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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/6/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from a new lawsuit in Hawaii.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/5/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in cases involving so-called "assault weapons" and "ghost guns".

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/4/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update in a case brought by Mexico in Massachusetts' federal court.

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Francisco v. Cooke: 2A Challenge to New Jersey Carry Ban

Federal lawsuit challenging the State of New Jersey’s laws that prevent individuals from carrying a loaded handgun outside of the home for self-defense and the regulations as they relate to applications for and issuance of carry permits

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/3/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in cases that involve New York's "assault weapon" ban and the federal bump stock ban.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/2/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in cases from Nevada and New Jersey.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/29/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in cases from Texas and Oregon.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/28/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in two cases from the Second Circuit (which is comprised of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont).

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/26/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in Cases from New York, Hawaii, and the Sixth Circuit.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/23/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from a liability lawsuit in California.

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Governor Wolf Vetoes Pennsylvanians’ Right to Self-Defense

In Wolf’s veto message to the Commonwealth, he said that the legislation “represents another meaningless attempt to alter the necessary tools for fighting the pandemic” and that it would be “an infringement on the authority and responsibility” of the governor during states of emergency.

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The ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2020: A Bleak Sign of Things to Come

If passed, the bill would afford more authority to the ATF, an agency already notorious for abusing the Peoples’ right to keep and bear arms. here are some of the most alarming impacts:

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Joe Biden Wants to Institute Universal Background Checks

The theory behind requiring universal background checks is that it will lead to a reduction in crime because it keeps guns “out of the wrong hands.” Nothing could be further from the truth.

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Joe Biden Wants to Ban Common, Constitutionally-Protected Firearms and Magazines

The Right to Bear Arms necessarily includes not only firearms but the items required to effectively defend oneself; after all, what good is an AR-15 without a magazine?

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Biden's Transition Team Held a Secret Gun Control Meeting with ATF Executives: Here are the Dirty Details

According to an anonymous source, acting Director Regina Lombardo told those in attendance that the anti-gun Biden transition team reached out to ATF Executives to identify the agency’s “top priorities”.

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FPC Applauds Senate Judiciary Committee Vote to Advance Judge Amy Coney Barrett

“As we recently explained, the American people need and deserve a strong Supreme Court majority that will do what the Constitution’s text and liberty compel,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “The Senate Judiciary Committee did the right thing by voting to advance Judge Barrett to a full Senate vote. We continue to urge the Senate to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court without delay.”

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Oklahoma Lawmakers Ban Enforcement of Red Flag Laws with SB1081

Oklahoma legislators passed a bill to ban the enforcement of Red Flag Laws, should should a federal RFL be implemented by Congress. SB1081 by Senator Nathan Dahm passed the House by a 77-14 vote and the Senate by 34-9.

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GunShopFines.org: Oppose AB 2362 - Another California Effort to Retaliate Against Gun Shops

The California legislature has rarely seen a tax, fine, fee, penalty, or other financial burden it didn't love. Especially so when it's combined with their disdain for licensed gun shops and gun owners.

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StopNICSdelays.com: NICS expansion to include unreliable data and work towards 'social credit' background checks

StopNICSdelays.com: Oppose HR1324, HR5949, and HR6453 to stop delays, errant denials, state sponsored propaganda, and groundwork for a 'social credit' denial system.

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Idaho Constitutional Carry Improvement Signed

While we were busy suing EVERYONE this week, Idaho's Governor Brad Little signed HB 516, removing the State residency requirement for Constitutional Carry within city limits and making Bloomberg's astroturf group Moms Demand Action reach for their box wine & xanax.

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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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Firearms Policy Coalition Obtains New California DOJ “Bullet-Button Assault Weapons” Regulations Through FPC’s Regulatory Watch Program

“FPC’s Regulatory Watch program has once again proved its value in ensuring that the State of California does not advance its gun control agenda behind closed doors,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “Without this program, countless gun-owning Californians would be in the dark about their future.”

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The Thorn in CA DOJ's Side

Most recently, DOJ was months late in submitting proposed regulations concerning new ammunition vendors and licenses. Then, when they did file them, they didn’t properly notify interested parties or load the regulatory documents on the Attorney General’s web page so the public could inspect them.

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CA DOJ Issues New Ammo Regulation Notice & Postpones Hearing, Correcting Errors Discussed in FPC Demand Letter

“In order for citizens and interested groups to be given an opportunity to advocate for their rights and policy preferences, the DOJ must follow the law,” said Craig DeLuz, a lobbyist and spokesperson for the Firearms Policy Coalition. “We are here to make sure they do.”

