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Illinois Public Transportation Carry Ban Challenged in New FPC-backed Lawsuit
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced the filing of a new FPC-supported federal lawsuit challenging Illinois’ ban on the carrying of firearms on public transportation and in public transportation facilities.
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FPC Responds to Appeal in its Victory Against Texas’ Ban on Handgun Carry by Young Adults
Last night, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw appealed FPC’s victory in our Andrews v. McCraw lawsuit, which correctly held that Texas’ ban on handgun carry by young adults is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment.
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FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging California’s ‘1-in-30’ Firearm Purchase Ban
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a supplemental brief in its Nguyen v. Bonta lawsuit, which challenges California's ban on purchasing more than one handgun or semiautomatic, centerfire rifle in a 30-day period.
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FPC Files for Injunction Against Pennsylvania Carry Ban for Those Who Had Their Civil Rights Restored
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a motion for summary judgment in their Suarez v. Evanchick lawsuit, which challenges Pennsylvania's prohibition on carry by individuals who have had their civil rights restored following prohibiting convictions.
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FPC Files Lawsuit Challenging New York “Sensitive Location” Handgun Carry Bans
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that it has filed a new Second Amendment lawsuit challenging New York’s "sensitive location" handgun carry bans in public parks, public transportation, and all private property without express consent.
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FPC Files for Injunction Against California Gun CNC Machine Ban, Discriminatory Fee-Shifting Regime
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Renna v. Bonta, its lawsuit challenging California’s handgun “roster”, its ban on self-manufacturing handguns, and provisions in SB-1327 that are designed to suppress and chill legitimate challenges to firearms regulations.
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FPC Amends Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee Young Adult Carry Ban
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an amended complaint in Beeler v. Skrmetti, its 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 Tennessee.
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FPC Files Petition for Injunction in Lawsuit Challenging California Age-Based Firearm Purchase Ban
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of a petition for writ regarding the one-way fee- and cost-shifting provision in SB-1327, which California enacted as retribution for Texas’s SB 8 abortion law.
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FPC Secures Partial Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit Challenging ATF "Frame or Receiver" Rule
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) secured a partial victory in VanDerStok v. Garland, in the form of a partial and limited injunction in its lawsuit challenging the ATF’s rule that would create new terms and enact a slew of regulations for the agency to enforce.
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FPC Amends California Handgun Roster, Self-Manufacturing Ban Lawsuit
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an amended complaint in Renna v. Bonta, its lawsuit challenging California’s handgun “roster” ban laws, its ban on self-manufacturing handguns, and provisions in SB-1327 that are designed to suppress and chill legitimate challenges to firearms regulations.
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FPC Statement on the Failure of Multiple Anti-Rights Bills in California
Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the failure of California measures SB 918 (Portantino), which would have made it nearly impossible for most people to lawfully exercise their fundamental rights, and AB 1227 (Levine), which would have instituted punitive taxes on those same fundamental rights.
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FPC Statement Regarding Recent Mischaracterizations of and Misinformation About Our Values
Recently, some have deliberately mischaracterized recent comments on FPC’s social media—which were intended to argue how all humans, and certainly those in the United States, have constitutionally protected natural and procedural rights—to cast our organization in a negative light. To address the dishonest narratives and misrepresentations of our values, we seek to set the record straight here.
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FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging California “Assault Weapon” Ban
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a supplemental brief in its Miller v. Bonta lawsuit, which challenges California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
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FPC Files for Injunction To Restore Individuals’ Second Amendment Rights In California
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of a motion for summary judgment in their Linton v. Bonta lawsuit, which challenges California’s laws and policies that deny Second Amendment rights to peaceable people whose rights should have been fully restored after their non-violent felony convictions in other states were vacated and nullified.
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FPC VICTORY: Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas’ Ban on Handgun Carry by Young Adults
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a victory in Andrews v. McCraw, its Second Amendment lawsuit that challenged a ban on handgun carry by young adults in the State of Texas.
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FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Maryland “Assault Weapon” Ban
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a supplemental brief in its Bianchi v. Frosh lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
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FPC Succeeds in Appeal of Lawsuit Challenging Ban on Shooting Ranges for Long Guns
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation announced its successful appeal in 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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Maryland’s Gun Licensing Law is Unconstitutional, Argues FPC in New Brief
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an important appellate brief, joined by FPC Action Foundation and Independence Institute, in Maryland Shall Issue v. Hogan, a case that challenges Maryland’s gun licensing and training requirements.
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FPC Files New Lawsuit Challenging ATF “Frame or Receiver” Rule
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new lawsuit challenging the ATF’s rule that would create new terms and enact a slew of regulations for the agency to enforce, including ones that would treat non-frames and non-receivers as if they were actual frames and receivers of weapons.
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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 to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee: Stay in your lane. Our rights are not debatable
Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) sent a letter to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee informing it that abrogating fundamental rights are not within its purview.
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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.
