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FPC Response to Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom's Threats Following Supreme Court Ruling in Texas S.B. 8 Case

Just as FPC secured a trial judgment against the State of California's unconstitutional ban on so-called "assault weapons" in our Miller v. Bonta case before Judge Roger T. Benitez, we are prepared to litigate these important issues in state courts and then up to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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The Constitution Protects Self-Made Arms, Argues New Scholarly Article

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today a timely new scholarly article on the Second Amendment right to self-manufacture arms, including firearms.

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FPC Files Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Illinois’ FOID Card Requirement

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed an important brief with the Illinois Supreme Court in support of Vivian Brown, a lifelong peaceable citizen who has been criminalized for exercising her Second Amendment rights because she did not possess a Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card.

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Brownells Joins FPC Constitution Alliance to Support Pro-Second Amendment Litigation, Advocacy, & Education Programs

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Brownells, Inc. announced today that Brownells, the world’s leading source for guns, gun parts and accessories, ammunition, gunsmithing tools, and survival gear, has joined FPC’s Constitution Alliance.

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Vortex Optics Joins FPC Constitution Alliance to Support Pro-Second Amendment Litigation, Advocacy, & Education Programs

The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that Barneveld, Wisconsin-based Vortex Optics has joined FPC’s Constitution Alliance 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 2A Legal Update - 12/1/21

In this FPC legal update, we have updates from cases involving Hawaii's stun gun ban and a background check denial in Florida.

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FPC Responds to Misguided Ninth Circuit Decision Upholding California’s Magazine Ban

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has issued the following statement in response to today’s misguided Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Duncan v. Bonta:

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FPC Statement on Kyle Rittenhouse Trial Verdict

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement today in response to the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse

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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 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 Files Opening Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Nevada’s Expansive Ban on Self-Built Firearms, Parts

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an opening brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Palmer v. Sisolak, its lawsuit challenging Nevada’s confiscatory ban on all unserialized, self-manufactured firearms as well as all “unfinished frames or receivers.”

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FPC Files For Injunction Against California Discriminatory Fee-Shifting Regime

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Miller v. Bonta (Miller II), its lawsuit challenging the provisions in California SB 1327 that are designed to suppress and chill legitimate challenges to firearms regulations and were enacted as retribution for Texas’s SB 8 abortion law.

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FPC Secures Expanded Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit Challenging ATF "Frame or Receiver" Rule

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that a federal judge has expanded the preliminary injunction in VanDerStok v. Garland, its lawsuit challenging the ATF’s “frame or receiver” rule.

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FPC Files Lawsuit Challenging California Discriminatory Fee-Shifting Regime

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a new lawsuit challenging the provisions in California SB 1327 that are designed to suppress and chill legitimate challenges to firearms regulations and were enacted as retribution for Texas’s SB 8 abortion law.

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Miller v. Bonta - FPC Law Challenge to CA SB 1327 Fee-Shifting Provision

Miller v. Bonta - FPC Law Challenge to CA SB 1327 Fee-Shifting Provision

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FPC VICTORY: Federal Judge Blocks Delaware Ban on Self-Built Firearm Possession, Home Manufacturing

Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that United States District Judge Maryellen Noreika issued an order enjoining Delaware’s bans on self-manufacturing and possession of home-built firearms in its Rigby v. Jennings lawsuit.

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Schoenthal v. Raoul - FPC-backed Challenge to Illinois Public Transportation Carry Ban

Schoenthal v. Raoul - FPC-backed Challenge to Illinois Public Transportation Carry Ban

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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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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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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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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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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.

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FPC Statement on House Passage of the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2022”

Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the House vote on H.R.1808, the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2022”

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The Road Ahead: A Statement from FPC Founder and President Brandon Combs

Even though FPC already has an unmatched legal action program, we are still working to significantly expand our portfolio of strategic litigation and network of outstanding litigators so that we can do more work for the People we serve.

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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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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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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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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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