From the Firearms Policy Coalition . . . Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced a victory in its case against the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Mayor Bill Peduto. FPC was joined by co-plaintiffs Firearm Owners Against Crime (FOAC), Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF), and three individual gun owners. The plaintiffs were represented by Joshua Prince of Civil … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of an important Supreme Court brief in the case of Worman v. Healey, a challenge to Massachusetts’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large-capacity” firearm magazines. The brief is available online at FPCLegal.org. “In holding that the Second Amendment protects arms ‘in common use’ in D.C. v. Heller, the … Read more
A press release from the Firearms Policy Coalition: Attorneys for three San Diego residents and one San Diego-based advocacy organization filed a federal lawsuit challenging California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons”. A copy of the complaint can be viewed or downloaded at www.firearmspolicy.org/legal. “This District Court already ruled the state’s prohibition on the possession of large-capacity … Read more
With the recent resignations of three NRA board members, Adam Kraut, who had come up just short of being elected recently, became eligible for a board seat. Yesterday, he announced that he won’t be taking one of those positions. One of the reasons is his new job with the Firearm Policy Coalition. Kraut, along with … Read more
The Firearms Policy Coalition has issued the following statement in response to demands for more restrictions on human rights and fundamental freedoms in the wake of recent mass murders in Dayton, El Paso, and Gilroy: We mourn for our fallen brothers and sisters whose lives were cut short or forever changed by acts of immeasurable … Read more
Many have argued that there’s no reason to deny convicted felons their guns rights once they’ve paid their debt to society. If they’re deemed safe enough to release from prison, the thinking goes, why can’t they exercise their Second Amendment rights as they would any other? This seems particularly reasonable in the case of felons … Read more
Should it be legal to refuse to sell a lawful product to an adult simply because of his or her age? That’s now the law in an increasing number of jurisdictions, including that hotbed of Second Amendment freedom infringement, the great state of California. The Second Amendment Foundation, Calguns Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition are … Read more
We’ve reported in the last week that federal judges in both the Tenth and DC Circuits have issued temporary stays of the ATF’s bump stock ban which is due to take effect tomorrow. Those stays, however, only applied to the named plaintiffs in those two suits. Today, the DC Circuit expanded the universe of those … Read more
When President Trump ordered the ATF to reverse its ruling on bump fire stocks and magically designate them as machine guns (yes, that would be funny if it weren’t so arbitrary, ludicrous and dangerous), he had to know that the Department of Justice would be sued as a result. The Firearms Policy Coalition along with … Read more
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