Category: FPC Coalition Partner News

URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Florida SB 176 (Campus Carry) stalled in Senate Judiciary Committee
An urgent alert from our friends at Florida Carry: The Judiciary Committee Chair, Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, refuses to calendar the campus carry bill. The college campus carry bill, SB 176, is now stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee is under bombardment... Read More

D.C. Drops Appeal Of SAF Concealed Carry Victory
From the SAF press release: BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation will continue fighting the District of Columbia’s new concealed carry law, while notching a small victory with today’s decision by the city to drop its appeal of SAF’s victory in the Palmer case... Read More

Arrest Of School Shooter’s Dad Shows Fatal Flaw Of Gun Control Measure, Says CCRKBA
From CCRKBA‘s news release: BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s arrest of Raymond Lee Fryberg, father of Marysville Pilchuck gunman Jaylen Fryberg, on charges of illegally purchasing the pistol used in that shooting demonstrates the fatal flaw of so-called “universal background check” legislation, the Citizens Committee for... Read More
Jones’ Departure Chance for ATF to ‘Clean Up Its Act,’ Says CCRKBA
From the CCRKBA press release: BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s announced resignation of B. Todd Jones as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives will give the agency an opportunity to begin repairing its image following a string of debacles that included Operation Fast... Read More
Campus Carry: Florida Carry Responds to Anti-Gun Group “Everytown”
(TALLAHASSEE, FL) March 10, 2015 — A new anti-gun advertisement produced by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s astroturf propaganda efforts, Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Bloomberg’s attempt to sell Floridians magical elixirs to keep them... Read More
SAF Victory Again Shows Gun Rights Restoration Possible
SAF press release: BELLEVUE, WA — The Second Amendment Foundation has once again funded and won a small but significant federal court victory in a Pennsylvania case in which a federal judge ruled that a man convicted of a misdemeanor crime several years ago, but... Read More
CCRKBA Wins SAF-Funded Case on Interstate Handgun Transfer Ban
CCRKBA’s press release on their victory today: For Immediate Release: February 11, 2015 BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today won a major federal court ruling in a case involving interstate handgun transfers in which the judge... Read More

Federal Interstate Handgun Sales Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
In another excellent victory for civil rights by attorney Alan Gura, United States District Court Judge Reed O’Connor struck down the federal interstate handgun sales ban earlier today, finding it unconstitutional (both facially and as-applied) under the Second Amendment and the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. As the... Read More

WVCDL Announces “Constitutional Carry” Senate Bill 347
West Virginia Citizens Defense League, a Firearms Policy Coalition affiliate organization, has announced the introduction of their sponsored Senate Bill 347. SB 347 would allow law-abiding West Virginians to carry without a license, while preserving the carry license program for those interested in carrying with... Read More