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California DOJ Finally Issues Proposed Regulations for Ammunition Vendor Licensing, Only Months Late

“DOJ knew last year that these required regulations had a hard deadline so that businesses could begin applying for ammunition vendor licenses on July 1 of this year. There is no excuse for them being this late.”

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California DOJ Sued for Hiding “Assault Weapon” Regulations, Violating California Constitution and Public Records Act

“When the Department of Justice denied us access to their submitted regulations and told me that they were not available for public inspection, I was outraged and insulted,” said Craig DeLuz, FPC’s California lobbyist and a spokesperson for the organizations. “Those who claim to enforce the law should be expected to follow it.”

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Now What?!? 5 Things You Need to Know About the Bullet Button Assault Weapons Ban Regulations

Here are 5 things that all California gun owners (and gun-owning visitors) need to know following this latest development.

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Regulatory Law - The Silent Freedom Killer

Once the regulation is filed and effective, it is law, having the same effect as if it were written in the legislature and signed by the governor.

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CBS SF: Expanded California Assault Weapon Ban Leaves Thousands Of Gun Owners In Limbo

“The California legislature specifically passed a law to say that California’s Department of Justice does not have to go through the rigmarole of public comment and red tape every time they want to develop regulations about registering assault weapons,” said Freilich.

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Louisiana Record: New Orleans Lifts Stun Gun Ban

She said that because of the decision, the city had no choice but to lift the stun gun ban.

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CA Legislative Update: Bill seeks to ban gun shows at the Cow Palace

A bill passed the California Assembly Public Safety Committee this week that seeks to ban the sale of firearms and ammunition at the Cow Palace, effectively putting an end to gun shows at the famous venue.

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CA Legislative Update: Anti-gun bills flip houses, inch closer to passage

A number of anti-gun bills recently flipped houses in the California State Legislature, and are now a step closer to passing following hearings in their respective committees.

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Anti-gun Congressional candidate pepper sprays himself in campaign ad

The leftists know no bounds in their gun control endeavors. Levi Tillemann, a Congressional candidate for Colorado, recently released a campaign ad that appeared more satirical than political. At first, it appeared to be run-of-the-mill, leftist propaganda intent on pushing anti-gun policies using sensationalism and misleading information. Then, something unexpected happened.

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Student dispels gun control myths with comprehensive essay

Not all students fall victim to the political machine known as public education. Some have the capacity to ask questions and draw conclusions independently of the professors and their leftist agendas. One in particular, Clayton Vickers, went against the grain and penned an impressive defense of AR-15 rifles.

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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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Anti-Gun Republican to Succeed CA Democrat Senator in Recall Election

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That’s how millions of law-abiding gun owners are sure to feel after they learn who will replace CA Senator Josh Newman (D-District 29).

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A Guide for Pro-2A Students

The primary purpose of public education was made secondary as political agendas were held in higher regard than the success of students. Moreover, American taxpayers are funding this breeding ground for dependents of the government and opponents of freedom. FPC and FPF have developed a resistance to such a disastrous political machine, and this guide explains the plans of action.

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URGENT: 2A Bills To Be Heard in CA Assembly Committee Tomorrow!

The Second Amendment is under continual fire in California. We must work together to preserve our existing freedoms and regain those that we have already lost.

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Even More Billionaires Come Out to Disarm You!

This time, CEOs from Twitter and Uber are calling for even stricter gun control laws in California when quite literally the only thing that could have prevented this shooting was making YouTube NOT a gun-free zone. But now, in their twisted logic, they want to essentially make the REST of the nation a gun-free zone.

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BREAKING: NRA supporting gun control in Congress

FPC has always and will always opposed policies that will endanger law-abiding gun owners and their lawfully owned property. In the past 24 months we have opposed these in California, Oregon, Washington-state and Washington D.C.

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BREAKING: FPC Files 2A Challenge to Nevada’s New Ban on Self-Built Firearms, Precursor Parts

Less than a week after it secured a historic victory in a post-trial judgment striking down California’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging Nevada’s unconstitutional statutes enacted in Assembly Bill 286, which established a new, confiscatory ban on all unserialized, self-manufactured firearms as well as all “unfinished frames or receivers.”

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BREAKING: FPC Statement on Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Bonta’s Press Conference on Appeal in FPC’s Miller v. Bonta “Assault Weapon” Lawsuit

Moments ago, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced in a press conference that the State has appealed FPC’s historic victory in our Miller v. Bonta lawsuit, which correctly held that California’s tyrannical ban on so-called “assault weapons” is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

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BREAKING: FPC Files 2A Lawsuit Challenging Massachusetts Handgun Ban

Three days after it secured a historic victory in a post-trial judgment striking down California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ ban on constitutionally protected, modern handguns commonly possessed and used for lawful purposes throughout the United States.

