THE FPC LAW DOCKET: RECENT LEGAL ACTIONS

See here for a comprehensive overview of active FPC Law lawsuits organized by jurisdiction/state.

Below are links to and information about some important lawsuits & briefs to defend and advance YOUR RIGHTS.

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FPC 2A Legal Tracker: Track cases and important filings.

August 3, 2022 - Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Call v. Jones
  • Federal Second Amendment lawsuit that seeks to make it possible for all law-abiding people to carry a loaded handgun on their person in public self-defense in the State of Maryland, challenging the “good and substantial reason” requirement, among others, that block law-abiding people from obtaining carry licenses
• Joint Motion to Vacate and Remand With Instructions to Dismiss as Moot
• Joint Motion to Suspend Briefing
• Order Granting Motion to Suspend Briefing
• Press Release

August 1, 2022 - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Cargill v. Garland
  • Challenge to the ATF Final Rule banning bump stocks
• Brief for Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation Supporting Appellant and Reversal
• Press Release

July 25, 2022 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

• Lara v. Evanchick
  • Federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's ban on the right to bear arms as to young adults
• Opening Letter Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants
• Press Release

July 22, 2022 - Superior Court of California (County of San Diego)

• Campos v. Bonta
  • Challenging the California Attorney General and Bureau of Firearms over their intentional delay of firearm transactions past the statutory ten day waiting period absent a legal basis
• Minute Order
• Press Release

July 18, 2022 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

• Williams v. Garland
  • Challenging lifetime gun ban for non-violent misdemeanor conviction
• Petition for Rehearing En Banc
• Press Release

July 14, 2022 - San Francisco Police and Sheriff's Departments

• San Francisco Police Department: Re: Handgun Carry Licenses and Request For Public Records
• San Francisco Sheriff's Department: Re: Handgun Carry Licenses and Request For Public Records
• Press Release

July 12, 2022 - United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

• Vanchoff v. James
  • Federal lawsuit challenging New York "assault weapons" ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
• Complaint
• Press Release

July 8, 2022 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

• Andrews v. McCraw
  • Federal Second Amendment constitutional challenge to Texas' ban on the right to bear arms as to law-abiding young adults
• Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Brief in Support of Summary Judgment
• Press Release

July 1, 2022 - United States Supreme Court

• Torcivia v. Suffolk County
  • Lawsuit challenging the government’s ability to enter private homes and seize firearms from an individual suspected of no crime, and subject to no penal control or supervision
• Motion For Leave to File Brief and Brief of Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Press Release

June 30, 2022 - United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

• Cheeseman v. Platkin
  • Federal lawsuit challenging New Jersey's "Assault Weapons" ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
• Complaint
• Press Release

June 30, 2022 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Miller v. Bonta
  • Federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging California’s ban on so-called “assault weapons”
• Motion to Lift Stay
• Press Release

June 30, 2022 - United States Supreme Court

• Bianchi v. Frosh
  • Federal lawsuit challenging Maryland "Assault Weapons" ban as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment
• The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for further consideration in light of New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
• Press Release

June 30, 2022 - New York Attorney General and New York City Mayor

• Open letter regarding their respective lawsuits against ten private purveyors of lawful products.

June 29, 2022 - California Attorney General

• Letter Regarding the Attorney General's Concealed Carry "Legal Alert"
• Press Release

June 29, 2022 - United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

• Greco v. NYC
  • Federal lawsuit challenging the laws that prevent individuals from carrying a loaded handgun on their person for self-defense in New York City, New York
• Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and to Advance Trial and Issue a Permanent Injunction
• Press Release

June 23, 2022 - United States Supreme Court

• NYSRPA v. Bruen
  • Case from New York involving the right to bear arms in public
• Opinion
• Press Release

June 3, 2022 - United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

• Sullivan v. Ferguson
  • Federal Second and Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit challenging Washington "large capacity" magazine ban
• Complaint
• Press Release

May 27, 2022 - Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

• FOAC v. Pittsburgh
  • Lawsuit challenging the City of Pittsburgh, then-Mayor Bill Peduto, and six City Council members over the City's latest gun control legislation
• Opinion
• Press Release

May 23, 2022 - Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

• Atkinson v. Garland
  • Challenging lifetime gun ban for non-violent felony conviction
• Brief of Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation
• Press Release

May 16, 2022 - Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

• Miller v. Smith
  • Lawsuit challenging Illinois law and regulations that ban firearm possession in child care facilities, including home day care facilities and foster family homes
• Brief of Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation
• Press Release

May 13, 2022 - United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

• C.S. v. McCrumb
  • Federal lawsuit for violating a third-grader’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they prevented her from for wearing a hat bearing the text "Come and Take It" as well as an image of an AR-15 rifle to the school’s "hat day"
• Complaint
• Press Release

May 11, 2022 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Jones v. Bonta
  • Federal Second Amendment challenge to the State of California’s ban on firearm purchases by legal, law-abiding adults over the age of 18 but under the age of 21
• Opinion
• Press Release

April 26, 2022 - United States District Court for the Northern District of California

• Glass v. San Jose
  • Federal lawsuit challenging San Jose gun fee and insurance requirements
• Complaint
• Press Release

April 1, 2022 - United States Supreme Court

• Duncan v. Bonta
  • Lawsuit challenging California’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition
• Cert Petition
• Brief of Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition, FPC Action Foundation, John Locke Foundation, William Wiese, and Independence Institute in Support of Petitioners
• Press Release

March 25, 2022 - United States Supreme Court

• Morin v. Lyver
  • Lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’s lifetime ban on firearm purchases as applied to a person convicted of a non-violent misdemeanor
• Cert Petition
• Brief of Amici Curiae Firearms Policy Coalition and FPC Action Foundation in Support of Petitioner
• Press Release

February 15, 2022 - United States District Court for the District of Colorado

• Sgaggio v. De Young
  • Case where the magistrate judge concluded that Sgaggio’s criticism of City of Woodland Park, Colorado government employees was “obscene” and therefore unprotected by the First Amendment
• Motion of Firearms Policy Coalition for Leave to File Brief Amicus Curiae
• Press Release

February 14, 2022 - Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

• Philadelphia v. Armstrong
  • Challenge to City of Philadelphia's law requiring reporting of "lost or stolen" firearms
• Opinion
• Press Release

January 31, 2022 - United States District Court for the District of Oregon

• Newton v. United States
  • Second Amendment challenge to the federal government’s wrongful denial of an application to purchase a firearm, as well as the burden-shifting policies and practices that force gun buyers to prove they are not prohibited persons under the law
• Complaint
• Press Release

January 28, 2022 - Superior Court of the State of California (County of San Diego)

• Brandeis v. Bonta
  • Challenge to 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
• Complaint
• Press Release

January 20, 2022 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

• McDougall v. Ventura County
  • Federal 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 lawsuit challenging the County of Ventura defendants' orders and actions (1) preventing people from buying guns and ammunition, and (2) forced closures of firearm and ammunition retailers and shooting ranges upon threat of prosecution, that violate the Second and Fourteenth Amendments
• Martinez v. Villanueva
  • Federal lawsuit challenging various Orders, actions, and closures of firearm and ammunition retailers and shooting ranges upon threat of prosecution, etc.
• McDougall opinion
• Martinez opinion
• Press Release

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