Second Amendment Sisters
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 that the Million Mom March spoke for all women with regard to firearms rights. Using the internet, these women and a handful of other dedicated volunteers staged a successful counter-rally in Washington, DC on Mother's Day, May 13, 2000. In the months preceding these events, the media regularly called upon SAS to represent the equal counterpoint to the Million Mom March in print, radio and television, including a two hour televised Good Morning America townhall meeting from the White House on the Saturday before. In 2008, SAS led the rally in support of Dick Anthony Heller's right to keep and bear arms in his home at the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) 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. They focus on community outreach, women's firearm shoots, women's personal safety training, and political advocacy. 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.
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Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. is a women's advocacy group dedicated to preserving the basic right to self-defense, as recognized by the Second Amendment.
Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. has a featured column in Gun Week and is discussed on the Women and Guns forum. The group's slogan is "Self defense is a basic human right."