Amicus Briefs

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United States v. Brown

United States v. Brown

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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United States v. Peterson

United States v. Peterson

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Smith & Wesson v. Mexico

Smith & Wesson v. Mexico

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NYSRPA v. Bruen

NYSRPA v. Bruen

The firearm permitting system is inconsistent with our Founders’ vision for a protected right to bear arms, stating:

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Caniglia v. Strom

Caniglia v. Strom

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Rodriguez v. City of San Jose

Rodriguez v. City of San Jose

Ninth Circuit decision upholding an illegal search and seizure of firearms by the San Jose Police after her husband had a mental health crisis.

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Young v. Hawaii

Young v. Hawaii

Hawaii’s antiquated firearms regulatory scheme should be rejected out of hand — a relic of history, not unlike the sovereign prerogatives of King George, against which this country’s Second Amendment was designed to protect.

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NYSRP v. NY City

NYSRP v. NY City

GOA’s brief in this case argues that the Second Amendment text is what should guide our nation’s judges, and that they are NOT at liberty to impose their own, flawed judgments to circumvent our rights.

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Kolbe v. Maryland

Kolbe v. Maryland

Challenging Maryland’s 2013 ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity magazines.”

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This brief urges the High Court to review a court of appeals decision that authorizes the police to search and disarm a gun owner at a traffic stop — even if the firearm is being lawfully carried under state law.

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Keeping illegal voters from joining the ranks of anti-Second Amendment voters is an important defense of the 2nd Amendment.

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Wrenn v. District of Columbia

Wrenn v. District of Columbia

This case puts on full display the willingness of the courts to ignore both the Constitution and prior constitutional rulings.

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Watson v. United States

Watson v. United States

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Heller v. District of Columbia

Heller v. District of Columbia

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Johnson v. United States

Johnson v. United States

By a vote of 8-1 in June, the Supreme Court sided with Gun Owners Foundation in preventing a mandatory minimum sentence from being applied against a gun owner merely because he had possessed a firearm.

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Harris v. Silvester

Harris v. Silvester

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Henderson v. United States

Henderson v. United States

The case involved Tony Henderson, a former Border Patrol agent with a previous pot conviction. Because of his felony, the government tried to take his firearms collection, which totaled more than $3,500.

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Kolbe v. O’Malley

Kolbe v. O’Malley

In 2013, Maryland banned the possession or transfer of what it calls “assault weapons” and the transfer of so-called “large capacity magazines.”

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This case now presents the significant legal issue of whether police are justified in using no-knock home invasions simply because they know the occupants own a firearm.

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Heien v. North Carolina

Heien v. North Carolina

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Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus

Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus

The Supreme Court handed down a favorable decision in the Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus case, in which Gun Owners Foundation (and GOA) had submitted an amicus brief!

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GOF filed an amicus brief in support of Connecticut gun owners who challenged Connecticut’s ban of so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity magazines.”

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Drake v. Jerejian

Drake v. Jerejian

New Jersey citizens who applied for but were denied permits to carry their handguns in public, because they could not prove that their lives were in imminent danger.

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Hedges v. Obama

Hedges v. Obama

Hedges v. Obama is a lawsuit challenging NDAA's illegal detention provision, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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United States v. Castleman

United States v. Castleman

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Abramski v. United States

Abramski v. United States

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McDonald v. Chicago

McDonald v. Chicago

Chicago residents are seeking to invalidate a city ordinance prohibiting them from owning or possessing a handgun in their own home.

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USA v. Ramos and Compean

USA v. Ramos and Compean

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Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life

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San Francisco Handgun Ban

Gun Owners of America Founder Sen. H.L. Richardson (Ret.) actually authored the California state law that made this gun ban illegal to enact.

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