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GOA and GOF Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Florida Gun Ban for Young Adults FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2025 Washington, D.C. – Gun Owners of America (GOA) and Gun Owners Foundation (GOF), joined by a coalition of allied organizations, have filed a critical amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take up NRA v. Glass and strike down Florida’s unconstitutional ban on gun purchases by law-abiding 18-to-20-year-old adults. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals previously...

One of these things is not like the other, but the Bakersfield Fire Department doesn’t seem to understand the difference: “Have you committed any act or acts that would have been determined to be a misdemeanor or felony?” “Have you been adjudged a ‘Mentally Disordered Sex Offender’?” “Have you ever used, experimented with, tried, consumed, possessed . . . [illegal] drugs or substances . . . ?” “Do you own any firearms?” Three of these are crimes, the fourth is a valid exercise of a...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? As of: April 17, 2014 A landmark ruling came down on February 14, 2014 in the NRA-supported case of Peruta v. County of San Diego. A three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down San Diego County Sheriff William Gore’s policy requiring that law-abiding adults prove they have a special need in order to establish a “good cause” to be issued a license to carry a firearm in public before he would issue them one. The Peruta ruling...

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FORT WORTH, TX (May 15, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed an opposition to Texas’ motion for summary judgment in its Second Amendment lawsuit challenging laws prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms at certain locations in the state. Continue reading...

NEW YORK CITY (May 20, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of its reply brief with the federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in its lawsuit challenging New York’s ban on firearm carry in public parks. Continue reading...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 22, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement: Continue reading...

FORT WORTH, TX (May 29, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a reply brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in the group’s Second Amendment lawsuit challenging laws prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms at certain locations in Texas. Continue reading...

CINCINNATI (May 30, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that attorneys for an FPC-backed student plaintiff filed a petition for rehearing in a lawsuit challenging a Michigan public school’s ban on pro-Second Amendment speech, seeking review from the full Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, a federal appellate court that covers Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Continue reading...

Congress must fix and pass H.R. 38 to protect the right to bear arms nationwide. WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 2, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) called on Congress to fix and pass H.R. 38, the “Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act,” so that millions of peaceable American gun owners can exercise their right to bear arms without the fear of arrest or prosecution, particularly in anti-Second Amendment strongholds like California, New York, Illinois, and New Jersey. Continue...