue, Washington, SAF publishes gun rights magazines and public education materials, funds conferences, provides media contacts, and has assumed a central role in sponsoring lawsuits. The lobbying affiliate of the SAF in the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). As of January 2015, both groups reported having over 650,000 members. ==Legal action== Identified as the "legal arm of the gun rights lobby"〔http://civilliberty.about.com/od/guncontrol/a/Second-Amendment-Foundation.htm〕 the Second Amendment Foundation has been victorious, and is currently engaged in multiple lawsuits defending Second Amendment rights.〔http://www.saf.org/default.asp?p=legalaction〕 In 2005, the Second Amendment Foundation and the National Rifle Association successfully sued New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and others to stop gun seizures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Complaint for Declarative and Injunctive Relief ) 〕 On February 12, 2007, Ray Nagin and others were held in contempt of court for violating the consent order.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Order And Reasons )〕 The case is "National Rifle Association of America, Inc., et al. v. C. Ray Nagin et al.".〔CNN (transcript of NRA video interviews, aired on July 2, 2008 ) by Glenn Beck〕 In 2005, SAF and others sued to stop the San Francisco gun ban. On June 13, 2006, San Francisco Superior Court Judge James Warren struck down the ban, saying local governments have no such authority under California law. The City appealed Judge Warren's ruling, but lost in a unanimous opinion from the three judge panel in the Court of Appeal issued on January 9, 2008. The City then appealed to the California Supreme Court, which reached a unanimous decision on April 9, 2008, that rejected the city's appeal and upheld the lower courts' decision. In 2006, a suit was filed in federal court against Washington state's North Central Regional Library District (NCRL). "The NCRL's policy of refusing to disable its Internet filters upon request is restricting the ability of speakers, content providers and patrons of the NCRL's public-library branches to access the contemporary marketplace of ideas" by using Internet filters on publicly available computer terminals to block access to constitutionally protected speech, including publications such as ''Women & Guns'' magazine, which is owned by SAF. It is claimed the library refuses to unblock such access even at the request of the plaintiffs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SAF Sues Library System Over Internet Censorship of Gun Websites )〕 Upon certification by the District Court, the Washington Supreme Court held that a public library may, consistent with the Washington State Constitution, filter Internet access for all patrons without being having to disable the filter to allow access to web sites containing constitutionally protected speech upon the request of an adult library patron. Based on this ruling, the federal district court ruled in 2012 that the public library's policy, including not disabling an Internet filter at the request of an adult patron, was reasonable, was not constitutionally overbroad, and did not violate the First Amendment's content-based restrictions. In 2008, the Second Amendment Foundation and the National Rifle Association successfully sued Washington, forcing the state to restart issuing and renewing Alien Firearms Licenses to legal resident aliens.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Preliminary Injunction )〕 On June 26, 2008, following the ruling in ''District of Columbia v. Heller'' affirming an individual Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Second Amendment Foundation filed a suit, known as ''McDonald v. Chicago'', against the City of Chicago to overturn its handgun ban.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Complaint )〕 Alan Gura, who successfully argued ''Heller'' before the Supreme Court, was lead counsel in this case. On June 28, 2010, the Supreme Court held in ''McDonald'' that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and applies to the states.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=McDonald Opinion )〕 In a noteworthy concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas held that the application of the Second Amendment to the states was through the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges or Immunities Clause. Following the ''Heller'' decision in 2008 in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use, the Second Amendment Foundation partnered with Smith & Wesson to create a commemorative revolver. On the right side plate of the revolver, the scale of justice is depicted with the case name across the scale. The balance is in favor of the "Heller" name with the court date of "June 26, 2008" positioned across the top. Underneath the scale, the side plate reads "Second Amendment" and "The right to keep and bear arms" in white lettering. The revolver was presented to the six plaintiffs of the case and will be available for customer purchase in Fall 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Second Amendment Foundation and Smith & Wesson Partner on Commemorative Revolver: Engraved Model 442 Will Recognize District of Columbia vs. Heller Decision )〕 On June 29, 2010, following the ''McDonald'' ruling by the Supreme Court that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states, the Second Amendment Foundation, along with Grass Roots North Carolina and three North Carolina citizens, filed a federal suit〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Complaint, Bateman vs. Perdue )〕 in North Carolina. The suit, known as ''Bateman vs. Perdue'', seeks to prevent local officials and local governments from declaring states of emergency under which private citizens are prohibited from exercising their right to bear arms.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SAF Sues to Overturn North Carolina's `Emergency Powers` Gun Bans )〕 Alan Gura, who successfully argued ''Heller'' and ''McDonald'' before the Supreme Court, is lead counsel in this case. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Second Amendment Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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