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Fifth Circuit Brief: Semi-Automatic Firearms, ‘Bump Stocks’ Are Not Machine Guns

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an important appellate brief, joined by FPC Action Foundation, in the case of Cargill v. Garland, which challenges the ATF’s unconstitutional ban on “bump stock” devices.

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Parties Move to Dismiss Maryland Carry Ban Lawsuit After New York’s Defeat in Bruen

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that, because of Maryland Governor Hogan’s concession and order to cease the state’s utilization of its ‘good and substantial reason’ carry permit standard, the parties have filed a joint motion to dismiss the Call v. Jones litigation as moot.

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FPC Files New Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania Young Adult Handgun Carry Ban

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an opening letter brief in Lara v. Evanchick, its Pennsylvania lawsuit seeking to restore the right to carry arms in public for adults under 21 years of age.

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FPC Files En Banc Petition in Appeal Challenging Lifetime Gun Ban for Non-Violent Misdemeanor Conviction

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an en banc petition in Williams v. Garland, which challenges the federal Gun Control Act’s lifetime ban on the exercise of Second Amendment rights due to a single misdemeanor conviction for a crime that did not involve violence, physical harm, or a firearm.

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FPC to San Francisco Police and Sheriff: Stop Enforcing Your Unconstitutional CCW Policies Immediately

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and California Gun Rights Foundation (CGF) sent letters today to San Francisco Police Chief William “Bill” Scott and Sheriff Paul Miyamoto

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FPC Statement to Concealed Carry Issuing Authorities: Obstructing the People's Fundamental Right to an Effective Self-defense is not an Option

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to reports of multiple carry permit issuing authorities across the country refusing to comply with the Supreme Court’s opinion in NYSRPA v. Bruen

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Attorney Cody J. Wisniewski Joins FPC Law, Adding Senior Litigator to Nation’s Leading Second Amendment Legal Action Program

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that attorney, constitutional litigator, and scholar Cody J. Wisniewski has joined the FPC Team as Senior Attorney for Constitutional Litigation.

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FPC Files Lawsuit Challenging New York “Assault Weapons’ Ban as Unconstitutional

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that it has filed a new Second Amendment lawsuit challenging New York’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

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Vanchoff v. James - FPC Law 2A Challenge to New York's "Assault Weapons" Ban

Vanchoff v. James is a FPC Law 2A lawsuit that seeks to strike down New York’s “assault weapons" ban

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FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Texas Young Adult Handgun Carry Ban

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a supplemental brief in Andrews v. McCraw, its Texas lawsuit seeking to restore the right to carry arms in public for adults under 21 years of age.

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Firearms Policy Coalition Applauds Washington State's Vote Against Executive Overreach

This Tuesday was a good day for the Second Amendment in Washington state. Gov. Jay Inslee signed SB 5260 which included a repeal of the governor’s own “emergency powers” ability. This ability allowed the governor to unilaterally ban the carrying of firearms outside the home.

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Firearms Policy Coalition Backed Walkout Wins Victory for the Second Amendment

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On their first day back in session, California lawmakers unleash 3 anti-gun bills

On their FIRST DAY back in session, Reps. Levine, Irwin, and Ting introduced a freedom-infringing trifecta of bills that would have devastating effects on 2A rights.

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Gov. Brown vetoes “fake news” study bill

Doctor and California State Senator Richard Pan thought that prescribing 1984-style mass censorship on a healthy populace would be a winning idea in 2018.

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Guns.com: Texas Congressman wants $10K fine for selling guns at gun show without license

U.S. Rep. Al Green, who has represented southwestern Houston on Capitol Hill for the past decade, introduced H.R. 6654 to the House earlier this month which would punish those without a federal firearms license should they try to move a gun at a gun show.

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Guns.com: Dem aims to drop voting age to 16, citing youth gun control advocacy

The mechanism for the proposed constitutional amendment, H.J.Res.138, was introduced by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng earlier this month. The amendment would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, the biggest change to the voting age since it was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1971.

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Guns.com: Ohio drops CCW fees for vets without Kasich signature on Bill

The Republican allowed SB 81 to become law without his signature on Friday, arguing that lawmakers missed the chance to enact gun control measures this session in the wake of a high-profile school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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Guns.com: Dems file at least 3 bills in Congress to block 3D printed guns

The brawl over downloadable gun manufacturing code reached Capitol Hill on Tuesday with a group of Democrats in both chambers vowing action.

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Auburn Pub: Rep. John katko drafting 'red flag' bill to remove guns from dangerous people

Katko, R-Camillus, announced his plan during a telephone town hall meeting Tuesday night. The specifics of the bill weren't immediately available, but he said the measure would create a grant program to help states establish red flag laws.

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Liberty Park Press: Seattle Mayor signs gun control ordinance despite state preemption

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has signed a city ordinance requiring so-called “safe storage” of firearms, with civil penalties for violations, despite a 35-year-old Washington statute that placed sole authority for gun regulation in the hands of the State Legislature.

