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FPC Sues New York City Again in New 2A Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Electronic Arms

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging New York City’s ban on electronic arms, such as stun guns and tasers.

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FPC Sues San Diego in 2A Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Home-Building Firearms, Precursor Parts

Mere hours after San Diego, California Mayor Todd Gloria signed Ordinance no. O-2022-7 into law, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) last night filed a new Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the new ban that prohibits individuals in the City from home-building firearms.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 9/14/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from two cases from Hawaii and one from New York.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 9/8/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in cases involving gun seizures and the federal bump stock ban.

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FPC Files Lawsuit Challenging ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban in Cook County, Illinois

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the ban on so-called “assault weapons” in Cook County, Illinois.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/27/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in cases from Missouri, Wisconsin, and Virginia.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/25/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates in New Jersey magazine and Minnesota preemption cases.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/24/21

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

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/23/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an updates in cases from Hawaii, Virginia, and Nevada.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/20/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from FPC lawsuit challenging the Massachusetts' Approved Handgun Roster and Attorney General's Handgun Sales Regulations.

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FPC Tells ATF to Withdraw “Unconstitutional” Firearm Rule

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of the organization’s official comment in opposition to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) Proposed Rule 2021R-05, “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms.”

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/18/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from cases from Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Missouri.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/17/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from numerous cases that recently had important filings.

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FPC Sues New Jersey To Restore Right-To-Carry Guns in Public for Self-Defense

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and its FPC Law team announced the filing of a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit, Francisco v. Cooke, challenging New Jersey’s unconstitutional restrictions and local practices that prevent residents from exercising their right to carry loaded handguns in public for self-defense.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/11/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from cases challenging New Jersey's magazine ban and Hawaii's stun gun ban.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/10/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from cases involving so-called "ghost guns," preemption, and advertising.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 8/9/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from cases at the Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court.

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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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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 Wins Lawsuit Challenging California Firearms Purchase Delays

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a victory in its Campos v. Bonta lawsuit, which challenged policies and practices of California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Firearms that delayed firearm transactions beyond the statutory 10-day waiting period absent a legal basis.

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FPC Files for Injunction Against Minnesota Carry Ban As To Adults Under 21

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a motion for summary judgment in its Worth v. Harrington lawsuit, a case that seeks to restore the right of adults under 21 years of age to carry loaded, operable arms in public for self-defense in Minnesota.

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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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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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Guns.com: Rauner signs 2 gun control bills, says will again veto dealer licensing plan

Approved by the Republican on Monday was SB 3256 to institute a 72-hour waiting period for all guns sales and HB 2354 which establishes a process to seize guns from those considered at risk to themselves or others. The Governor painted it as a win for public safety.

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Politico: House GOP appropriators block funding for gun violence research

House Republican appropriators Wednesday rejected a proposal to designate millions of dollars for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for gun violence research, voting 32-20 to keep the language out of a fiscal 2019 spending bill.

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HeraldNet: Does Washington need a ‘surgeon general’s warning’ for guns?

Initiative 1639, which would impose new restrictions on gun owners and buyers, is awaiting certification by the Secretary of State for the Nov. 6 ballot.

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Guns.com: Hawaii governor signs bills banning bump stocks, upping gun control

The bills, SB 2046 and SB 2436, outlaw a host of bump stocks and similar accessories while cutting the time allowed for mandatory firearm surrenders down from 30 days to a week. Both proposals passed the state legislature with broad support.

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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 Assembly Appropriations Committee Passes Gun Dealer "Safe Storage" Bill

SB 464, by Senator Jerry Hill (D), creates costly mandates on licensed firearms dealers by imposing outrageous security requirements that may even be illegal to comply with in the cities they are located in or prohibited by their landlord or business property associations.

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Are Current & Former Gov Employees More Equal than You?

In true Animal Farm fashion, however, words are easily mis- and mal- interpreted to benefit those free and equal people who hold power over others.

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The Chilling Effect of Arms

Earlier this month, a case brought by professors from University of Texas at Austin, essentially stating that because they're scared of people with guns, a law that allows the lawful carrying of a concealed firearm while on campus for self defense keeps the professors from speaking their mind, thus creating a "chilling effect" on their First Amendment right to free speech, ought to be found unconstitutional, was dismissed by a district court.

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The Fight Against Gunpocalypse is Heating Up

But, as of today - nearly two weeks after the deadline - there aren’t even any proposed regulations for how this will be done. That means we could be months away from vendors being able to apply for a license… Even though the deadline is fast approaching.

