U.S.A. — The Second Amendment Foundation today said it welcomes the National Rifle Association’s request to join in a federal lawsuit filed by SAF and its associates in a challenge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ new “arm brace rule.”
NRA announced the effort Wednesday on its website, explaining the move was to obtain injunctive relief for its members to stop the ATF from enforcing its new rule – which totally reversed the agency’s previous position that pistol braces did not convert pistols into short-barreled rifles, making them subject to regulation under the 1934 National Firearms Act. The case is known as SAF, et.al. v. ATF, et. al.
On May 31, U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle in the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, confirmed the scope of a preliminary injunction she had issued in the case applied not only to SAF, but its members as well. “The Court confirms that its Preliminary Injunction Order applies to both the Second Amendment Foundation, Inc. and its members.”
The NRA announcement confirmed the organization “is going to court to obtain preliminary, and ultimately permanent, injunctive relief restraining Defendants from enforcing the ‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’ (the “Final Rule”) against law-abiding NRA members.”
“We welcome the NRA’s motion to join in our lawsuit,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “If their motion is granted—and we certainly have no objection—it will mean more American gun owners will enjoy the same protection SAF members were granted under Judge Boyle’s preliminary injunction order. It only makes sense NRA would want the same protection for its members.”
SAF is joined in the case by Rainier Arms, LLC, and two private citizens, Samuel Walley and William Green. They are represented by attorney Chad Flores at Flores Law in Houston, Texas.
“We’re in this for the long haul, and we intend to win,” Gottlieb said. “SAF has become a recognized leader in Second Amendment litigation since our 2010 Supreme Court victory in McDonald v. City of Chicago. We’re serious in our intent to win back firearms freedom one lawsuit at a time.”
SAF offers several different tiers of memberships which are available at www.saf.org/join-saf/. Annual membership is $15, a five-year membership is $50, and a life membership is $150. Membership is effective upon the date of receipt.
About the Second Amendment Foundation
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 720,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
There it is. Rather than doing the right thing to begin with which was to lead the way for unconstitutional overreach, it follows as a REMF. Beyond obvious to those awake.
The train already left the station, but the NRA manages to jump on the caboose as it goes by. I guess that’s one way to get their name along for the ride and in lights without having to buy the ticket. WLP’s suits are outdated and he needs the money for replacement.
The NRA rushes to wait, take a reading on which way the case is going to break, let SAF do all the heavy lifting, and sign on in the nick of time for the outcome. Great work, LaPeeair. Not.
SAF is making a serious mistake by trying to play nice with the largest and most successful anti-gun organization in the United States. The NRA has only three interests in joining this lawsuit 1) They see the money that SAF, GOA, and FPC are making from new memberships due to the injunctions covering members and they want to grab a piece of that. 2) They want to reduce the number of NRA members who join SAF, GOA or FPC in the hope of being covered by the injunctions 3) As usual, NRA wants to take credit if SAF, GOA, and… Read more »
Oh! Look who’s gonna jump in at the end and then try to claim victory once we win! I’m sure they’ll be sending us all mail talking about how they saved our rights at the last minute and we need to give them more money.
So,the sleeping giant awakes, AFTER the rest of the community is bloody and battered from trying to same what few “rights” we have left.
Armed Scholar on You Tube, very good; ATF Stripped of Power To Enforce Short Barreled Rifle & Pistol Brace Rule!!! More Coming – YouTube
Better late than never.
Well, maybe the NRA finally realized that the constitution is important after all. Several days late and many dollars short but, at least they are finally in the game and we can use all the help we can get because it’s better than going to war. Make no mistake, war it will be if the atfe gets their way against the constitution. I’ll not be pushed another inch, I’ve got nothing better to do than save my country from those trying to destroy the U.S.A.
Arm up and carry on
Keep the cancerous Negotiating Rights Away aka NRA out. Their lawyers will agree to compromise to settle, selling out everyone else. Then they will pat themselves on the back publicly. The rest of us get the shaft.