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BREAKING: FPC Files Federal Constitutional Challenge to Delaware’s New Ban on Self-Built Firearms, Precursor Parts, and “3D” Files

Just seven days after it was signed into law by Delaware Governor John Carney, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional statutes enacted in House Bill 125.

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Rigby v. Jennings: FPC Challenge to DE’s Ban on Self-Built Firearms, Precursor Parts, and “3D” Files

Federal Constitutional Challenge to Delaware’s Ban on Self-Built Firearms, Precursor Parts, and “3D” Files

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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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Calce v. New York City - FPC Law 2A Challenge to NYC ban on electronic arms

Federal lawsuit challenging Challenging NYC'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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Fahr v. San Diego: 2A Challenge to San Diego Ban on Home-Building Firearms, Precursor Parts

Federal Second Amendment challenge to San Diego's ban on home-building firearms and precursor parts

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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 Statement on President Biden’s Renewed Promise of Gun Control

The Biden Administration’s promise to enact “gun law reforms” is nothing less than calling for further tyranny and paternalism cloaked in the false promise of so-called “public safety.” FPC remains firm in its belief that laws which threaten the rights, liberty, and property of the People are immoral, should be abolished, and must be fiercely opposed by all Americans who value liberty and the Republic.

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Joe Biden Wants to Disarm Teachers and Waste Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on “Gun Violence” Research

According to his gun control plan, President-Elect Joe Biden “supports barring states from using federal dollars to arm or train educators to discharge firearms”, because America “should be passing rational gun laws, not requiring educators who already have too much on their plates to also protect the safety of their students.”

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Joe Biden Wants to Force People to Convert to “Smart Guns”

According to Joe Biden’s gun control plan, “we have the technology to allow only authorized users to fire a gun.”

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Joe Biden Wants to Create a Task Force to Target Gun Owners

President-Elect Biden’s gun plan says that he “will convene a national Task Force with federal agencies, state leaders, advocates, law enforcement, and technology experts to study rampant online sexual harassment, stalking, and threats, including revenge porn and deepfakes — and the connection between this harassment, mass shootings, extremism and violence against women.”

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Joe Biden Wants to Take Aim at Firearm Companies in Court

President-Elect Joe Biden wants to “hold gun manufacturers accountable” by repealing a 2005 law called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, or PLCAA.

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YEAR IN REVIEW: FPC Fought Hard for Your Rights in 2020! Here's How:

From hard-fought lawsuits to heavy hitters joining the team, 2020 has been a busy year at Firearms Policy Coalition! Since we know the importance of studying history before planning your future, we’ve compiled an impressive list of the lawsuits, briefs, motions, and other actions taken to fortify our army and advance your constitutional rights this past year.

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Joe Biden Wants to Pull the Plug on Online Firearms and Gun Accessories

In addition to instituting a ban on the sale of assault weapons and “high-capacity” magazines, Joe Biden “will enact legislation to prohibit all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts.”

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Joe Biden Wants to Push States to Require Gun Licensing & Pass Red Flag Laws

According to his gun control plan, Joe Biden intends to use federal funds to “incentivize” states and local governments to “require individuals to obtain a license prior to purchasing a gun.”

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How Joe Biden’s Nomination of California’s Attorney General to HHS Secretary Will Affect Your Rights

Earlier this month, Joe Biden announced his cabinet pick for Secretary of Health and Human Services: current California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

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Joe Biden Wants to Tax Gun Owners or Seize Their Firearms

As an alternative to paying a fortune to keep your guns and magazines, Joe Biden plans to offer a “buy-back” program allowing you to surrender your right to self-defense in exchange for what is likely a paltry amount of cash.

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Breitbart: California DOJ Publishing New ‘Assault Weapons’ Regulations over Thanksgiving Holiday

The California Department of Justice is publishing new “assault weapons” regulations over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The regulations cover “assault weapons” definitions, which means they detail what the state considers an “assault weapon” based on certain cosmetic features and/or accessories.

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California DOJ Pushes New “Assault Weapons” Regulations Before Thanksgiving Holiday

FPC has published the new proposed regulations at BulletButtonBan.com — a Web site it established in 2016 for tracking the new California assault weapon laws and regulations — where members of the public can use FPC’s grassroots action tools to submit written comments to DOJ regarding the proposed regulations. A public hearing on the new regulations is scheduled for 10 a.m. on January 8, 2018, at the Resources Building Auditorium in Sacramento.

