https://foac-pac.org FOAC Legal News en-us https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Appellate-Win-Blocks-Pittsburgh-Pa-Gun-Control-Scheme/Legal-News-Item/1465 PITTSBURGH, PA (May 27, 2022) –  Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) today announced an appellate victory in FOAC v. Pittsburgh, Penn., a lawsuit filed in 2019 in response to a gun control scheme enacted by the City and its then-Mayor, Bill Peduto. The opinion, filed earlier today, is available at FPCLaw.org. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Appellate-Win-Blocks-Pittsburgh-Pa-Gun-Control-Scheme/Legal-News-Item/1465 https://foac-pac.org/Pittsburghs-Gun-Ordinances-Against-Struck-Down-In-Court/Legal-News-Item/1464 PITTSBURGH, PA — An attempt to regulate guns within city limits has again been struck down by a state appeals court in this western Pennsylvania city. https://foac-pac.org/Pittsburghs-Gun-Ordinances-Against-Struck-Down-In-Court/Legal-News-Item/1464 https://foac-pac.org/9th-Circuit-Strikes-Down-California’s-Semi-auto-Gun-Ban-For-Young-Adults/Legal-News-Item/1463 BELLEVUE, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- A three-judge panel for the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday struck down a California prohibition on sales of semiautomatic rifles to young adults in the 18-20-year-old range, remanding the case back to the district court for further proceedings in a win for the Second Amendment Foundation. The case is known as Jones v. Bonta. https://foac-pac.org/9th-Circuit-Strikes-Down-California’s-Semi-auto-Gun-Ban-For-Young-Adults/Legal-News-Item/1463 https://foac-pac.org/New-York-Ag-Seeks-Court-appointed-Overseers-For-Nra-Removal-Of-Wayne-Lapierre/Legal-News-Item/1462 Fresh off the denial of her request to see the country’s largest gun-rights group dissolved, New York Attorney General Letitia James (D.) is back in court seeking new penalties for the organization. https://foac-pac.org/New-York-Ag-Seeks-Court-appointed-Overseers-For-Nra-Removal-Of-Wayne-Lapierre/Legal-News-Item/1462 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Responds-To-Duke-Center-For-Firearms-Law-Article-On-Test-Courts-Should-Use-On-Second-Amendment-Cases/Legal-News-Item/1461 LAS VEGAS (May 4, 2022) – A rebuttal in response to criticism of a scholarly paper authored by FPC Action Foundation director of constitutional studies, Joseph Greenlee, was published today by the Duke Center for Firearms Law. In its April 27 article, “Ghost Guns, History, and the Second Amendment,” the Duke Center called into question an argument Greenlee makes in “The American Tradition of Self-made Arms” defending the test of text as informed by history and tradition (THT) as being the correct methodology for Second Amendment jurisprudence. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Responds-To-Duke-Center-For-Firearms-Law-Article-On-Test-Courts-Should-Use-On-Second-Amendment-Cases/Legal-News-Item/1461 https://foac-pac.org/Amicus-Brief-Filed-In-Hawaii-Handgun-Permit-Law-Challenge-Yakutake-V-Hawaii/Legal-News-Item/1460 BELLEVUE, WA – -(Ammoland.com)- The Second Amendment Foundation has filed an amicus brief with the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Yakutake v. Hawaii, challenging two cumbersome state laws they say are “undermining” Second Amendment rights. https://foac-pac.org/Amicus-Brief-Filed-In-Hawaii-Handgun-Permit-Law-Challenge-Yakutake-V-Hawaii/Legal-News-Item/1460 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Files-First-And-Second-Amendment-Lawsuit-Against-San-Joses-Unconstitutional-Gun-Insurance-Scheme/Legal-News-Item/1459 SAN JOSE, Calif. (April 26, 2022) – Today, attorneys for Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California challenging the City of San Jose’s ordinance requiring gun owners to purchase liability insurance and pay a fee in order to exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. FPC’s complaint argues that the mandate violates both the First and Second Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. A copy of the complaint in Glass v. City of San Jose can be found at FPCLegal.org. