Firearms Policy Coalition

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new federal lawsuit, Goldberger v. James, challenging New York’s "sensitive location" handgun carry ban in the Times Square area. FPC is seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the carry ban as well as other relief.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that a Texas federal judge has denied a DOJ motion to gut FPC’s major Second Amendment victory in FPC v. Bondi, a case where the court previously held that peaceable Americans must be allowed to carry firearms in Post Offices. As a result, the injunction in the case will continue to apply “to Plaintiffs and to all present and future members of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc.”

What: Attorneys for George Peterson have filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court in Peterson v. United States, a Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)-backed challenge to the federal government’s unconstitutional National Firearms Act (NFA) tax and registration requirements for suppressors.

What: The Virginia General Assembly passed SB749, which would ban so-called “assault firearms” and “large capacity” magazines, despite both being protected by the Second Amendment. The bill is a major part of Governor Abigail Spanberger’s agenda, and she previously pledged to sign such a bill if it reaches her desk.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that a reply brief in support of the cert petition has been filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in Schoenthal v. Raoul, an FPC-backed lawsuit asking the Court to overturn the Seventh Circuit’s dangerous decision upholding Illinois’s ban on carrying firearms on public transportation.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced the filing of a new FPC-backed challenge to the National Firearms Act (NFA) of 1934, Roberts v. ATF.