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VICTORY: FPC Beats Gun Rationing Bill in CA

SB 497 by Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) which would have, among other things, limited an individual to one firearms purchase every 30 days was significantly amended by the Assembly Appropriations Committee, removing all provisions relating to limits on long gun purchases.

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California Gun Laws are Spreading

For years the anti-gunners have been trying to export the Golden State’s totalitarian gun regulation scheme to the rest of the country, but they haven’t had success at the federal level. Now they’ve got a new tactic.

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Update - Secret Gun Confiscation Hearing Bill Signed in Oregon

This new law allows family members, roommates, or law enforcement officers to petition a court for an ERPO. After an ex parte hearing, if the judge determines that the person poses an imminent risk to themselves or others, they will be ordered to surrender their firearms.

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They're almost back...

California’s legislators have been on a summer recess for the past few weeks, but will return Monday for a frenzied few weeks in which they’ll take up remaining bills.

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Insanity Rules in California - It’s the Only Explanation

Just a few weeks ago we said we believed the California Department of Justice (DOJ) was insane for attempting to file the same assault weapons regulations they’d already filed twice, and which had been rejected by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) just a month prior. They simply changed the date and filed them, hoping for a different result.

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Gut-and-Amend Shenanigans Kill CA Pro-Gun Bill

If you’re not familiar, in the gut-and-amend process legislators entirely delete the contents of a bill and insert an entirely different bill. They do this to avoid procedural deadlines or to shield a controversial bill from having to go through committee hearings or budget analysis.

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Help Us Keep Beating CA DOJ!

We know there’s a long, tough fight ahead of us. Just last week, anti-gun bureaucrats approved the same anti-gun "Bullet Button Assault Weapon" regulations that had been pulled back and totally rejected before… One more thing we have to challenge in court, and one more reason to continue fighting for justice and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms -- whatever it takes.

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Chipping Away at Washington Gun Control - One Step at a Time

Under an FPC-sponsored amendment, the law also restores the ability of federally licensed collectors of curios and relics to conduct normal activities under federal guidance when the item is defined as a curio or relic under federal law.

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The CA Anti-Gunners May Be On Summer Break, But We're Still Fighting...

And that is why we need your help to continue to beat back anti-gun legislation under the dome in Sacramento. We can't let them forget that there is a grassroots army of 2A activists pounding on their doors!

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CA DOJ: The Embodiment of Insanity

Last week, DOJ filed a third “set” of assault weapons regulations with the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL), but they’re essentially the same regulations with a different implementation date.

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FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Texas Young Adult Handgun Carry Ban

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a supplemental brief in Andrews v. McCraw, its Texas lawsuit seeking to restore the right to carry arms in public for adults under 21 years of age.

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FPC Statement on New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Signing of Gun Control Package

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to Governor Murphy’s gun control package bill signing ceremony:

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FPC and FPCAF File Supreme Court Brief Arguing Against “Special Needs Exception” for Gun Seizures

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) today announced the filing of a brief with the Supreme Court in the case of Torcivia v. Suffolk County, which challenges the government’s ability to enter private homes and seize firearms from an individual suspected of no crime, and subject to no penal control or supervision.

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FPC Statement on New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Signing of Bruen Response Legislation

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s signing of Senate Bill 51001

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FPC Files Motion to Lift Stay in Lawsuit That Struck Down California “Assault Weapon” Ban Last Year

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a motion to lift the stay that was imposed last year in Miller v. Bonta, its lawsuit challenging California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” that resulted in the district court striking down the ban under the Second Amendment.

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FPC to California AG: Revoke Your “Good Moral Character” Legal Alert and Comply with Bruen Before We Sue

Last night, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) sent a letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta informing him that if local concealed-carry issuing agencies use the state’s so-called “good moral character” requirement in the way he recently called for in response to NYSRPA v. Bruen, it will cause them “to defend far more Second Amendment claims than they have ever faced.”

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FPC Files Lawsuit Challenging New Jersey “Assault Weapon” Ban

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that it has filed a new Second Amendment lawsuit challenging New Jersey’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

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FPC Statement on Delaware Gun Bills Signed Into Law by Governor Carney

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to Delaware Governor John Carney’s signing of multiple gun control bills:

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FPC Statement on Attorney General Bonta Data Dump

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the recent data leak of gun owners’ sensitive data:

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Supreme Court Vacates Decision Upholding Maryland “Assault Weapon” Ban, Sends FPC Lawsuit Back to Circuit Court

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that the United States Supreme Court has granted, vacated, and remanded its Bianchi v. Frosh lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”

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SFGate: California lawmakers push 10 new gun control bills

California lawmakers on Monday proposed 10 new gun control bills to the state's nation-leading gun restrictions in the wake of the latest mass shooting in Florida.