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Guns.com: Wisconsin Measure Aims to Increase Regulations on Gun Stores

The proposal, LRB-3860, requires firearms retailers to lock all guns in a secured safe or steel gun cabinet or on a secured rod or cable when the when the business is closed or unattended. The sponsor said it comes as a response to a series of high-profile gun store burglaries in the state.

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Guns.com: Homeland Security Personnel Lost Over 200 Firearms in Three Year Period

A report issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General details that hundreds of guns and thousands of badges have gone missing in recent years.

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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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FPC: Calif. Attorney General Becerra’s ‘bump stock’ press release “disingenuous at best and probably illegal”

“Not only is Attorney General Becerra’s so-called ‘news release’ inaccurate and misleading,” said FPC President Brandon Combs, “it is almost certainly an illegal underground regulation....This appears to be one more example of the Attorney General and his anti-gun DOJ banning guns and gun parts by executive fiat rather than following the rule of law and the constitutions he swore an oath to uphold.”

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Daily Signal: Trump Justice Department Ends Operation Choke Point

"All of the Department’s bank investigations conducted as part of Operation Choke Point are now over, the initiative is no longer in effect and it will not be undertaken again.”

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Fox News: Republicans Press Trump DOJ to End Obama-Era Program that 'Targeted' Gun Dealers

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and the other GOP lawmakers said in an Aug. 10 letter that they want the department and related federal agencies to formally “repudiate” Operation Choke Point guidelines.

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Insanity Rules in California - It’s the Only Explanation

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

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FPC Vows Legal Action After California Office of Administrative Law Approves Dept. of Justice Assault Weapons Regulations

By approving these awful and unlawful regulations, the Office of Administrative Law and Department of Justice have collaborated, and perhaps conspired, to grossly exceed the statutory authority vested in the laws in order to advance their anti-gun agenda.

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DOJRegWatch.com: Firearm Regulation News & Updates

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CA legislators have returned to enact more gun control

After a month-long recess, California lawmakers have returned to their posts to infringe on even more of your rights. With only weeks to go until adjournment, this is our last chance to take a stand.

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Virginia AG Dismisses Rural School District's Plan to Arm Employees as a "scheme"

For months, the Lee County (VA) School Board has been studying ways to ensure the safety of teachers and students on campus. The county, located in the southwestern corner of the state, only has four school resource officers for 11 schools, and don't have funding to hire more. In the mountainous, rural area there isn't always a Sheriff's deputy nearby, so administrators can't count on a quick law enforcement response to an active shooter situation.

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CA Democratic Party Disses Di-Fi, Endorses “Ghost Gun” De Leon Instead

It’s always fun to watch anti-gunners squabble amongst themselves. But it’s even more fun to watch them publicly cannibalize each other. And that’s just what happened to 2A public enemy Dianne Feinstein this week. In a humiliating snub, Kevin “Ghost Gun” DeLeon garnered a whopping 65% of the vote among the Democrat Party’s executive board members, according to news reports. Feinstein, however, only managed to attract 7% of the vote.

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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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FPC Law-Splainer: WTF is a "featureless" firearm in California?

California's ever-expanding tyranny against gun owners and the right to keep and bear arms is ratcheting up to 11 tomorrow (7/1/2018). You probably need to read this.

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ALERT: Looming BBAW registration deadline & CFARS outages

California DOJ's California Firearms Application Reporting System (CFARS) system has been experiencing significant outages and issues that may affect or prevent an intended registration of a "Bullet Button Assault Weapon."

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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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10 years after Heller, the battle for 2A freedom rages on

Ten years ago today, the landmark Supreme Court decision of District of Columbia v. Heller was a stunning victory for freedom and originalism, in more than one way.

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FPC Sues Texas to Strike Down Ban on Handgun Carry for Adults Under 21 Years of Age

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal Second Amendment lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas seeking to restore the right to carry arms in public for adults under 21 years of age.

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FPC’s Statement on Supreme Court Arguments in Major Second Amendment Case Challenging New York’s “May-Issue” Handgun Carry Scheme

The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in the case of NYSRPA v. Bruen, a lawsuit challenging New York’s “proper cause” requirement and “may-issue” scheme for the issuance of licenses to carry firearms in public.

