BREAKING: FPC Condemns ATF's Proposed "Pistol Brace" Rule as Another Unlawful Attack on Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Today, the Biden Administration's Department of Justice (DOJ) officially released a notice of proposed rulemaking announcing yet another unlawful ATF rule to further attack and restrict the fundamental right to keep and bear arms.
Francisco v. Cooke: 2A Challenge to New Jersey Carry Ban
Federal lawsuit challenging the State of New Jersey's laws that prevent individuals from carrying a loaded handgun outside of the home for self-defense and the regulations as they relate to applications for and issuance of carry permits
This Week In Gun Rights: Nov 29, 2019
florida fights municipalities, fingers point at ghost gun used in Saugus High School murders, Colorado Sheriffs on Red Flag Laws, Hi-Point Lo-Point.
CA. Gov. Newsom Signs 15 Anti-Gun Bills into Law
In a move that we haven't seen since July 2016, when then Governor Jerry Brown signed "Gunpocalypse", current California Governor Gavin Newsom signed FIFTEEN antigun bills into law earlier today.
An Awful, Horrible, No-Good Expanded Background Check "Idea"
On September 18, 2019, a purported "idea" document reportedly being circulated among Republican senators and congressmen was leaked to the media. The document, entitled "Idea for New Unlicensed-Commercial-Sale Background Checks", is both frighteningly vague and callous in its disregard for the Second and Fourth Amendments, as well as the federalist principles that animate the Commerce Clause.
StopHR838.com: Oppose HR 838 - Wholesale Domestic Surveillance of Gun Owners
HR 838 would permit levels of espionage against the American people not seen since the introduction of the Patriot Act. StopHR838.com
FPC: Why Politicians Are Dead Wrong About Red Flag Laws
In the era of "just do something" public policy, legislators on both sides of the aisle are pitching red flag legislation as a moderate form of gun control; one having a positive impact on mental health reform while simultaneously keeping Americans safe. Nothing could be further from the truth, and what these politicians won't tell you is that their position is unsupported by evidence and riddled with far-reaching, unconstitutional implications for everyone.
On their first day back in session, California lawmakers unleash 3 anti-gun bills
On their FIRST DAY back in session, Reps. Levine, Irwin, and Ting introduced a freedom-infringing trifecta of bills that would have devastating effects on 2A rights.
Gov. Brown vetoes "fake news" study bill
Doctor and California State Senator Richard Pan thought that prescribing 1984-style mass censorship on a healthy populace would be a winning idea in 2018.
Fresno Bee: State Releases New Assault Weapon Rules after Threat of Legal Action
"Even now, our attorneys are continuing to explore possible legal action. The DOJ and (state) Office of Administrative Law's denial of constitutional rights was outrageous and we don't want to see this kind of obstruction happen again."
Firearms Policy Coalition Acquires New California DOJ "Bullet-Button Assault Weapons" Regulations Through FPC's Regulatory Watch Program
"FPC's Regulatory Watch program has once again proved its value in ensuring that the State of California does not advance its gun control agenda behind closed doors," said FPC President Brandon Combs. "Our staff and attorneys are already reviewing these regulations for legal violations."
CA AG Becerra Celebrates First 100 Days with his 60th Press Release
Meanwhile California gun owners still await Prop 63 & Gunpocalypse firearms regulations.
Guns.com: ATF Reverses Decision on AR Arm Brace
Federal regulators reversed a two-year-old decision prohibiting specific use of an arm brace for AR pistols after re-addressing the issue with the company that designed the original model.
CA DOJ Keeps Playing Games With Your Rights
It must be nice to have the luxury of ignoring what's written in a statute and not be penalized. And to completely fail at your job requirements yet still collect a paycheck.
Reuters: New Interior Head Lifts Lead Ammunition Ban in Nod to Hunters
New U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday issued an order overturning an Obama administration ban on the controversial use of lead ammunition and fishing tackle used on federal lands and waters, in a nod to hunters and fishermen on his first day on the job.
5 Things Gun Owners Need to Know after California DOJ Withdrew its "Bullet Button Assault Weapons" Regulations
Last night, FPC broke the news that California Attorney General Xavier Becerra's Department of Justice Bureau of Firearms withdrew former Attorney General (now U.S. Senator) Kamala Harris' "Bullet Button Assault Weapon" regulations.
Mr. Trump, Tear Down Obama's Wall (Of Anti-Gun Executive Actions)
Of all the assaults on the Second Amendment over the last eight years, the most destructive might be the ones perpetrated by Barack Obama's pen and phone. Though he hasn't signed more executive orders than other presidents have, he's used them and other executive actions as a way implement legislation and policy without having to deal with Congress.
Oregon Gun Control Hits the Fastlane Thanks to "Republicans"
It's no coincidence that HB 4145 is very similar to SB 719, after you're stripped of your rights without due process because you're supposedly dangerous, you are still free to roam the streets and cause havoc.