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CCW Reciprocity for All - Not Just Congress

One thing that really grinds our gears is when politicians think one group deserves greater access to fundamental rights than another group - whether they’re Republicans or Democrats.

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Stop McCarty's Crusade Against CA Carry

Our rights should not be restricted because some legislator has an odd fetish about law-abiding people having the ability to carry concealed weapons.

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Bill Pushed by Anti-2A Republican is at Oregon Gov’s Desk

Thanks to the immense pressure you put on the House Rules Committee (over 2,000 emails opposing SB 719 were received), they were forced to quietly and quickly run this bill through at the last minute - but not before some lawmakers argued passionately against it.

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Salem Ramming Through Anti-2A SB 719

SB 719, which was “gut-and-stuffed” to allow gun owners to be disarmed through secret judicial hearings based on unopposed testimony, was passed out of the Rules Committee and on to the House Floor on July 3rd--- when they thought no one was looking.

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The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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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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FPC Seeks Injunction Against New York City May-Issue Handgun Carry Restrictions

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a motion for preliminary injunction in its federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the laws that prevent individuals from carrying a loaded handgun on their person for self-defense in New York City.

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ZEV Technologies Continues Support for FPC with Campaign to fight Washington State Standard Capacity Magazine Ban

Today, Zev Technologies has announced an official campaign to support Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and its important legal work challenging the Washington State standard capacity magazine ban.

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FPC Statement on “Bipartisan” Federal Gun Control Legislation

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the passage of the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” (S.2938):

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BREAKING: New York Gun Carry Ban Unconstitutional, Supreme Court Rules in FPC-Supported Case; Court Addresses “Scrutiny” for Second Amendment Litigation

The Supreme Court of the United States held today that the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect the right to carry firearms in public in the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)-supported case, NYSRPA v. Bruen.

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King 5 News: Gun Control Bills Heard in Washington Legislature

Hundreds of people crowded in Olympia on Monday, gathering in the Senate building for the legislative hearing on several gun safety bills.

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LA Times: Law Aims to Change California's Armed Prohibited Persons System

In response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut five years ago, outraged California lawmakers launched a crackdown within months of the tragedy that has seized 18,000 firearms, including assault rifles, from thousands of people convicted of felonies, subject to domestic violence restraining orders or judged by the courts to be severely mentally ill.

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Coast News: California Ammunition Laws Sow Uncertainty

A slew of new regulations have gun stores and enthusiasts concerned about the availability of ammunition.

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Fox News: California Zoning Law Banning Gun Shops is Challenged in Supreme Court Filing

Gun rights groups have filed a petition with the Supreme Court in the hopes that it would consider a controversial appeals court decision that limits where gun stores can open within one county in California.

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East Bay Times: US Supreme Court Asked to Review East Bay Gun Shop Case

The United States Supreme Court was asked to review a local case regarding Alameda County barring a gun shop from opening in San Lorenzo.

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OneNewsNow: Gun-Rights Groups Fight CA County

Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation says SAF is fighting an Alameda County ordinance that uses zoning laws to keep out firearms stores.

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Washington Free Beacon: Gun-Rights Groups Ask Supreme Court to Review Case Against California County’s Gun Store Ban

Lawyers for a coalition of gun-rights groups petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday to take up their case against a California county's ban on gun stores.

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Guns.com: Gun Rights Proponents Seek Injunction to California ‘Assault Weapon’ Regs

A group of individuals and Second Amendment groups are asking the courts to step in and block the state’s pending new regulations on “bullet-buttons” and assault weapons.

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KCRA: Why This El Dorado County Ammo Store is Opening Without a License

A missed deadline at the California Department of Justice is leaving some ammunition stores with a tough choice: close their doors or keep selling ammo while breaking the law. Ammunition vendor licenses are a new requirement starting Jan. 1, 2018 for stores that sell ammunition but not guns.

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Record Searchlight: Gun Groups Sue State Over Assault Weapons Laws

The California Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms website has a clock ticking down to the deadline for assault weapons owners in California to register their firearms. Gun owners have until June 30 to register their assault weapons. But four gun rights groups hope to stop the clock and have it reset.

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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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BREAKING: City of Philadelphia Passes Bill Repealing Ban on Stun Guns

“The city’s hand on the issue was forced by a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court ruling….and the threat of legal action from a gun rights group,” reported Philadelphia Magazine’s Joe Trinacria in an October 24, 2017, article, relating information told to him by Mayor Jim Kenny’s spokesperson, Laruen Hitt.

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Another 2A Win: AB 736 Killed in CA!

That bill would have allowed additional entities to fine gun stores for various "offenses." And that increased cost would've been passed on to YOU, the consumer.

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