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BREAKING: FPC Files Federal Constitutional Challenge to Delaware’s New Ban on Self-Built Firearms, Precursor Parts, and “3D” Files

Just seven days after it was signed into law by Delaware Governor John Carney, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a new federal lawsuit challenging unconstitutional statutes enacted in House Bill 125.

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Blackwater Worldwide Launches Fundraiser to Support Firearms Policy Coalition to Help Support Pro-Second Amendment Litigation, Advocacy, & Education Programs

Today, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that Concord, North Carolina-based Blackwater Worldwide (Blackwater) is launching a new fundraising program to support FPC’s principled grassroots activism, education, litigation, and research programs.

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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 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 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 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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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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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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FPF, FPC Sue State Department Over FOIA Violations Regarding Requests For Records About ‘3-D’ Gun Blueprints, CodeIsFreeSpeech.com

“This lawsuit is the result of the government yet again failing to follow the law and do their job."

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FPC Statement: FPC Demands Police Training, Policy Reforms in the Wake of Another Unjustifiable Killing of Armed and Innocent Person

The tragic and unjustifiable killing of Ms. Jefferson underscores why law enforcement must be better trained to safely encounter people with guns and other constitutionally protected weapons.

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Second Amendment Protects So-Called “Large-Capacity” Gun Magazines, Firearms Policy Coalition Argues in Important 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Brief Joined by Second Amendment Foundation, Armed Equality, Others

“Magazines are inherent, operating parts of all semi-automatic firearms, and it is indisputable that the so-called ‘large-capacity magazines’ at issue in this case are in common use for lawful purposes and protected by the Constitution,” explained George M. Lee

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FPC, FPF Join Law Professors, Scholars in Supreme Court Brief Urging Protection for Second Amendment Industry Against Frivolous Lawsuits

FPC’s coalition amicus brief encourages the Supreme Court to restore the PLCAA’s protections of fundamental, individual human rights.

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BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Rein in Federal “Administrative State” and Clarify or Overturn Chevron Precedent

In the petition for review, Supreme Court counsel for the petitioners, Erik S. Jaffe of Washington, D.C., boutique firm Schaerr | Jaffe LLP, argues that the “Court should grant the Petition for three reasons: (1) the decision below conflicts with multiple decisions of [the Supreme] Court by elevating Chevron deference above the rule of lenity as applied to ambiguous criminal statutes; (2) the decision improperly finds Chevron deference to be unwaivable; and (3) the decision so grossly interprets Chevron deference as to raise the question whether Chevron should be overruled.”

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BREAKING: Second Amendment Lawsuit Challenging California “Assault Weapon” Ban Filed in San Diego Federal Court

The State of California’s ban on these so-called "assault weapon" firearms will fail constitutional scrutiny for the same reasons that the ban on firearm magazines did. “This is a straight-forward case to protect our clients' constitutional rights and property,” explained attorney John Dillon.

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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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Firearms Policy Coalition Issues Policy Statement on Calls for “Red Flag” Laws, More Gun Control, and President Trump’s Remarks

Red flag firearm prohibition and confiscation laws are unconstitutional, unsound, and dangerous policies. They should and must be opposed – not rewarded with millions of taxpayer dollars.

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Firearms Policy Coalition Announces Addition of Attorneys & Constitutional Law Scholars Joseph Greenlee, Adam Kraut, & Matthew Larosiere to Legal Team

“Each of these extraordinary attorneys has a deep commitment to individual liberty, freedom, and first principles. They are already hard at work in many areas of our key programs, including strong research, policy efforts, and legal action. Especially in light of recent demands for gun control, we look forward to their contributions and forming strategic coalitions with other liberty-promoting organizations,” concluded Combs.

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LA Times: Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca Sentenced to Three Years in Prison in Jail Corruption Scandal

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, once a towering, respected figure in policing, was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison for his role in a scheme to obstruct an FBI investigation of abuses in county jails, marking an end to a corruption scandal that has roiled the Sheriff’s Department for several years.

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Anti-Gun Senator Yee Charged With Gun Trafficking

State Senator Leland Yee is the poster child for the anti-gun movement in California. And now he has taken it to a whole new level, as he was arrested by federal agents on charges of corruption, bribery and WEAPONS TRAFFICKING!

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#WearOrange: Anti-Gun Rep. Chaka Fattah Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

Fattah was found guilty on all of the 23 charges the feds laid against him, including racketeering, money laundering, and fraud.

