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[FPC News] FPC Thanks Amicus Organizations in ATF Supreme Court Case


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Alphie, 08-23-2024, 08:31 PM

[FPC News] FPC Thanks Amicus Organizations in ATF Supreme Court Case

<p><strong>WASHINGTON</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (August 23, 2024) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today issued a statement thanking the organizations that filed </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">amicus curiae </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">(“friend of the court”) briefs with the United States Supreme Court in support of FPC’s </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/vanderstok"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Garland v. VanDerStok</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges ATF’s “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms” </span><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/26/2022-08026/definition-of-frame-or-receiver-and-identification-of-firearms"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rule</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. More information about </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">VanDerStok </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">can be viewed at </span><a href="http://firearmspolicy.org/vanderstok"><span style="font-weight: 400;">firearmspolicy.org/vanderstok</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-thanks...court-case


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[FPC News] FPC Files Brief in Lawsuit Over Nevada’s Ban on Personally Manufactured


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Alphie, 08-23-2024, 01:47 PM

[FPC News] FPC Files Brief in Lawsuit Over Nevada’s Ban on Personally Manufactured

<p><strong>RENO, NV </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(August 23, 2024) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced that it has filed proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law in </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/palmer"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Palmer v. Lombardo</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, FPC’s case challenging Nevada’s confiscatory ban on personally manufactured firearms and “unfinished frames or receivers.” The brief, which thoroughly explains why the ban is unconstitutional under the Second Amendment, can be viewed at </span><a href="http://firearmspolicy.org/palmer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">firearmspolicy.org/palmer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...d-firearms


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[FPC News] Eighth Circuit Maintains FPC Win Against Minnesota’s Age-Based Carry Ban


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Alphie, 08-23-2024, 12:28 AM

[FPC News] Eighth Circuit Maintains FPC Win Against Minnesota’s Age-Based Carry Ban

<p><strong> ST. LOUIS </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">(August 22, 2024) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Minnesota’s petition for </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">en banc</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (full court) review in </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/worth"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Worth v. Jacobson</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, leaving in place a </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-defeats-minnesotas-age-based-carry-ban"><span style="font-weight: 400;">unanimous decision</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the state’s age-based carry ban is unconstitutional. The order, along with other case documents, can be viewed at </span><a href="http://firearmspolicy.org/worth"><span style="font-weight: 400;">firearmspolicy.org/worth</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/eighth-cir...-carry-ban


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The problem with bread pudding


Food and Beverage    3 Replies

tommag, 08-22-2024, 06:02 PM

I really like bread pudding with bourbon sauce.  Unfortunately, it requires bourbon which I also like.
Anyhoo, there's this boddle of burbon zhitting here in fronsh of me.  It doshnt reely affeksh me thatsh mush but othersh shay it dush.


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Kennedy to endorse Trump


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tommag, 08-22-2024, 03:37 PM

While most of us probably aren't fans, hopefully it'll get a lot of people who don't like President Trump but can't abide today's Democrat party.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-el...rcna167606


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