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Files-First-And-Second-Amendment-Lawsuit-Against-San-Joses-Unconstitutional-Gun-Insurance-Scheme/Legal-News-Item/1459 https://foac-pac.org/Heller-Foundation-Gets-Settlement-From-Dc/Legal-News-Item/1458 Ghost guns are everywhere! The latest assaults on the civil liberties have yet to fully manifest from the Biden-Harris administration, but we know that the matter of homebuilt firearms are in the crosshairs of the anti-freedom caucus. Regardless to what the Feds have in store for us, people are dealing with local level infringements. Back in November I reported on Dick Heller suing the District of Columbia, again. And getting a win, again. What was the suit about? Homemade firearms and so-called ghost guns. The lawsuit against the District did yield the result of some temporary and emergency rule changes to the laws, however nothing final has been implemented to date. Also wrapped up in the suit was DC seeking to settle with Heller in the form of monetary damages for his rights being usurped. A recent announcement talked about some of that settlement being fulfilled. https://foac-pac.org/Heller-Foundation-Gets-Settlement-From-Dc/Legal-News-Item/1458 https://foac-pac.org/Federal-Judge-Mulls-Legality-Of-Mexicos-Lawsuit-Against-Us-Gun-Makers/Legal-News-Item/1457 Gun control activists squared off against attorneys for the firearms industry in federal court on Tuesday, as gunmakers argued that U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor should throw out a lawsuit filed by the government of Mexico seeking to hold more than a dozen American manufacturers responsible for cartel violence south of the border. https://foac-pac.org/Federal-Judge-Mulls-Legality-Of-Mexicos-Lawsuit-Against-Us-Gun-Makers/Legal-News-Item/1457 https://foac-pac.org/Oral-Arguments-Set-To-Begin-In-Mexico-Lawsuit-Against-U-S-Gun-Makers/Legal-News-Item/1456 Oral arguments are set to begin this week in the lawsuit brought against six United States gun makers by the government of Mexico. https://foac-pac.org/Oral-Arguments-Set-To-Begin-In-Mexico-Lawsuit-Against-U-S-Gun-Makers/Legal-News-Item/1456 https://foac-pac.org/Fifth-Circuit-Clamps-Down-On-Nj-District-Court-In-2nd-Amendment-Case/Legal-News-Item/1455 U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-– The saga continues in defense of the First and Second Amendments in federal courts. On April 1, 2022, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in a split decision in a three-judge panel, reversed the District Court’s decision to transfer the case to New Jersey. In a court opinion, this was a vigorous slap down against judicial bias and activism. https://foac-pac.org/Fifth-Circuit-Clamps-Down-On-Nj-District-Court-In-2nd-Amendment-Case/Legal-News-Item/1455 https://foac-pac.org/Fourth-Circuit:-A-Person-Has-A-Right-To-Come-To-The-Door-With-A-Firearm/Legal-News-Item/1454 U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On March 30, 2022, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit published an opinion in the case of Knibbs v Momphard. The Court found for the Estate of Knibbs, which is suing Deputy Momphard of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department. It was a split opinion, for the Knibbs Estate. https://foac-pac.org/Fourth-Circuit:-A-Person-Has-A-Right-To-Come-To-The-Door-With-A-Firearm/Legal-News-Item/1454 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-To-Supreme-Court-In-Duncan-Brief:-Force-bitter-Medicine-Upon-Defiant-Lower-Courts-Or-Second-Amendment-Is-Meaningless/Legal-News-Item/1453 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2022) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of an important brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in Duncan v. Bonta (formerly Duncan v. Becerra), a case challenging California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The brief is available at FPCLaw.org. