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New FPC Lawsuit Challenges Federal Ban on Interstate Handgun Sales

Tue, 01/21/2025 - 11:28

FORT WORTH, Texas (January 21, 2025)—Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) have filed an important new lawsuit challenging federal laws prohibiting licensed firearm dealers from selling handguns to out-of-state buyers. The case, Elite Precision Customs v. ATF, can be accessed at firearmspolicy.org/eliteprecision. This lawsuit is part of FPC and FPCAF’s high-impact strategic litigation program, FPC Law, which aims to eliminate unconstitutional laws and create a world of maximal liberty. FPC is joined in the litigation by two individual FPC members as well as Elite Precision Customs, a federally licensed firearm retailer in Texas. FPCAF is counsel of record in this matter. 

Categories: Pro-gun rights

FPC WIN: Third Circuit Again Strikes Down Pennsylvania Young Adult Carry Ban

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 13:51

PHILADELPHIA (January 15, 2025)—Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that the Federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reaffirmed its prior opinion in FPC’s Lara v. Paris lawsuit, again striking down Pennsylvania’s laws preventing 18-to-20-year-old adults from openly carrying a loaded firearm outside of the home during a declared state of emergency. The opinion can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/lara.

Categories: Pro-gun rights

FPC Responds to Biden Administration’s Latest Assaults on Peaceable Americans

Wed, 01/15/2025 - 10:03

Washington (January 14, 2025)—Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement Tuesday responding to an announcement by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris detailing their latest assaults on peaceable Americans: 

Categories: Pro-gun rights

FPC Moves to End Massachusetts Handgun Ban

Tue, 01/07/2025 - 11:51

BOSTON (January 7, 2025)—Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of its motion for summary judgment in Granata v. Campbell, a lawsuit that challenges Massachusetts’s ban on constitutionally protected handguns. The court filings can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/granata.

Categories: Pro-gun rights