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FPC Files Opening Brief in Appeal Challenging Ban on Shooting Ranges for Long Guns

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an opening brief in the appeal of Oakland Tactical Supply, LLC v. Howell Township, Michigan, which challenges zoning restrictions imposed by the Township that prohibit shooting ranges for long guns.

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FPC Sues Minnesota to Strike Down Ban on Handgun Carry for Adults Over 18, Under 21

On the heels of its historic victory last Friday securing a post-trial judgment and permanent injunction against California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons,” Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced that FPC Law filed a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit seeking to restore the right of adults under 21 years of age to carry loaded, operable arms in public for self-defense and other lawful purposes.

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BREAKING: FPC Condemns ATF’s Proposed “Pistol Brace” Rule as Another Unlawful Attack on Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Today, the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) officially released a notice of proposed rulemaking announcing yet another unlawful ATF rule to further attack and restrict the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.

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BREAKING: FPC Wins “Assault Weapon” Lawsuit in Historic Victory for Second Amendment Rights

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that Judge Roger T. Benitez of the Southern District of California has issued an opinion in Miller v. Bonta (previously Miller v. Becerra), holding that California’s tyrannical ban on so-called “assault weapons” is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.

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FPC Files Opening Brief in Appeal Challenging Lifetime Gun Ban for Non-Violent Misdemeanor Conviction

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an opening brief in the appeal of Williams v. Garland, which challenges the federal Gun Control Act’s lifetime ban on 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 Files New 2A Lawsuit to Strike Down Illinois’ Ban on Handgun Carry for Adults Under Age 21

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit seeking to restore the right of adults under age 21 to carry loaded, operable arms in public for self-defense and other lawful purposes.

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FPC Files Reply Brief in Appeal Challenging Los Angeles County’s Closures of Gun and Ammo Retailers

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a reply brief in the appeal of Martinez v. Villanueva, a case challenging COVID-19-related closures of firearm and ammunition retailers and shooting ranges in Los Angeles County.

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FPC: Federal Lifetime Gun Ban is Unconstitutional, Argue Second Amendment Groups in Court Brief that Traces History Back to A.D. 602

“The Supreme Court has made clear that in evaluating a Second Amendment challenge, a court must interpret the Amendment’s text in light of the history and tradition of the founding era,” explained Greenlee.

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Gun Owners, Rights Organizations Sue California, Attorney General Becerra in New Federal Lawsuit Over State’s Age-Based Ban on Firearm Purchases

A new federal lawsuit was filed in federal district court in San Diego today. The case challenges on Second Amendment grounds the State of California’s discriminatory age-based general ban on firearm purchases by legal, law-abiding adults over the age of 18 but under the age of 21.

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Federal Judge Rules Against DOJ, Orders California “Assault Weapon” Due Process Lawsuit to Go Forward

“We are pleased that the judge recognized that our clients, and potentially many others, have a claim based on the DOJ’s systemic failures,” said lead counsel, George M. Lee. “We look forward to proving that the DOJ’s administrators were deliberately indifferent to the plight of law-abiding gun owners who were simply trying to comply with the law.”

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LEGAL UPDATE: Cato Institute, FPC File Brief in 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Bump-Stock Ban Challenge

“As anyone who’s seen School House Rock can tell you, only Congress can write new laws,” the brief’s authors, Ilya Shapiro, Josh Blackman, and Matthew Larosiere explained. “Never to let something like a written constitution get in their way, the [Trump] administration tried to make new law by ‘reinterpreting’ an existing law: the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA)...”

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Cato, FPC File Brief in 9th Circuit Appeal on Tax Law Conviction for Machine-Gun Charge

“Several years ago, Nick Bronsozian was charged with possession of an unregistered machinegun under a tax law statute. The provision in question, 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d), says that in order to have a machinegun registered, a tax must be paid on it,” explained amicus brief authors Ilya Shaprio and Matthew Larosiere at Cato’s eponymous Cato at Liberty blog, “[The Defendant-Appellant Mr.] Bronsozian didn’t pay his tax. Case closed. That’s what the government argued anyway, but the situation is more complicated than that.”

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LEGAL UPDATE: Cato Institute, FPC Urge Appeals Court to Strike Down Trump Bump-Stock Ban

Today, the Cato Institute and Firearms Policy Coalition announced their filing of an important amicus brief in the appeal of Aposhian v. Barr, a case challenging the federal bump-stock ban, at the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief may be viewed at www.firearmspolicy.org/legal and https://www.cato.org/blog/again-pointing-out-executive-power-abuses-new-bump-stock-ban.