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-To-Supreme-Court-In-Duncan-Brief:-Force-bitter-Medicine-Upon-Defiant-Lower-Courts-Or-Second-Amendment-Is-Meaningless/Legal-News-Item/1453 https://foac-pac.org/Amici-Curiae-Brief-Filed-With-The-Supreme-Court-Of-Pennsylvania/Legal-News-Item/1452 Firearms Owners Against Crime Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action (FOAC- ILLEA) and the Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League (ACSL) filed an Amici Curiae Brief with the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in opposition to the City of Philadelphia’s Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the February 14th, 2022 Order of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in City of Philadelphia v. Armstrong, Case No. 1204 CD 2020. https://foac-pac.org/Amici-Curiae-Brief-Filed-With-The-Supreme-Court-Of-Pennsylvania/Legal-News-Item/1452 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc’s-Supreme-Court-Brief-Argues-Lifetime-Handgun-Ban-For-Nonviolent-Offenders-Is-Unconstitutional/Legal-News-Item/1450 WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 25, 2022) — Firearms Policy Coalition today announced the filing of an important brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to grant certiorari in Morin v. Lyver, a case challenging Massachusetts’s lifetime ban on firearm purchases as applied to a person convicted of a nonviolent misdemeanor. FPC’s brief is joined by FPC Action Foundation (formerly Firearms Policy Foundation) and can be found at FPCLaw.org.  https://foac-pac.org/Fpc’s-Supreme-Court-Brief-Argues-Lifetime-Handgun-Ban-For-Nonviolent-Offenders-Is-Unconstitutional/Legal-News-Item/1450 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Statement-On-Atf-Classifying-Some-forced-reset-Triggers-Frts-As-machineguns/Legal-News-Item/1451 WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 25, 2022) — Firearms Policy Coalition today issued the following statement regarding the ATF’s “Open Letter to All Federal Firearms Licensees” regarding its classification of some “forced-reset triggers” (FRTs) as “firearms” and “machineguns” as defined in the National Firearms Act (NFA) and Gun Control Act (GCA): https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Statement-On-Atf-Classifying-Some-forced-reset-Triggers-Frts-As-machineguns/Legal-News-Item/1451 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-To-Lead-Lawsuit-Against-Washington-State-Over-Magazine-Ban/Legal-News-Item/1449 OLYMPIA, Wash. (March 23, 2022) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement in response to the enactment of Washington Senate Bill 5078, which goes into effect on July 1, 2022:  https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-To-Lead-Lawsuit-Against-Washington-State-Over-Magazine-Ban/Legal-News-Item/1449 https://foac-pac.org/Smith-Wesson-Nj-Consumer-Fraud-V-Civil-Rights-Case-Remanded/Legal-News-Item/1447 New Jersey – -(AmmoLand.com)- The state of New Jersey decided a long time ago to wage an all out war on the Second Amendment. Dating back to the late ’60s, the Garden State has been problematic, to put it lightly. The Florio free in 93’ days brought bad “gun control” measures, but law abiding citizens of the land of a thousand diners has not seen such a zeal for stripping away civil liberties as that which has been captured by Governor Phil “The Bill of Rights is Above my Paygrade” Murphy. Under the leadership of the Murph, former Attorney General Grewal launched a so-called consumer fraud investigation against Smith and Wesson. https://foac-pac.org/Smith-Wesson-Nj-Consumer-Fraud-V-Civil-Rights-Case-Remanded/Legal-News-Item/1447 https://foac-pac.org/State-Of-New-Jersey-V-Kephine-Oguta:-Unlawful-Weapons-Okay-For-Self-defense/Legal-News-Item/1446 On June 17, 2021, the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division decided State of New Jersey v. Kephine Oguta, holding that self-defense is a viable defense to unlawful possession of a weapon in some contexts, and in those contexts, the trial judge must instruct the jury as to self-defense.  