[FPC News] FPC Blasts Federal Court’s Approval of Massachusetts Handgun Ban, Vows
<p><strong>BOSTON </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(August 29, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) condemned a </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6166/attachments/original/1756493455/2025.08.29_103_OPINION.pdf?1756493455"><span style="font-weight: 400;">decision</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Chief United States District Judge Denise J. Casper that upheld Massachusetts’s ban on modern, constitutionally protected handguns and granted summary judgment to the state.</span></p>
[FPC News] FPC Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Cook County AR-15 Ban
<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">August 28, 2025</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced that it has </span><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/firearmspolicycoalition/pages/6277/attachments/original/1756312820/2025.08.27_Cert_Petition.pdf?1756312820"><span style="font-weight: 400;">petitioned</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the United States Supreme Court in </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/viramontes"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, seeking to overturn Cook County’s unconstitutional ban on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles.</span></p>