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SAF Files Amicus Challenging Lifetime Firearm Ban<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed an\u00a0amicus brief<\/a>\u00a0with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a case challenging the federal lifetime ban on firearm possession as applied to an individual with a decades-old misdemeanor DUI conviction.The case,\u00a0Williams v. Attorney General of the United States<\/em>, will be argued before an\u00a0en banc<\/em>\u00a0panel in February. SAF is joined in the amicus filing by the California Rifle & Pistol Association, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Law Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government\u2019s position defies\u00a0Bruen<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Rahimi<\/em>\u00a0by seeking to impose a permanent disarmament on a law-abiding citizen based solely on a nonviolent misdemeanor from 20 years ago, with no evidence of ongoing danger,\u201d said SAF Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros. \u201cHistory shows that Founding-era laws addressed the risks of intoxication and firearms through temporary restrictions on those currently impaired, never by stripping gun rights forever from someone who once drank irresponsibly but has since reformed. We urge the Court to reject this overreach and affirm the district court\u2019s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n

If the Third Circuit rules in favor of Mr. Williams, it could have major implications for many others who are disarmed due to similar convictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case highlights the unconstitutional overreach of federal disarmament laws that ignore historical limits and present-day realities,\u201d said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. \u201cSAF is committed to defending the rights of individuals like Mr. Williams, and we believe this case warrants the Court\u2019s careful consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information visit\u00a0SAF.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SAF Files Amicus Challenging Lifetime Firearm Ban The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed an\u00a0amicus brief\u00a0with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a case challenging the federal lifetime ban on firearm possession as applied to an individual with a decades-old misdemeanor DUI conviction.The case,\u00a0Williams v. Attorney General of the United States, … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-courts","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114011"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114013,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114011\/revisions\/114013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}