https://foac-pac.org/State-Of-New-Jersey-V-Kephine-Oguta:-Unlawful-Weapons-Okay-For-Self-defense/Legal-News-Item/1446 https://foac-pac.org/Washington-House-Passes-high-Capacity-Magazine-Ban-Bill-Goes-To-Governors-Desk/Legal-News-Item/1445 Late last night, the Washington State House passed a “high capacity” magazineban bill. As king5.com reports, “SB 5078 prohibits the sale of gun magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds, along with the manufacturing, distribution, possession, import or purchase of high-capacity magazines in Washington state.” https://foac-pac.org/Washington-House-Passes-high-Capacity-Magazine-Ban-Bill-Goes-To-Governors-Desk/Legal-News-Item/1445 https://foac-pac.org/Ohio-Legislature-Passes-Permitless-Gun-carry/Legal-News-Item/1443 A bill that would make Ohio the 22nd state to enact a permitless gun-carry regime is now on its way to the Governor’s desk. https://foac-pac.org/Ohio-Legislature-Passes-Permitless-Gun-carry/Legal-News-Item/1443 https://foac-pac.org/Bill-To-Remove-Aows-From-The-Nfa-Introduced-In-Congress/Legal-News-Item/1442 WASHINGTON, D.C. -(Ammoland.com)- Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced a bill called the “No Backdoor Gun Control Act” in the U.S. House of Representatives that would remove the “any other weapons” (AOW) definition of a firearm under the National Firearms Act (NFA). https://foac-pac.org/Bill-To-Remove-Aows-From-The-Nfa-Introduced-In-Congress/Legal-News-Item/1442 https://foac-pac.org/Arizona-Bill-To-Remove-Silencers-From-Prohibited-Weapons-List/Legal-News-Item/1441 U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)-– In Arizona, Senator Wendy Rogers has introduced a bill, AZ SB 1037, to remove silencers, suppressors, “gun mufflers” from the list of prohibited weapons in Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3101. Here is the basic change: https://foac-pac.org/Arizona-Bill-To-Remove-Silencers-From-Prohibited-Weapons-List/Legal-News-Item/1441 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Statement-On-Biden-Supreme-Court-Nominee-Judge-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson/Legal-News-Item/1440 Following President Biden’s announcement today nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) released the following statement: https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Statement-On-Biden-Supreme-Court-Nominee-Judge-Ketanji-Brown-Jackson/Legal-News-Item/1440 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Brief-Argues-Removal-Of-Comments-On-Government-Facebook-Page-Violated-First-Amendment-Rights/Legal-News-Item/1438 DENVER (February 15, 2022) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has filed a motion seeking leave to file a proposed amicus brief with the ​​United States Court for the District of Colorado in the case of Delbert Sgaggio v. De Young, et al., a case where the magistrate judge recently concluded that Sgaggio’s criticism of City of Woodland Park, Colorado government employees was “obscene” and therefore unprotected by the First Amendment. The proposed amicus brief, authored by Eugene Volokh and FPC’s Matt Larosiere, can be found at FPCLaw.org. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Brief-Argues-Removal-Of-Comments-On-Government-Facebook-Page-Violated-First-Amendment-Rights/Legal-News-Item/1438 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Victory:-Pa-Appellate-Court-Rules-Philadelphia-Lost-Or-Stolen-Ordinance-Is-Unlawful/Legal-News-Item/1439 February 15, 2022 – In another Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) legal victory, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court ruled on appeal that Philadelphia’s ordinance requiring the reporting of “lost or stolen” firearms violates State law. The opinion in City of Philadelphia v. Armstrong can be found at FPCLaw.org.  