LAKEWOOD, Colo. (April 9, 2024)— Mountain States is thrilled to announce the arrival of our new Director of the Center to Keep & Bear Arms, Michael McCoy. Michael brings over 20 years of litigation experience including a background as a JAG Officer in the United States Air Force, an Assistant United States Attorney, and a Deputy District Attorney. Michael also currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the California Air National Guard. Michael has worked on a wide variety of criminal cases, including homicides, domestic violence, and sexual assault cases. He also helped set up a tribunal to investigate and prosecute Saddam Hussein, among other high-ranking members of the Ba’ath Party regime. With such a wide variety of litigation experience, Mountain States is excited for what Michael will do in advancing the vision of MSLF’s Center to Keep & Bear Arms.
Michael had this to say about joining Mountain States as its new CKBA Director, “I think this is a job that is particularly exciting to me because of my love of history and my love of the Constitution. Those two things coming together as well as my 20 years of being a prosecutor I think meld well and make it so I can be effective when it comes to taking on Second Amendment issues and making it clear that this amendment was put in place for a reason by our Founders.”
We have seen now more than ever that the Second Amendment is under attack. With a new director at the head of Mountain States’ CKBA, we are determined to defend against those attacks. But we are equally committed to taking the Constitution on the offense and making advances for the Second Amendment-protected rights of Americans.
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Mountain States Legal Foundation (MSLF) is a nonprofit, public-interest legal foundation established in 1977. MSLF is dedicated to individual liberty, limited and ethical government, and the benefits of the free enterprise system. MSLF defends its clients through pro bono litigation, primarily against the federal government, in defense of constitutional liberties and the rule of law. With its litigation MSLF seeks victory for its clients at the highest level possible, establishment of binding legal precedents to benefit millions of Americans, and education of the American public on the threat to their liberties that unrestrained government presents.