FORT WORTH, TX (May 29, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a reply brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in the group’s Second Amendment lawsuit challenging laws prohibiting individuals from carrying firearms at certain locations in Texas.

Today, Texas criminal law bans the carriage of firearms at certain locations, including in any business where alcohol comprises 51% or more of sales (even if the individual is not consuming alcohol), at racetracks, and at sporting events. FPC is working to eliminate these bans, but the State of Texas is resisting FPC’s efforts by trying to prevent the plaintiffs from getting relief in court. 

“As our brief makes clear, there is no question that we have a right to bring this case and should prevail under the Supreme Court’s binding precedents,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “Texas’s lawyers should be ashamed for working to prevent FPC and our members from striking down these unconstitutional laws. They are playing games and wasting everyone’s time, including the Court’s. Bless their hearts.”

FPC is joined in the litigation by three FPC members, Charles Ziegenfuss, David Montgomery, and Brian Robinson. The plaintiffs are represented by Bradley A. Benbrook and Stephen M. Duvernay of Benbrook Law Group, P.C., along with R. Brent Cooper of Cooper & Scully, P.C. FPC thanks FPC Action Foundation for its strategic support of this FPC Law case.

Key case documents in Ziegenfuss v. Martin can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/ziegenfuss.

Individuals who want to support this case and FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional laws across the United States can join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org.

About FPC

Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit membership organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutional rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. We work to achieve our strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs. Our FPC Law program is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, follow FPC on X (Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.