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Wear Orange: Anti-Gun PA AG Headed to Prison

Kane had been charged for leaking grand jury records and then lying about it. The judge in the case sentenced her to 10-23 months in prison.

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A #WearOrange Politician Gets Caught Dealing Drugs In The Most Outrageous Way

That other side of Silverthorne, 50, burst into public view Friday, as Fairfax County police announced that he had been charged following a sting in which they said he agreed to give an undercover officer the drug in exchange for an orgy at a Tysons hotel.

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Pennsylvania’s Chief Cop Headed to #WearOrange

Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is not only the latest #WearOrange politician to confuse her disdain for gun owners with her distaste for following the law, but perhaps she even challenges anti-gun California Senator Leland Yee and his gun trafficking as the most spectacular politician to #WearOrange.

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Anti-Gun Stockton, CA Mayor to #WearOrange... Behind Bars

Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva, who has supported legislation and even filed an Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court to further Michael Bloomberg’s sinister agenda, was arrested earlier in Amador County, CA.

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#WearOrange Flashback: Former NJ Mayor Against Illegal Guns Samuel Rivera

Former Passaic, NJ Mayor Samuel Rivera (D) spent time as a member of New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun group Mayors Against Illegal Guns in addition to having once sat on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s Mayors Council.

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#WearOrange Update: Former Sheriff Lee Baca Withdraws Plea Deal, Opens Self to More Serious Charges

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca withdrew his guilty plea Monday to a charge of lying during an FBI investigation into the county’s jails, opting instead to take his chances at a high-stakes trial.

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#WearOrange Flashback: Former CA Assemblywoman “Mug Shot Mary” Hayashi

That’s right. “Mug Shot Mary” was charged in 2011 for felony grade theft for shoplifting almost $2,500 worth of merchandise from a Neiman Marcus store.

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FPC Announces Settlement of Lawsuit Over California “Bullet Button Assault Weapon” “Registration Disasters”

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a major settlement agreement, inclusive of an injunction and consent decree, with California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the California Department of Justice (DOJ) in Sharp v. Becerra, a federal due process lawsuit that challenged the State’s implementation and enforcement of “assault weapons” laws passed in 2016, including “registration disasters” such as failed DOJ systems.

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FPC Lawsuit Results in Win for Second Amendment Rights, 1.2 Million Allegheny County Residents

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is pleased to announced that it has resolved its Cowey v. Mullen right-to-carry lawsuit filed less than three months ago with a binding settlement agreement resulting in permanent, positive changes to the carry licensing policies of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and its Sheriff’s Office.

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FPC Congratulates Justice Amy Coney Barrett

“With Justice Barrett on the Court, we hope to soon see a shift towards the aggressive stewardship of our rights the Constitution compels and the People deserve.”

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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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BREAKING: Ventura County Caves in Face of Injunction Hearing, Re-Opens Firearm and Ammunition Retailers

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FAST FACTS: CALIFORNIA AMMUNITION LAW INJUNCTION

On April 23, 2020, the Honorable Federal District Court Judge Roger T. Benitez issued an order granting a preliminary injunction in a case, Rhode v. Becerra, that challenges California’s ammunition laws as they were passed in Proposition 63 (2016) and Senate Bill 1235 (2016), and chaptered into the statutes pursuant to various chaptering instructions.

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BREAKING: Injunction Issued Against Massachusetts, Gov. Baker Order Closing Gun Stores

BOSTON (May 7, 2020) ­— Today, United States District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodlock issued an injunction against bans on the operation of firearm and ammunition retailers imposed by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and others.

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Wake County, NC Gun Stores and Ranges Stay Open Following SAF, FPC Demand

FPC and SAF thank County leaders and Mr. Warren for immediately communicating with our counsel and revising their policies to ensure that firearm retailers can stay open and serve North Carolinians who seek to exercise their rights.

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BREAKING: New Braunfels, Texas Reverses Gun Store Closure Order After FPC Letter

This point was made, in no uncertain terms, in the letter sent to Mayor Casteel, when Kraut wrote that “FPC is prepared to bring legal action against you and those acting in concert with you to enforce” a policy that would limit the ability of the people of New Braunfels to acquire, keep, and bear arms.

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BREAKING: PA Gov. Wolf Adds Firearm Retailers to List of Approved Businesses Following Emergency FPC Legal Action

Another illegal Emergency Order closing gun shops has been reversed. PA Gov. Wolf adds firearm retailers to list of Approved Businesses following emergency FPC legal action.

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