BELLEVUE, Wash. — March 27, 2026 — The Second Modification Basis (SAF) and its companions have filed a lawsuit difficult the ban on firearms possession in federal amenities operated by the Nationwide Park Service.
The lawsuit particularly challenges the constitutionality of federal legislation 18 U.S.C. § 930(a), which bars knowingly possessing a firearm in a federal facility, as utilized to federal amenities operated by the Nationwide Park Service. The legislation defines a federal facility within the Nationwide Park System as “…authorities workplaces, customer facilities, ranger stations, payment assortment buildings, and upkeep amenities.” Park officers themselves are additionally allowed to impose park-specific restrictions on the place firearms could also be carried.
“Greater than 300 million folks traveled by way of the Nationwide Park System final 12 months, and every of them had been unconstitutionally barred from carrying firearms inside particular buildings at these parks,” mentioned SAF Govt Director Adam Kraut. “Campers wishing to hold a firearm for self-defense in these parks, for example, are made to disarm earlier than stepping foot inside a customer heart or ranger station to acquire a allow to camp. This disenfranchisement forces peaceful residents to decide on between following the registration guidelines for every park or going unarmed whereas they collect the right documentation permitting them to get pleasure from our Nationwide Park System. That’s not a selection any law-abiding American ought to must make.”
As famous within the grievance, “The Supreme Court docket has squarely held that the Second Modification protects a person proper to maintain and bear arms, and that each one accountable, law-abiding People are entitled to train that proper. In Bruen, the Supreme Court docket held that the Second Modification proper to maintain and bear arms totally extends to normal carry of arms in public.” SAF is joined in Zimmerman v. Bondi by the Firearms Coverage Coalition and personal citizen Gary Zimmerman.
“These so-called ‘delicate locations’ restrictions throughout the nation are nothing greater than an try by idealogues to avoid the Supreme Court docket’s ruling in Bruen,” mentioned SAF founder and Govt Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “Peaceful residents shouldn’t be pressured to decide on between exercising their proper to maintain and bear arms and having fun with the total breadth of the Nationwide Park System, and we’ll struggle these unconstitutional bans to make sure People can get pleasure from their full Second Modification rights all over the place they go.”
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The Second Modification Basis (saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt schooling, analysis, publishing and authorized motion group devoted to safeguarding and selling the basic rights of people enshrined within the Second Modification of america Structure. SAF engages in aggressive authorized motion to make sure the ideas of armed self-defense, private liberty, and the possession of arms are defended, secured, and restored. By means of public schooling initiatives, SAF teaches the significance of the Second Modification to advertise a society that values and workouts the precise to maintain and bear arms.
