Sturm, Ruger & Co. reported a huge uptick in gun sales and profit for the first quarter. The gun manufacturer said that first quarter net sales jumped 26% and earnings surged 50% compared to the year-ago quarter. Sturm Ruger acknowledged that it’s riding a nationwide... Read More

Last Thursday California’s lt. governor, Gavin Newsom, announced that his ballot measure offered last fall — which includes background checks to buy ammunition, along with a host of other restrictions on gun owners — has already gathered 600,000 signatures, more than enough to put it... Read More

Guns in bars. Guns in airports. Guns in day care centers and sports arenas. Conservative state lawmakers around the country are pressing to weaken an array of gun regulations, in some cases greatly expanding where owners can carry their weapons. But the legislators are encountering... Read More

At 9:30 AM this morning, the Joint Legislative Public Safety Committees will be meeting to hold an informational hearing on California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom’s “Ammo Ban”, which Newsom claims is qualified for the November ballot. Tune in as FPC will be there to defend... Read More

Assembly Bill 1674, authored by California Assemblyman Miguel Santiago (D – Los Angeles), would make it a crime to attempt to purchase more than one firearm of any type in any 30-day period. If this sounds familiar, these rules already apply to handguns. Additionally, it... Read More

A bill that would broaden the pool of those who could seek an order from the court to seize a person’s guns is headed to California’s Assembly floor. Introduced into the legislature in February, the move to expand who could file for a gun violence... Read More

Assembly Bill 1664, authored by Assemblymembers Marc Levine and Phil Ting, both Bay Area Democrats, “would define detachable magazine to mean an ammunition feeding device that can be removed readily from the firearm without disassembly of the firearm action, including….with the use of a tool.”... Read More

California has seen a surge in gun sales in recent months, with background checks hitting new highs, continuing trends that began after last year’s terrorist attack in San Bernardino. KPCC obtained data on firearms sales from the California Department of Justice, which tracks them through... Read More

Last year, Assemblymember Eric Linder (R–Corona) voted for Senate Bill 707 — the bill that gutted the Second Amendment right to carry and made CCW licensees into criminals for carrying on school grounds. Eric Linder is going after your right to carry once again….this time... Read More

President Barack Obama is opening a new front in the gun control debate, readying a big push for so-called smart gun technology — an initiative that the gun lobby and law enforcement rank and file is already mobilizing against. As early as Friday, Obama is... Read More