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Among all the bluster over Tuesday’s election and what it means for our liberties, The Calguns Foundation has been working diligently at the very same time at advancing gun rights.
This week, we have JUST concluded the deposition phase in our case, Tracy Rifle and Pistol v. Harris!
This case challenges state law prohibiting firearms dealers from displaying handgun advertisements that are visible from the outside of their place of business, thus suppressing the free speech of business owners to accurately market their goods to the public.
While we have other cases in the courts that seek to restore your Second Amendment rights, Tracy Rifle and Pistol v. Harris is important for gun owners for a variety of other, but equally important reasons.
By outlawing handgun ads from outside businesses, the state “otherizes” the gun culture! Those who seek civilian disarmament are not only attacking the Second Amendment head-on, but are also attacking us from our flanks using the First Amendment.
The Bill of Rights is a package deal. If we can't speak about guns, we can't fight for the Second Amendment.
Think about all of the businesses that are barred from accurately advertising their products. There is stigma to them while societal and cultural norms make you feel “guilty” for entering them. This is, in turn, suppresses business and gives the government reason to further regulate them out of existence.
That’s why it is CRUCIAL for us to beat Kamala Harris in our case! Our right to bear arms is sacred and the government shouldn’t be creating new ways to erode it away!
We’re now moving to the brief filling period, which will run through the end of the year.
Support Tracy Rifle and Pistol v. Harris! NOW to actually make an impact in protecting your gun rights.
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As part of The Calguns Foundation's ongoing efforts to better understand, and increase the number and accessibility of California carry carry licenses, we've published a number of new documents over at our re-designed Carry License Sunshine and Compliance Initiative county information center, located here.
The goal of our re-designed CCW information center is to provide a simple, straightforward way for our members, supporters, and the public to get objective, evidence-based information about the carry license policies and practices of each California county sheriff (and, soon, many cities).
Over the coming days, we'll be pushing out information for each of the 58 county sheriffs, including (to the extent they've been provided to us) local policies, approved applications, denied applications, and other records. We're also going to be making it as easy as possible to find out how and where to apply in your county.
And, of course, we'll be reviewing all of this information for things we believe to be unconstitutional or unlawful under relevant state statutes.
Now that the Ninth Circuit has decided the Peruta and Richards right-to-carry cases, we believe that there are still a great number of different opportunities to improve law-abiding peoples' access to their Second Amendment rights -- through research, education, cooperative efforts with licensing agencies, and, where necessary, legal action.
So far this year, we've acquired thousands and thousands of pages of important CCW information at significant expense (public records usually cost between $0.10 and $0.50 per page, plus the time is takes to compile, redact, and analyze the data). Please consider chipping in and making a tax-deductible donation to support this CCW program and our many pro-gun lawsuits.
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Let's cut to the chase:
CGF needs to raise $3,000 by MIDNIGHT on Halloween to fully fund two CRITICAL pro-gun litigation and research programs.
First, we’re currently evaluating all 58 California sheriff concealed carry policies and we’re preparing to roll out our policy grades beginning in November. This program will bring sunlight to all law-abiding Californians seeking to defend themselves and will educate them on whether their elected officials allows them to freely exercise their innate rights protected by the Second Amendment.
This will be an ongoing program that will take us into the new year and we need YOUR donation RIGHT NOW to ensure it reaches its full completion.
Next, we’re currently in the deposition phase in our case, Tracy Rifle and Pistol v. Harris. This case challenges state law prohibiting firearms dealers from displaying handgun advertisements that are visible from the outside of their place of business. A victory here will give way for gun shops to accurately advertise their products just like any other law abiding business in California.
We’ll be filing briefs through the end of the year and it is CRUCIAL that you make sure our lawsuit is fully resourced.
Help us reach our our $3,000 by Midnight MONDAY.
All donations to CGF are tax-deductible and 2016 is almost over so make your tax-deductible donation today!
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A new survey from Gallup recorded the lowest support for an assault weapons ban in its history.
The most interesting data point from the poll is that the 36% support for a ban is a bipartisan position. Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike are finding a somewhat mutual agreement that an assault weapons ban is futile. Via The Federalist:

Support for a so-called assault weapons ban in the U.S. just hit a record low of 36 percent, according to a new Gallup poll released on Wednesday. The poll showed that 61 percent of American adults now oppose a ban. That level of opposition is the highest ever recorded.
Increasing opposition to the 1990’s-era gun ban isn’t just limited to Republicans. Gallup’s data show that opposition to the ban has increased across the board. Barely 50 percent of Democrats currently support the ban today, compared to 63 percent support from Democrats in 1996, just two years after the federal ban was signed into law. Less than a third of independents currently support a ban, while Republican support hovers at 25 percent.

The Los Angeles Times published an editorial Monday attacking firearms, this time by advocating for the use of microstamping to solve crimes.
The Times noted that once California passed microstamping requirements, gun manufacturers simply stopped selling new models in the state. The type of microstamping editorial boards propose that would make communities safer simply does not exist and is actually a gateway to an outright handgun ban. California already uses its handgun roster to advance handgun bans and the blog Bearing Arms cited The Calguns Foundation handgun roster lawsuit, Peña v. Lindley, as an effort to defeat such deceitful, freedom-killing regulations. Via Bearing Arms:

“California lawmakers may as well have passed laws regarding the use of phasers from Star Trek, another technology that doesn’t exist.
But let’s assume for the sake of argument let’s pretend that microstamping is real, and not fantasy, just to see the absurdity of the Crime Gun Identification Act play out.
This in example of a firing pin, scaled larger than it actually is in real life.
If microstamping was an real, commercially viable technology, the gear code would be engraved on the rounded part of the pin that contacts the primer (left above) to leave an impression on the primer when the pin strikes the primer. The shell casing would then be ejected with the (theoretical) code left on the primer.”