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BREAKING: FPC, FPF Join Challenge to Colorado Gun Magazine Ban, File Colorado Supreme Court Brief

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an important brief before the Colorado Supreme Court in Sternberg v. Colorado, a case challenging the State’s ban on so-called “large-capacity” firearm magazines. The brief may be viewed at www.firearmspolicy.org/legal.

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BREAKING: FPC, FPF Announce Expedited Appeal in Bumpstock Ban Cases

Attorneys for FPC and FPF filed opening briefs with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in the ongoing bumpstock ban lawsuits. Copies of the briefs and other filings are available at BumpStockCase.com.

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BREAKING: After Threat of Prosecution, Free Speech Advocates Seek Restraining Order Against New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

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FPC Firmly Opposed to Federal Gun Control Legislation, Including “Red Flag” Laws, “Universal Background Checks”

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) responded to announcements of several pieces of federal gun control legislation that would further infringe on the fundamental, individual right to keep and bear arms and other constitutional rights.

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#WEARORANGE SHOCKER! Yet Another Gun Grabber Gets Federally Indicted

Two things you can count on in this world; Corrine Brown getting in trouble with the feds and Corrine Brown trying to take your guns away.

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Another Anti-Gun Legislator In Trouble With The Law

The L.A. County Assemblyman shortly found himself stripped of his committee assignments after news of the restraining order broke.

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BREAKING: Even More Anti-Gun Politicians Heading To Prison

Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka will be #WearingOrange behind bars

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Sac Bee: Ex-California Senator Ron Calderon To Plead Guilty To Mail Fraud

In exchange, the U.S. attorney will seek no more than a five-year, 10-month prison sentence for the 58-year-old Montebello Democrat, according to an agreement filed Monday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

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LA Times: Ex-State Sen. Leland Yee Gets 5 Years in Prison in Corruption Case

Yee admitted in a plea deal that he was part of a racketeering conspiracy that involved exchanging official acts for money, conspiring to traffic in weapons and money laundering. Specifically, Lee promised an undercover FBI agent favors in return for campaign contributions.

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SFGate.com: Ex-Sen. Leland Yee may be Headed for a Plea Deal

Former state Sen. Leland Yee, who until now has denied charges of political corruption, money laundering and racketeering, is scheduled to change his plea in federal court Wednesday.

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BREAKING: FPC, FPF Secure Preliminary Injunction Against Pennsylvania State Police ‘Partially Manufactured Receivers’ Policy Following Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s December 2019 “Legal Opinion”, Mandate

“Today’s order protects people from a dangerously vague interpretation of the law. As the Court pointed out, a law is void on its face if it is so vague that a person of common intelligence must guess as to its meaning."

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VICTORY: CA Gun & Ammo Tax DEFEATED!

This is a HUGE win for CA gun owners, as the legislation would have imposed an additional tax on the purchase of semiautomatic firearms and ammunition.

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BREAKING: Court Blocks Pittsburgh, PA Gun Control Scheme in Lawsuit Brought by FPC, FPF, FOAC, and 3 Gun Owners

Another illegal law struck down.

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Firearms Policy Coalition Announces Another Gun Rights Victory in Federal Court

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today an important victory in the federal Second Amendment lawsuit Wilborn v. Attorney General William Barr, et al.

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Virginia Dodges a Bullet from the Gun Controllers

Earlier this week, we told you about VA Republican Majority Leader Norment's turncoat maneuver in support of gun control. This tyrant legislator betrayed his oath of office by proposing to ban firearms in state and local government buildings, and along with Gov. Ralph "KKK" Northam, set the stage for a gun debate in the Legislature.

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Federal Judge Rules Against DOJ, Orders California “Assault Weapon” Due Process Lawsuit to Go Forward

“We are pleased that the judge recognized that our clients, and potentially many others, have a claim based on the DOJ’s systemic failures,” said lead counsel, George M. Lee. “We look forward to proving that the DOJ’s administrators were deliberately indifferent to the plight of law-abiding gun owners who were simply trying to comply with the law.”

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PA Supreme Court: Unconstitutional to ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ For Firearms

The coalition’s brief, which was relied on heavily in the majority opinion, argued that the Pennsylvania and federal constitutions prohibit searches and seizures based on a suspicion of criminal activity due to carrying a firearm.

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Federal Judge Orders Permanent Injunction Against Riverside County Over Unconstitutional ‘CCW’ Carry License Policy

Today, plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit filed last fall announced that Senior United States District Judge Dean D. Pregerson entered an order permanently enjoining Riverside County, California from having a policy and practice of preventing legal U.S. residents from exercising their right to apply for a carry license in Van Nieuwenhuyzen, et al. v. Riverside, CA Sheriff Stanley Sniff, et al.

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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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