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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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Madison Society Foundation Files Brief in Supreme Court Supporting Second Amendment Right to Carry

Today, the Madison Society Foundation (MSF) announced that it has filed an important merits-stage United States Supreme Court brief in the Second Amendment case of NYSRPA v. Bruen, the latest Second Amendment case granted by the Court. The brief can be found at FPCLegal.org.

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Coalition of Firearm and Knife Rights Organizations File Supreme Court Brief in Support of Right to Bear Arms

Today, a coalition of Second Amendment organizations from California to New Jersey announced the filing of an important merits-stage United States Supreme Court brief in the case of NYSRPA v. Bruen

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/20/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a lawsuit challenging New Jersey's 3D-printing laws and one challenging the police stop of a West Virginia open carrier.

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Center For Human Liberty, Dr. William English File Brief Showing Right-To-Carry Laws Do Not Increase Crime in Supreme Court’s Latest Second Amendment Case

The Center for Human Liberty and Dr. William English have submitted an amicus curiae brief to the United States Supreme Court in NYSRPA v. Bruen, the most important Second Amendment case in over a decade.

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FPC, Law Prof. Joyce Lee Malcolm File Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Uphold Second Amendment Right to Publicly Carry Arms, Providing Key English History of the Right

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that attorneys Scott Keller, Matthew H. Frederick, Jonathan D. Urick, and Jeremy Evan Maltz of Lehotsky Keller have submitted an important merits-stage United States Supreme Court brief on behalf of FPC and Professor Joyce Lee Malcolm in NYSRPA v. Bruen, a case challenging New York’s “proper cause” scheme for the issuance of licenses to carry arms in public.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/15/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from a lawsuit challenging New Jersey's restrictive carry laws.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/14/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from a lawsuit challenging Philadelphia's law requiring reporting of "lost or stolen" firearms.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/13/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a lawsuit challenging the federal ban on FFL handgun sales to under-21 adults and a lawsuit challenging New York's restrictive carry laws.

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FPF Files Brief Urging the Supreme Court to Uphold Second Amendment Right to Publicly Carry Arms

Today, Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an important, merits-stage United States Supreme Court brief in the case of NYSRPA v. Bruen (previously captioned NYSRPA v. Corlett), a case challenging New York’s “proper cause” scheme for the issuance of licenses to carry arms in public.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/12/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from our lawsuit challenging Nevada's ban on self-built firearms and precursor parts.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/9/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have and update from a case brought by Wisconsin public school students who want to wear clothing depicting guns.

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

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a case challenging a police stop of an open carrier in West Virginia and a liability lawsuit in California.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 7/6/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a case challenging Nevada's ban on so-called "ghost guns," and a case challenging Howell Township, MI's zoning restrictions on gun ranges.

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Silencer Shop® Joins FPC Constitution Alliance as Benefactor Member to Support Pro-Rights Litigation, Advocacy, & Education

Today, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that Austin, Texas-based Silencer Shop®, the industry’s largest suppressor distributor, has joined FPC’s Constitution Alliance family as a Benefactor Member in support of FPC’s legal action and advocacy programs to defend and advance the right to keep and bear arms.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 6/30/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have an update from a case involving the disposal of surrendered guns in Massachusetts.

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FPC Files Opening Brief in Second Amendment Lawsuit Challenging Pennsylvania’s Ban on Firearm Carry by Adults Under 21

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an opening brief in the appeal of its federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the State of Pennsylvania’s laws that prevent young adults under age 21 from carrying a loaded firearm outside of the home for self-defense.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 6/25/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a cases involving an attempted gun forfeiture, Florida's under-21 gun ban, and gun retailer liability.

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FPC, FPF File Supreme Court Brief in Young v. Hawaii 2nd Amendment Lawsuit Challenging State’s Carry Ban

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a supporting brief in the Second Amendment lawsuit George K. Young v. State of Hawaii, et al., which challenges Hawaii’s laws and policies that prevent law-abiding people from exercising their right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 6/23/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a cases involving 3D-printed gun files, so-called "ghost guns," and schools that want to allow employees to carry guns.

