Under the history and tradition of the Second Amendment, non-violent felons should not lose their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

FPC Action Foundation and FPC filed an important brief with the Illinois Supreme Court in support of Vivian Brown, a lifelong law-abiding citizen who has been criminalized for exercising her Second Amendment rights because she did not possess a Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card.

The brief notes that “[t]he Second Amendment places the right to bear arms on equal footing with the right to keep arms.” It then uses history and tradition, starting in fourteenth-century England and ending in nineteenth-century America, to confirm this original meaning. Incorporated into the brief are numerous examples from the Colonies, England, and early America where the right to carry arms was mentioned and protected.

Today, FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF, formerly FPF) announced the filing of a supporting brief in the Second Amendment lawsuit George K. Young v. State of Hawaii, et al., which challenges Hawaii’s laws and policies that prevent law-abiding people from exercising their right to carry firearms in public for self-defense.

The case was filed after Monroe County, PA improperly disclosed the private information of applicants for a License to Carry Firearms (LTCF). As part of the approved settlement, the county will cease numerous unnecessary requirements and practices that were previously imposed on LTCF applicants, such as sending un-enveloped postcards containing LTCF information and requiring information or documents not required by the LTCF application.

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), FPC Action Foundation, and California Gun Rights Foundation announced the filing of an important brief with the en banc Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Duncan v. Becerra, a case challenging California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and Firearms Policy Foundation (FPF) announced the filing of an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Caniglia v. Strom, a case about whether a “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement extends to the home.