Firearms Policy Coalition

TRENTON, N.J. (July 18, 2025) — As part of its nationwide effort to eliminate bans on constitutionally protected arms, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a Second Amendment lawsuit, Firearms Policy Coalition, et al. v. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, et al., challenging New Jersey’s total prohibition on “short-barreled rifles” (SBRs), defined in state law as those with a barrel shorter than 16 inches or an overall length under 26 inches.

NEW ORLEANS (July 17, 2025) – This afternoon, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and the federal government agreed to a joint dismissal of the government’s appeal in our Mock v. Bondi lawsuit, a case that successfully challenged the Biden ATF’s “pistol brace” ban rule and secured injunctive relief for gun owners while the case was being litigated to final judgment, which completely vacated the rule.

FORT WORTH, Texas (July 15, 2025) – As part of its ongoing mission to ensure individuals can exercise their right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a motion for summary judgment in the case of Elite Precision Customs v. ATF. At issue in FPC’s lawsuit are federal laws that ban licensed firearm dealers from selling handguns to buyers who live in another state. That, FPC says, is unconstitutional.

We encourage viewers and those interested in American history to read Georgetown Law Professor and constitutional scholar, Randy Barnett's excellent, easy-to-read short article explaining the Declaration here in conjunction with reading the Declaration below. [Note: Some paragraph breaks added to facilitate reading on mobile devices.]

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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We, like many of you, will enjoy today's Fourth of July celebration with family, friends, food, and fireworks. And while those good things bring us close together as a people, it’s valuable to remember how we, as a uniquely free United States, came to be—and, especially, why. It has become a tradition for us to read aloud the Declaration of Independence on July 4th to put our celebration into a proper historical, philosophical, and emotional context. As law professor Josh Blackman correctly notes, “while you are enjoying your hotdogs and fireworks, praise the Declaration, which even today retains legal vitality.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 3, 2025) –When President Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill — which will eliminate the excise tax on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, and AOWs — he will have delivered the biggest blow to the National Firearms Act since its passage nearly a century ago. We thank President Trump for his leadership and every member of Congress who fought for law-abiding gun owners throughout the reconciliation process.

SAN DIEGO (July 1, 2025) – This afternoon, Federal District Court Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo issued an order granting final summary judgment to Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and its co-plaintiffs, three individual members of the organization who reside outside of California, in Hoffman v. Bonta, FPC’s Second Amendment challenge to the State’s ban on firearm carry by non-residents.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 1, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s release of reconciliation language in the “One Big Beautiful Bill”:

SAN FRANCISCO (June 30, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the organization has commenced appellate briefing at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Poway Weapons & Gear v. California Attorney General Rob Bonta, FPC’s challenge to California’s ban on firearm purchases by adults under the age of 21.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2025) – The American Suppressor Association, Gun Owners of America, Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association, National Association of Sporting Good Wholesalers, and F.A.I.R. Trade Group strongly disagree with the weaponized procedural maneuvering used by the unelected parliamentarian to block the removal of suppressors and sort-barreled firearms from the NFA tax scheme in the One Big Beautiful Bill.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2025) — Today, Firearms Policy Coalition issued the following statement in response to reports that the Senate Parliamentarian has advised that key pro-liberty provisions in the Republican reconciliation package would be subject to a 60-vote threshold under the Byrd Rule, essentially striking them from the Senate’s version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” unless the Senate overrules her:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 24, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced its strong opposition to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recently proposed merger of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

SAVANNAH, Ga. (June 23, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the organization and one of its members, Deacon Morris, have filed a new lawsuit, Morris v. Savannah, challenging a City of Savannah, Georgia firearm ordinance that is patently unlawful under the State’s comprehensive firearm preemption law.