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FPC Daily 2A Legal Update - 6/22/21

In today's FPC legal update, we have updates from a case challenging California's magazine ban a case about 3D-printing.

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FPC Statement on Ninth Circuit Order Staying the Injunction in “Assault Weapon” Ban Lawsuit Miller v. Bonta

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement rebuking the Ninth Circuit’s stay order blocking the enforcement of the district court’s judgement and injunction in FPC’s Miller v. Bonta lawsuit, a case challenging the State’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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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 Sends Pre-Litigation Demand to Alameda County Sheriff Over CCW Issuance

FPC saw that the Alameda County, CA Sheriff was trying to avoid complying with the Supreme Court's decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen, so we decided to send a polite email informing him of his duties:

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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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Cheeseman v. Platkin - FPC Law 2A Challenge to New Jersey's "Assault Weapons" Ban

MarylandAWban.com: Bianchi v. Frosh is a FPC Law 2A lawsuit that seeks to strike down Maryland’s “assault weapons" ban

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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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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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AP: Baker signs 'red flag' gun bill

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a bill that will allow for the temporary removal of guns from people considered a danger to themselves or others.

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KATU2: Oregon gun initiative backers concede, plan 2020 effort

Supporters of an initiative to ban some semi-automatic rifles and pistols, along with high-capacity magazines, are stopping efforts to pass the measure this year but plan an effort to get it onto the ballot in 2020.

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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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Guns.com: Bill would bar use of federal money for state gun registration schemes

The Gun-owner Registration Information Protection, or GRIP Act, would extend the current prohibition on the use of federal funds for the maintenance of a full or partial gun registry to money allocated to state and tribal governments. Proposed by U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, she argues that work is already underway in a number of states to store personal information on gun owners and some of it may be supported by grant money from Washington.

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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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Guns.com: Delaware 'assault weapon' ban fails, again; Red flag measure passes

Democrats in the state Senate failed on Tuesday to muscle through a rejuvenated bill to outlaw many semi-auto firearms while a gun seizure proposal had better luck.

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Times Reporter: Ohio House won't pass Kasich's gun bill

“There is no gun law in America that’s going to stop a lot of this,” said Smith, who was elected as House speaker two weeks ago following a contentious fight within the House GOP caucus. “Criminals don’t abide by the law, by their very nature.”

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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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Guns.com: Bill would nurse smart gun development with generous federal tax breaks

The Start Advancing Firearms Enhancements and Technology Act, introduced as H.R. 6109, would up federal tax credits to cover 100 percent of the research expenses in smart gun technology and, should the firearms become commercially available, exempt smart gun components from long-standing federal excise taxes. The net effect, said the sponsor, would be to both make development less risky and guns cheaper to buy for the consumer.

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Impromptu Oregon Committee Meeting Held to Pass Gun Control Measure

It is urgent that you contact your representatives immediately to oppose the bill.

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Gov. Brown Signs Budget Bill Relating to Firearms

Due to the fact this measure was considered a “ budget bill”, a legislative trick to ram through policy without the proper hearings, it takes effect immediately, which is a mixed bag for gun owners.

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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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WA Politicians are Holding 2A Rights Hostage

Due to the budget impasse in Olympia, the state has threatened to shut down (or limit) operations for the DOL Firearms Division, which is the regulatory agency in Washington for all gun shops.

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California Senate Committee Passes AB 7, to Further Restrict Open Carry

If one does not have the ability to bear arms in the State of California, concealed or openly, how exactly is one to exercise their Constitutionally enumerated right to bear arms?

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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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California Passes Anti-Gun Budget Bills

As a budget Trailer Bill, AB 103 is supposed to include language to implement items funded in the budget. But as is often the case, legislators used the bill to push through controversial policy changes that have nothing to do with the budget.

