Things are going very well for those of us who respect, honor and value the Second Amendment, thanks to President Donald J. Trump. The U.S. Supreme Court will soon ensure that all Americans can legally own the country’s most popular rifle. More federal pro-gun laws are being planned. The ATF is now targeting armed criminals—real
When I first started writing about Patrick “Tate” Adamiak’s plight about 21 months ago, I never thought he would be an honored guest at the Second Amendment Foundation’s Gun Rights Policy Conference, or that I would be able to interview him about his undeserved four years behind bars, but that, friends, is exactly what is
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sept. 15, 2026 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Johnson v. Jacobson, urging the Court to grant review in the case and confirm that states must honor carry permits, no matter where in the country they were obtained. SAF was joined
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sept. 14, 2026 — The Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) planning committee is pleased to announce that Dana Loesch and Patrick “Tate” Adamiak have been added to the event’s agenda. Co-hosted by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, the 41st annual GRPC is scheduled for
I can still recall bits and pieces of my first hunter-safety course, and I was in middle school at the time. My dad accompanied me. All of the other students brought a parent too. It was a terrific time, especially when we went to the range. I still own the single-shot .22 rifle I used
The Sunday after he decided to accept a federal plea offer, in which he agreed to plead guilty to one count of selling ammunition to a prohibited person, Pastor Russell Fincher submitted his resignation to the board of his small Oklahoma church, but the board refused to accept his resignation. “You didn’t change,” he recalls
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sept. 4, 2026 — In a closely watched and reported-on case by the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) Investigative Journalism Project editor Lee Williams, Patrick “Tate” Adamiak today has been issued a pardon by President Donald Trump. Adamiak was wrongfully arrested, charged and convicted of illegally possessing a toy machinegun after Biden-era Bureau
Former U.S. Navy sailor Patrick “Tate” Adamiak has been pardoned by President Donald J. Trump—effective immediately. He was one of several people pardoned by President Trump Friday. Adamiak, who still had 16 years left to serve of his 20-year federal prison sentence, is now a free man. He plans to continue his legal fight against
California’s state legislature employs some of the busiest and most creative anti-gun staffers in the world, who operate in an atmosphere of nearly complete permissiveness. Whatever lunacy these well-schooled goons propose has an extremely high likelihood of becoming state law, especially if it targets guns or shaves a chunk off of the Second Amendment protections
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Sept. 2, 2026 — The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Novotny v. Moore, SAF’s challenge to Maryland’s so-called “sensitive places” carry ban. In May, SAF petitioned the Supreme Court to hear the case challenging the constitutionality of Maryland’s ultra-restrictive “sensitive