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Guns.com: Disappointment, disgust sweeps across gun industry after Dick's Sporting Goods ditches 'assault-style' rifles

Gun groups reacted with disappointment and disgust this week after Dick’s Sporting Goods announced new policies banning firearm sales to customers under 21 and discontinuing its inventory of assault-style rifles.

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The Sacramento Bee: Trump says he's open to Feinstein's assault weapons age limit - or even a ban

President Donald Trump raised the issue, unprompted, during a roughly hour-long televised meeting with Feinstein and other members of Congress Wednesday afternoon at the White House. “I think it’s something you have to think about,” Trump said at the gathering to discuss school safety. “It doesn’t make sense that I have to wait until I’m 21 to get a handgun but I can get this weapon at 18,” he added, referring to assault rifles.

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Times-Herald: An 18-year-old can't buy a beer but can buy a rifle in California, should that change?

Dan Reeves, chief of staff for California state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, said state lawmakers have “been focused on trying to make these rifles less lethal and haven’t focused so much on the age of the person.” But some gun-control advocates say it’s time to reconsider that.

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KARE11: Florida Shooting Rekindles Interest in Gun 'Protection Orders' in Minnesota

Bloomington Police Chief Jeff Potts put his name behind a bill already introduced in the Minnesota Legislature talking about gun violence protection orders.

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President Trump Says He Will ‘Write Out’ Bump Stocks Without Congress; Two Second Amendment Groups Initiate Legal Action to Oppose Ban

“We will use every resource and remedy available to us in our ongoing defense of the Constitution, the rights it protects, and millions of law-abiding American people” said FPC President Brandon Combs.

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KCRA: CA Assemblyman Introduces New Bill Expanding Gun Violence Restraining Orders

The Firearms Policy Coalition opposes the current gun violence restraining order, as well as its expansion, because the initial 21-day seizure of firearms does not allow the gun owner due process in court.

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USA Today: Florida Shooting Rampage Renews Focus on Gun Laws that Allow Courts to Remove Firearms from the Mentally Ill

The Firearms Policy Coalition opposed the bill for threatening to confiscate a person’s legally obtained guns based on hearsay.

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GunsAmerica: Washington State Bill Would Require CCW Holders to Seek Permission to Bring a Gun into Another’s Home

The Washington State legislature is considering a bill that would require a concealed firearm carrier to seek permission before bringing a gun into another person’s house.

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Guns.com: Public Comment Period on Bump Stock Reclassification Closes

The Firearms Policy Coalition — and other gun rights groups — said the ATF’s initial determination should stand. The organization submitted comments last week to the agency detailing its “strong opposition” to reclassifying bump stocks under federal law.

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CA Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Gun Storage Bill Into Law in Victory for Gun Owners

Firearms Policy Coalition is pleased to announce that California Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 1382 by Senator Andy Vidak (R-14), a bill making it easier to transport firearms, into law.

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Oregon Gun Ban Measure is Dead

The Oregon Supreme Court proved Wednesday that when it comes to firearms, definitions actually DO matter! The court ruled in favor of a lawsuit that challenged Initiative Petition 43 on the grounds that it was overbroad in applying the term “assault weapon” to common firearms.

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FPC Scores Double-Barreled Victory for the Second Amendment in California

In a one-two punch, Firearms Policy Coalition has again knocked the gun grabbers to the mat. This week, FPC is happy to announce it has officially defeated two more gun control measures!

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Delaware assault weapons ban fails in committee

Senate Bill 163 failed by one vote on June 6, 2018, and if it had gone to the full state Senate, it would have had a few exceptions, mainly for those who already possessed an assault rifle.

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FPC Gets Last Laugh as CA Senator Moorlach’s Anti-Gun Bill Goes Down in Flames

“What went wrong?” That’s probably the question California State Senator John Moorlach (R-Costa Mesa) keeps asking himself after his anti-gun, public disarmament bill went down in flames in the CA. Senate Appropriations Committee.

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CA Flamethrower Bill is Appropriately Torched

A CA bill that would have defined many common household implements as flamethrowers met a fiery end Friday when it failed to advance from the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Cleveland.com: Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Cleveland's Efforts at Local Gun Control

That ruling held as invalid a package of ordinances proposed by Mayor Frank Jackson and passed by City Council in the wake of a flurry of gun violence in 2014 and 2015.

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VICTORY: Anti-Gun Pentagon Nomination Defeated!

In a stunning victory for Second Amendment advocates and supporters, anti-gun Dean Winslow's nomination to the Pentagon was put on an indefinite hold by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Winslow then decided to withdraw his name from consideration altogether.

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VICTORY: President Trump Signs Pro-Gun Legislation Allowing Sale of Vintage 1911s

In a pro-2A victory, President Trump signed HR 2810, legislation that included language to mandate the sale of at least 8,000 surplus 1911s by the CMP.

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Illinois Bump Stock Ban HB 4117 Defeated!

Illinois HB 4117, the DISASTROUS bill that would've banned numerous firearms parts and accessories, has just been DEFEATED!

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