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New Gun Coloring Book Teaches 4 Rules of Firearm Safety

[The book includes] the four rules of firearm safety. The book is primarily to use as a conversation starter and aid in conversation by showing a wide variety of firearms. By doing this, it allows kids to subconsciously learn what different guns look like, even if they have only seen a pistol or a rifle.

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Make Law Enforcement List and Justify Their Peeping Tools? Hell, Yes!

Last year we were stunned (well, only partially) to find out law enforcement officers had collected license plate information of attendees at a gun show in Del Mar, California.

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Anti-Gun SB 536 Passes CA Assembly Public Safety Committee

This bill will allow data regarding “gun violence restraining orders” -- those orders that result from secret hearings and hearsay evidence-- to be used for research, but only for an anti-gun researchers at the University of California and any other research organization that the California Department of Justice deems worthy.

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Primary Arms Joins FPC Constitution Alliance to Support Pro-Second Amendment Litigation, Advocacy, and Education Programs

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that Primary Arms, an innovator in optics manufacturing and wholesale headquartered in Houston, Texas has joined FPC’s Constitution Alliance family as a Benefactor Member.

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FPC Statement on Senate Gun Control Agreement

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s release of the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act”

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FPC Statement on Trio of Gun Control Bills Signed By RI Gov. McKee

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee’s signing of three gun control bills.

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Top constitutional law journal to publish groundbreaking scholarly paper on the right to train with firearms authored by FPCAF’s director of constitutional studies

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) today announced that William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (BORJ) will publish a scholarly paper authored by the foundation’s director of constitutional studies, Joseph Greenlee.

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Federal Lifetime Gun Ban Unconstitutional for Non-Violent Felons Like Appellant, FPC Argues in 7th Circuit Brief

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) today announced that they have filed an important brief with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Atkinson v. Garland.

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Firearms Policy Coalition Statement on Congressional Gun Control Negotiations

Today, the Firearms Policy Coalition released a statement regarding ongoing bi-partisan negotiations on gun-control in the United States Congress:

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FPC Sues Washington in Challenge to ‘Large Capacity’ Magazine Ban

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Law today announced that it has filed a federal Second and Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit challenging the State of Washington’s unconstitutional ban on common firearm magazines.

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FPC Appellate Win Blocks Pittsburgh, PA Gun Control Scheme

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) today announced an appellate victory in FOAC v. Pittsburgh, Penn., a lawsuit filed in 2019 in response to a gun control scheme enacted by the City and its then-Mayor, Bill Peduto.

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Foster parents, home-based daycare operators cannot be denied their Second Amendment rights, FPC brief argues

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) have filed an important brief with the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Miller v. Smith, urging the Court to reverse a misguided decision of the trial court that upheld Illinois law and regulations that bans firearm possession in child care facilities, including home day care facilities and foster family homes, and prevents an Illinois couple from exercising their fundamental right to keep and bear arms in their home. The brief, authored by FPCAF director of constitutional studies and Second Amendment scholar Joseph Greenlee, can be found at FPCLaw.org.

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Student sues school officials in FPC-backed lawsuit to protect pro-Second Amendment speech

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced a new FPC-supported federal lawsuit against the superintendent of Durand (Michigan) Area Schools, the principal of Robert Kerr Elementary School, and a Robert Kerr school staff member for violating a third-grader’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they prevented her from for wearing a hat bearing the text “Come and Take It” as well as an image of an AR_15 rifle to the school’s “hat day.” The complaint for C.S. v. McCrumb can be found at FPCLaw.org.

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Washington Free Beacon: Gun-Rights Groups File Suit Against New California Assault Weapons Regulations

A number of gun-rights groups joined forces to file a lawsuit against California's latest assault weapons regulations on Thursday.

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Ventura Star: California’s Gun-Confiscation Program Gets Spotlight After Texas Massacre

The Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) program, proposed in 1999 and updated in 2006, makes California the first and only state in the country to establish an automated system for tracking firearm owners and to provide the legal authority to proactively disarm convicted criminals, people with certain mental illnesses, and others deemed dangerous.

