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Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. (SAS) is a non-partisan women's advocacy group in the United States dedicated to the protection of gun rights, specifically for the purpose of self defense. It is an all-volunteer 501(c)(4) non-profit organization based in Texas, with chapters nationwide.
SAS was founded in January 2000 by five ordinary women from around the country, in response to the media portrayal[citation needed] that the Million Mom March spoke for all women with regard to firearms rights. Using the Internet, these women and a handful of other volunteers staged a[attribution needed] counter-rally in Washington, DC, on Mother's Day, May 13, 2000. In the months preceding these events, the media[citation needed] regularly called upon SAS to represent the equal counterpoint[clarification needed] to the Million Mom March in print, radio and television, including a two hour televised Good Morning America[Full citation needed] town hall meeting from the White House on the Saturday before. On March 18, 2008, SAS organized the rally in support of Dick Anthony Heller's right to keep an operable handgun for self protection in his home subject of the United States Supreme Court hearing of DC v. Heller in Washington, DC.
SAS interprets the Second Amendment as recognizing the pre-existing natural right of individuals to bear arms as tools of self defense, and promotes gun safety and marksmanship among their members[cite this quote]. They focus on community outreach, women's firearm shoots, women's personal safety training, and political advocacy[citation needed]. Citing FBI crime statistics, they assert firearms are the only reasonable means of self-protection, especially for women, people of short stature, people with disabilities, and the elderly.
Second Amendment Sisters has a featured column in Gun Week. The group's slogan is "Self defense is a basic human right."
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