THE MISSION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT LAW CENTER

Our mission at the Second Amendment Law Center is to protect and enforce the Second Amendment's solemn command that our government never unduly restrict law-abiding individuals from responsibly possessing and carrying firearms and other arms for sport, hunting, self-defense, and other lawful purposes.

The  Founding Fathers recognized that we all have a natural right to self-defense. And they knew from hard experience that the constitutional right to possess and carry arms was necessary to protect our natural rights and freedoms from government infringement. This is as true in today's political climate as it was when the Founders adopted the Second Amendment in 1791.

The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental individual right and not, as some have wrongly claimed, a "collective" right of state governments to arm a state-controlled militia. Whether using firearms for sustenance or sport, recreational shooting with family and friends, or defending against criminal or tyrannical aggressors,  our freedoms depend on the fundamental individual right to keep and bear arms. If that right is undermined or restricted,  we will lose the civil liberties it protects.

The Supreme Court definitively recognized these truths in the landmark cases of District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010), and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022). Unfortunately, some courts have misinterpreted those decisions to limit or even effectively nullify the Second Amendment's protections. So the Second Amendment Law Center works to correct judicial errors and to build on these and other Second Amendment victories.

In addition to courtroom advocacy and litigation, the Second Amendment Law Center also works to preserve the right to keep and bear arms for future generations through research, scholarship, and education.