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Washington Free Beacon: Gun Groups Slam NFL’s San Francisco 49ers for Half Million Dollar Gun-Control Donation

Gun-rights groups criticized the San Francisco 49ers this week for donating half-a-million dollars to a new gun-control effort.

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Visalia Times: AG Sends Reminder to Gun Dealers, No Bump Stocks

Firearms Policy Coalition is firing back at California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. Becerra recently issued a reminder stating bump stocks are illegal and anyone in the "state who possesses, manufactures, imports into the state, offers for sale, or who gives or lends one of the devices has committed a crime."

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Washington Free Beacon: Critics Dispute Government-Funded UC Berkeley Gun Show Study

A new study purporting to show Nevada gun shows are responsible for an increase in firearm-related deaths and injuries in nearby California was criticized as "poorly done" on Tuesday.

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Capitol Public Radio: Gun Control Advocates Say That Congress Should Look To California As Model

Gun control advocates say Congress should look to California as a model for restricting devices such as the bump stock, the device used by the Las Vegas shooter to make his weapons mimic a machine gun.

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Sacramento Bee: Feinstein Moves to Close Automatic-Rifles Loophole In Wake of Las Vegas Massacre

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday introduced legislation to close what she calls an automatic weapons loophole that allows gun owners to convert semi-automatic rifles into rapid-fire automatic machines.

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LA Times: California adopted some of the toughest gun control laws in country after multiple mass shootings

Craig J. DeLuz, a spokesman for the Firearms Policy Coalition, a gun owners’ rights group, denounced political commentary about gun control.

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Visalia Times: California bill will ban guns on campuses, period

"Since the creation of California concealed carry permit in 1923, there have been zero incidents on school grounds involving CCW holders," said Craig DeLuz, spokesman for the Firearms Policy Coalition. "One has to wonder why there is a need to remove such authority, given that SB 707 has been in effect for little more than a year."

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Trevor Carey Show: Big Anti-Gun Bills Headed to Governor Jerry Brown's Desk

Craig DeLuz of the Firearms Policy Coalition reveals the big anti-gun bills the are heading to Governor Jerry Brown's desk to be signed into law.

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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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Guns.com: Florida Dropping CCW Costs for its 1.7 Million Carriers

Initial license fees will drop from $60 to $55 and renewals from $50 to $45.

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Guns.com: Tacoma Removes Taser Ban after Urging from 2nd Amendment Group

The vote follows the Firearms Policy Coalition pressing the city to remove ordinances against the sale, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing or carrying of any “electroshock device” by a law-abiding resident, visitor or traveler.

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FPC Scores 2A Win: Tacoma, WA Overturns Taser Ban

“The City of Tacoma did the right thing here,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “Our staff and attorneys are already reviewing regulations in other cities and states for legal violations. By no means is our work done yet.”

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FPC Scores Major 2A Victory Over Westminster, MD

FPC and Firearms Policy Foundation had recently sent Westminster a letter threatening legal action if the unconstitutional ban was not repealed in full.

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AP: Governor Signs Law Making Texas Gun Fees Nation's Lowest

Gov. Greg Abbott has visited a gun range to sign a law reducing Texas' fees for licenses to carry handguns to the lowest in the nation.

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We Did It - Two Anti-Gun NV Bills are Dead

Two anti-gun bills FPC and our supporters have repeatedly contacted Nevada legislators about died Friday when they weren’t acted on by a committee deadline.

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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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Guns.com: Obama-Era Gun Control Rule Officially Dead

The rule added during the Obama Administration to bar certain Social Security recipients from buying guns has been listed as unpublished by the Federal Register.

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FPC Applauds WA Gov. Inslee’s Signing of SB 5552 Gun Law Reform Bill

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) applauded Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s approval of Senate Bill 5552 today, which was passed by the state legislature on a unanimous vote. Prior to passage, the bill was amended to include new FPC-supported exemptions to I-594 transfer restrictions for law-abiding gun owners.

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