Statement of Purpose The Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, a non-profit, non-partisan, tax-exempt foundation that accepts no government grants, was established on July 4, 1976, the bicentennial of the American Revolution: l. to publish and disseminate information regarding the principles upon which the American free enterprise system was founded, 2. to relate the application of those principles to contemporary American society, 3. to engage in and foster research and study of issues relating to economics, economic trends, and governmental regulatory bodies and their interaction with the free market, 4. to defend the right of individual Americans and American business to participate in the free market without hindrance by government, 5. to foster the values of the American free enterprise system among citizens through speakers, lectures, conferences and publications, 6. to educate America's youth in the values of the American free enterprise system through the dissemination of literature that promotes an interest in the study of our economic system.

“The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. To that end, we carry on many educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate.”