FPC's stated goal is to "restore the essential right to keep and bear arms in the United States" through strategic litigation rather than traditional lobbying.

The NRA spent decades playing the political endorsement game and writing checks to congressmen. FPC's bet is that durable wins come through the courts, not election cycles. After Bruen, that bet is looking smarter than it did ten years ago.

The Fifth Circuit granted an injunction that specifically exempted FPC members from enforcement of the ATF pistol brace ban — converting membership dues into tangible legal protection.

This is the one that made me take FPC seriously. If you own a braced pistol and you're in the Fifth Circuit, that injunction wasn't abstract — it was the difference between legal and not legal while the case wound through the courts. That's a membership benefit you can actually point to, not a bumper sticker and a hat.

FPC president Brandon Combs issued a pointed statement noting that FPC had opposed the bump stock ban from day one — including when it was a Trump administration action.

A lot of organizations went quiet on the bump stock ban because the politics were uncomfortable. FPC opposed it regardless of who was signing the rule. That consistency matters if you're trying to figure out whether an organization actually has principles or just has a team jersey.

Worth noting they did take a 7-2 loss at the Supreme Court in VanDerStok on the ghost gun rule — so they're not batting a thousand. Anyone who tells you litigation is a clean strategy is selling something.

For those of you who carry or own braced pistols — have you ever made a membership or donation decision based on specific litigation outcomes, or do you just pick an org and write the check?

Read the full article in The Handbook → | By The Boise Gun Club Team