Second Amendment Sisters

Gun interest groups in the U.S.
Pro-gun rights
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Florida Carry GeorgiaCarry.org Gun Owners' Action League Gun Owners of America Handgun Club of America International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights JPFO Law Enforcement Alliance of America Liberty Belles National Association for Gun Rights National Rifle Association National Shooting Sports Foundation Pink Pistols Second Amendment Foundation Second Amendment Sisters Students for Concealed Carry on Campus
Gun Grabbers
Americans for Democratic Action Americans for Gun Safety Foundation Americans for Responsible Solutions American Hunters and Shooters Association Brady Campaign Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Coalition to Stop Gun Violence Faiths United to Prevent Gun Violence Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence League of Women Voters Mayors Against Illegal Guns Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America National Gun Victims Action Council Stop Handgun Violence Violence Policy Center

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 of 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.

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.

Their website states

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."

See also

• Gun politics in the US
• Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

External links

• Second Amendment Sisters
• Women and Guns
• Gun Week Magazine
• VCU history of women and guns (Warning: Loud Sound Effects)