BELLEVUE, Wash. — March 30, 2026 — The Second Modification Basis (SAF) and its companions have filed an amicus temporary urging the Supreme Courtroom to grant certiorari in a case difficult New York’s regulation that undermines the federal Safety of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).
The case, Nationwide Taking pictures Sports activities Basis, Inc v. Letitia James, Lawyer Common of New York, challenges the continued submitting of abusive public nuisance lawsuits in opposition to firearms producers and sellers. SAF is joined within the amicus submitting by the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation of America (NRA) and the Independence Institute.
“British efforts to suppress arms commerce within the years earlier than the Revolutionary Struggle had been accurately understood by the Founders as a deliberate try and disarm and enslave the American individuals,” stated SAF Director of Authorized Analysis and Schooling Kostas Moros. “Congress enacted the PLCAA to cease the trendy equal – coordinated litigation campaigns designed to bankrupt the firearms trade by way of meritless lawsuits. New York’s regulation invitations exactly the sort of abusive end-run round federal protections that Congress sought to stop. We urge the Courtroom to grant overview and reaffirm PLCAA’s very important safeguards for lawful commerce and Second Modification rights.”
The Second Circuit’s inaccurate ruling threatens to revive the very litigation marketing campaign that Congress enacted PLCAA to halt, probably devastating the firearms trade and undermining the constitutional rights it helps.
“This case is important as a result of it defends the firearms trade in opposition to efforts to attain gun management by way of the courts moderately than by way of the legislative course of,” stated SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “SAF is proud to affix the NRA and Independence Institute in urging the Supreme Courtroom to guard the trade that permits Individuals to train their basic proper to maintain and bear arms.”
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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt training, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the elemental rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of america Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the rules of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. Via public training initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workouts the proper to maintain and bear arms.