Government Bureaucrats Mock CA Gun Owners
These anti-gun bureaucrats have released a web of vague and complicated rules that could potentially put you under criminal liability and they're now mocking California gun owners with a countdown clock???
GOP Gun Control Bill Gaining Support
You really get to learn about a politician's values when they term out or decide to retire. Then, under no threat from the voters, they finally feel free to just be themselves and do what they want.
Democrat Who Ran Gun Confiscation Program Named to Senate Judiciary Committee
Senator Kamala Harris of California has just been named to the Senate Judiciary Committee, spelling horrible news for gun owners.
Brace Yourself: "Smart" Guns Are Coming!
As you already know, so-called "smart gun" technology is technology that would personalize each and every firearm to only one individual user.
The Most Important Fight for the Second Amendment
We all know that the court battles over the Second Amendment are often some of the most important fights that we can wage as gun owners and activists. In states such as California, New York, Illinois, and Connecticut, legal challenges are often the only method of recourse for gun owners that have been hammered with laws and regulations by anti-gun Legislatures and Governors.
CA Legislature Back in Session, Kills Pro-Gun Bills
The California Legislature is back in session and that means bad news for California gun owners! Both the Assembly and Senate Public Safety Committees held hearings yesterday and voted on multiple 2A related bills.
Why Some "Featureless" Guns Might Need to be Registered as "Assault Weapons" in California
Some currently-"featureless" firearms might still need to be registered under California's "assault weapons" law. Like everything else about gun laws, "it's complicated".
California Legislature Is Back In Session
The California Legislature is back in session on January 3rd. As Gideon Tucker so aptly put it: "No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session."
NY Daily News: Amazon takes down California gun group website for posting 3D printer plans for homemade handgun
A group of California gun nuts hoping to disseminate 3D printer plans for a homemade handgun via the internet suffered a misfire Wednesday when Amazon took down their website.
MSN: Gun Rights Activists Defy Court Ruling, Post 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Online
Gun rights activist groups found a way around the temporary halting of 3D-printed gun blueprints by publishing another set of blueprints on a new website Tuesday, which they say is activity protected under the First Amendment.
SD Union-Tribute: California gun group posts internet 3D printer plans for guns after federal judge issues injunction
A group of tech savvy California gun nuts thumbed their noses Tuesday at a Seattle federal court judge's temporary restraining order that bars the distribution of gun making plans for 3D printers.
WSJ: Gun advocates to post 3-D weapon plans on new site
Hours after a federal judge forced a group in Texas to remove online blueprints for 3-D printed firearms on Tuesday, gun-rights groups in California said they were publishing the files on a separate website.
Fox News: As 3D-printed weapons row escalates, gun rights activists post blueprints online
Nonetheless, plans for a number weapons have appeared on CodeIsFreeSpeech.com, which describes itself as "a publicly-available website for truthful, non-misleading, non-commercial speech and information that is protected under the United States Constitution."
Huffington Post: Gun rights activists defy court ruling, post 3D-printed gun blueprints online
NBC: Officials across the country fear a new era of untraceable firearms
A federal judge on Tuesday, however, granted a request for a temporary restraining order that prevents Wilson from publishing the plans for how to make the untraceable guns. But a coalition of gun rights groups created a website and posted similar gun blueprints later Tuesday night, seemingly in protest against the judge's ruling.
Washington Times: Citigroup, Bank of America punished for post-Parkland gun control policies in Louisiana vote
A Louisiana commission voted Thursday to block two banking giants from taking part in a new highway project, moving to punish the companies for gun control policies they adopted after the Parkland, Fla., school shooting this year.
Guns.com: Judge blocks DefDist downloadable 3D gun data, other sites release files
DefDist's dedicated site for the files, DefCAD.com, noted late Tuesday that it had been shut down. The group's founder, Cody Wilson, further confirmed on social media that, "By order of a federal judge in the Western District of Washington, DEFCAD.com is going dark." However, shortly afterward many of the promised 3-D files surfaced on a new site backed by a number of gun rights groups.
LA Times: Councilman Mitchell Englander quits blocking gun-rights group on Twitter after complaint
When a gun-rights group wanted to sound off about a new proposal from Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander, it went to Twitter to respond to him — only to find it had been blocked.
BREAKING: South Dakota Governor Signs Constitutional Carry Bill
SB 47, proposed by Senator Greenfield (R-2), did away with South Dakota's requirement for a concealed carry permit, instituting "Constitutional Carry" in the state.
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Panel decides that the Second Amendment extends beyond the home
The majority opinion was written by Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain (appointed by Reagan) and joined by Judge Ikuta (appointed by George W. Bush). Judge Clifton (appointed by George W. Bush) dissented.
BREAKING: Xavier Becerra, DOJ Withdraw Latest "Assault Weapon" Proposed Regulation After Strong Opposition from FPC, Gun Groups
The California Department of Justice has withdrawn its latest proposed "assault weapon" regulation after facing opposition and litigation from many gun rights groups, including Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), The Calguns Foundation (CGF), and California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (CAL-FFL).