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Dover, DE — Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to Delaware Governor John Carney’s signing of multiple gun control bills:

The Delaware legislature chose to follow other hostile regimes, desperate to restrict the rights of the people despite the Second Amendment’s unqualified command, by advancing multiple pieces of anti-rights legislation to Governor John Carney’s desk. Today, with Governor Carney’s stamp of approval, this package of bills promises to further throttle liberty in The First State. The six bills signed this afternoon include a ban on the sale of “assault weapons” (House Bill 450), a ban on possession of standard-capacity magazines (Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 6), prohibiting peaceable adults under the age of 21 from purchasing most firearms (House Bill 451), and an attempt to expose gun manufacturers and firearm dealers to frivolous lawsuits (Senate Bill 302).

In choosing to embrace this terrible package in its entirety, Governor Carney has exhibited a clear contempt for the natural rights of his constituents. By further restricting–at threat of violent enforcement and jail time–Delaware residents’ ability to protect themselves, Governor Carney has failed the people of Delaware. Read more

Albany, NY (July 01, 2022) — Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s signing of Senate Bill 51001:

Within hours of the Supreme Court’s ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen, New York Governor Kathy Hochul publicly declared that she would be calling an extraordinary legislative session to counter the Court’s invalidation of New York’s concealed carry law. The New York legislature, at Hochul’s behest, rushed to pass Senate Bill 51001–the legislative vehicle for New York’s desperate, flailing temper tantrum of a response to Bruen–before legislators, or the public, were able to review the text of the bill, sending it to an all-too-eager Hochul for her signature.

This measure will, among other punitive and prohibitive provisions, broadly expand not only the onerous burdens to acquire government permission slips for the exercise of fundamental rights, but also throttle the locations New Yorkers might actually exercise those rights.

With the stroke of a pen, Hochul has promised The Empire State that she wishes to lock more of its residents in government run cages, with no regard for their personal safety, dignity, or liberty. Read more

Sacramento, CA — Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to the recent data leak of gun owners’ sensitive data:

Earlier this week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta boasted in a press release that his Department of Justice had created a firearms dashboard portal to increase “transparency,” which resulted in the wholesale exposure of the personal information–including license to carry information–related to the gun owners who have complied with California’s onerous gun restrictions.

There is no way to sugarcoat the horrible violation of trust committed against Californians this week. What is most troubling, though, is that this was completely foreseeable. Be it by malice or incompetence, countless times throughout history, when the people have entrusted the government with sensitive information–information which, in the wrong hands, could do great harm–we have seen that trust broken. The simple, time-proven fact is that the government cannot be trusted with lists relating to gun owners. Read more

WASHINGTON, DC – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that the United States Supreme Court has granted, vacated, and remanded its Bianchi v. Frosh lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The case will now return to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals “for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen.” The order and other case documents can be viewed at FPCLegal.org.

Bianchi was filed in December 2020 and was dismissed sua sponte by the Court in March 2021. It was then dismissed by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, who said it was “squarely foreclosed by this court’s decision in Kolbe v. Hogan.” FPC filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court, who held the case pending the outcome of NYSRPA v. Bruen. With Bruen now decided, the court has returned the case to the Fourth Circuit where it can now proceed.

“This is an important moment,” said FPC Policy Counsel Matthew Larosiere. “We have suffered at the hands of government actors who felt empowered by a lack of clear standards from the Supreme Court. All too often, horrible restrictions which threaten jail time for simply owning a common type of arm–one the people have an undeniable right to–were allowed to stand. This case presents one of the first opportunities to give force to our right to these common firearms, and we intend to see it through.”

In addition to Bianchi, the Supreme Court today vacated and remanded three other Second Amendment lawsuits: ANJRPC v. Bruck (challenging New Jersey’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds), Duncan v. Bonta (challenging California’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds), and Young v. Hawaii (challenging Hawaii’s laws preventing people from carrying firearms in public for self-defense.) Read more