https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Victory:-Pa-Appellate-Court-Rules-Philadelphia-Lost-Or-Stolen-Ordinance-Is-Unlawful/Legal-News-Item/1439 https://foac-pac.org/Washington-Senate-Passes-Ammo-Magazine-Ban/Legal-News-Item/1437 After several years of failed attempts, lawmakers in Washington state have started to move a magazine capacity restriction bill. https://foac-pac.org/Washington-Senate-Passes-Ammo-Magazine-Ban/Legal-News-Item/1437 https://foac-pac.org/Virginia-Switches-Sides-On-Supreme-Court-Case-Of-New-York-State-Rifle-Pistol-Association-V-Bruen/Legal-News-Item/1436 With Virginia switching sides, there are now 27 states that back striking down New York’s May Issue requirements for concealed carry, and only 17 states and the District of Columbia that support keeping the “proper cause” requirement before permits are issued. A copy of Virginia’s letter to the Supreme Court is available here. A key passage of Virginia’s filing is here: https://foac-pac.org/Virginia-Switches-Sides-On-Supreme-Court-Case-Of-New-York-State-Rifle-Pistol-Association-V-Bruen/Legal-News-Item/1436 https://foac-pac.org/Good-Guy-With-A-Gun-Charged-For-Carrying-Without-A-Permit-After-Justified-Self-defense-Shooting/Legal-News-Item/1435 Last November, a man legally shot a woman in self-defense and he recently got his award from the State of Wisconsin. https://foac-pac.org/Good-Guy-With-A-Gun-Charged-For-Carrying-Without-A-Permit-After-Justified-Self-defense-Shooting/Legal-News-Item/1435 https://foac-pac.org/Federal-Court-Orders-Air-Force-To-Pay-230-Million-To-Texas-Church-Shooting-Victims/Legal-News-Item/1434 The U.S. Air Force has been found partially liable for the 2017 shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. https://foac-pac.org/Federal-Court-Orders-Air-Force-To-Pay-230-Million-To-Texas-Church-Shooting-Victims/Legal-News-Item/1434 https://foac-pac.org/Blue-state-Attorneys-General-Help-The-Mexican-Government-Sue-Gun-Manufacturers/Legal-News-Item/1433 This week the attorneys general of 13 Democrat-controlled states, and municipal leadership in Washington D.C., expressed their support for a federal lawsuit in which the Mexican government is accusing American gun manufacturers of facilitating the trafficking of weapons to criminals in Mexico. https://foac-pac.org/Blue-state-Attorneys-General-Help-The-Mexican-Government-Sue-Gun-Manufacturers/Legal-News-Item/1433 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Sues-U-S-Government-In-Lawsuit-Challenging-Gun-Denials-burden-shifting/Legal-News-Item/1432 MEDFORD, OR (January 31, 2022) — The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has filed a new lawsuit that challenges the federal government’s wrongful denial of an application to purchase a firearm, as well as burden-shifting policies and practices that force gun buyers to prove they are not prohibited persons under the law. The complaint for Newton v. United States, along with additional case information and documents, can be found at FPCLaw.org. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Sues-U-S-Government-In-Lawsuit-Challenging-Gun-Denials-burden-shifting/Legal-News-Item/1432 https://foac-pac.org/Pennsylvania-Court-Strikes-Down-Mail-in-Voting-Law-As-Unconstitutional/Legal-News-Item/1431 On Friday, a Pennsylvania court declared the state’s statute authorizing no-excuse mail-in voting was unconstitutional. Within hours, Pennsylvania officials filed a notice of appeal with the state Supreme Court, putting on hold the lower court decision and thereby leaving in place the vote-by-mail option until the state’s high court rules. https://foac-pac.org/Pennsylvania-Court-Strikes-Down-Mail-in-Voting-Law-As-Unconstitutional/Legal-News-Item/1431 https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Sues-California-To-Protect-Gun-Owners-Privacy/Legal-News-Item/1430 SAN DIEGO, CA (January 28, 2022) — The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new lawsuit today challenging California Assembly Bill 173, which requires the state’s Department of Justice to share the personal identifying information of millions of gun and ammunition owners with other parties for non-law-enforcement purposes. The complaint in Doe Brandeis v. Attorney General Rob Bonta, along with case information and documents, can be found at FPCLaw.org. https://foac-pac.org/Fpc-Sues-California-To-Protect-Gun-Owners-Privacy/Legal-News-Item/1430 https://foac-pac.org/Saf-Allies-Sue-Calif-Ag-Bonta-Over-Law-Threatening-Gun-Owner-Privacy/Legal-News-Item/1429 U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alleging implementation of a new law that requires the state Department of Justice to share gun owner information with the California Firearm Violence Research Center and others violates their privacy rights under the constitution. https://foac-pac.org/Saf-Allies-Sue-Calif-Ag-Bonta-Over-Law-Threatening-Gun-Owner-Privacy/Legal-News-Item/1429 https://foac-pac.org/Gun-Rights-Group-Sues-San-Jose-Over-Unprecedented-Liability-Insurance-Mandate/Legal-News-Item/1427 A gun rights group is suing a California city after it passed an ordinance mandating gun owners to purchase liability insurance and pay an annual fee.  https://foac-pac.org/Gun-Rights-Group-Sues-San-Jose-Over-Unprecedented-Liability-Insurance-Mandate/Legal-News-Item/1427 https://foac-pac.org/The-Nyc-Second-Amendment-Infringement-Case-Youre-Not-Hearing-About/Legal-News-Item/1428 Cavalier Knight lives in New York City. He currently holds an FFL issued by the ATF and has his Class III endorsement. Knight’s business, as noted in his own words on his webpage, specializes “in providing quality firearms and tactical ballistic protection.” The items Knight mostly focuses on selling would be plate carriers and ballistic armor, although he has bigger aspirations. He’s a registered vendor able to sell goods and conduct commerce with the City of New York. Even though Knight has his federally issued FFL, he can’t deal in firearms in New York City. This situation he’s in intrigued me, so we had a chat. https://foac-pac.org/The-Nyc-Second-Amendment-Infringement-Case-Youre-Not-Hearing-About/Legal-News-Item/1428 https://foac-pac.org/Appeals-Court-Gives-2nd-Amendment-Huge-Victory-Over-Lockdown-Policies-But-Judge-Takes-Unusual-Extra-Step-After-Predicting-Ruling-Will-Be-Appealed/Legal-News-Item/1426 The Second Amendment scored another crucial victory last week when a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that disproportionate lockdown restrictions on gun stores in two California counties were unconstitutional. https://foac-pac.org/Appeals-Court-Gives-2nd-Amendment-Huge-Victory-Over-Lockdown-Policies-But-Judge-Takes-Unusual-Extra-Step-After-Predicting-Ruling-Will-Be-Appealed/Legal-News-Item/1426 https://foac-pac.org/9th-Circuit-Panel-Says-Pandemic-inspired-Shutdowns-Of-Gun-Stores-Were-Unconstitutional/Legal-News-Item/1425 For 48 days in the spring of 2020, Ventura County, California, effectively prohibited the purchase of firearms or ammunition. It also barred people who already owned firearms from visiting gun ranges to hone their skills and prevented them from taking the steps necessary to obtain carry permits, which are legally required in California to exercise the right to bear arms outside the home. The county did all of this in the name of controlling COVID-19, although it simultaneously allowed many other activities that posed similar or greater risks of virus transmission. https://foac-pac.org/9th-Circuit-Panel-Says-Pandemic-inspired-Shutdowns-Of-Gun-Stores-Were-Unconstitutional/Legal-News-Item/1425 https://foac-pac.org/Knife-Rights-Pa-Switchblade-Ban-Repeal-Knife-Law-Preemption-Bill-Introduced/Legal-News-Item/1424 U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Pennsylvania Senator Sharif Street has introduced SB 1013, Knife Rights’ bill to repeal the Keystone State’s ban on switchblade (automatic) knives and enact Knife Rights’ signature Knife Law Preemption. https://foac-pac.org/Knife-Rights-Pa-Switchblade-Ban-Repeal-Knife-Law-Preemption-Bill-Introduced/Legal-News-Item/1424