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FPC LAW (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s first and largest public interest legal team focused on the right to keep and bear arms, and the leader in the Second Amendment litigation and research space. The primary objective of our legal action programs is to bring cases that protect your rights and property, restore individual liberty, and help us achieve our purpose to create a world of maximal individual liberty.

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FPC LAW LEGAL ACTION DOCKET: Get the latest filings here.

FPC LAW RESEARCH & AMICUS DOCKET: Read important research papers and amicus briefs here.

FPC LAW 2A LEGAL TRACKER: Track, sort, and search cases and important filings in this easy-to-use table.

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ACTIVE CASES BY JURISDICTION

FEDERAL COURT CASES

Broken down by federal circuit court (see here for a map)

First Circuit

  • Massachusetts
    • Granata v. Healey
      • Challenge to Massachusetts's ban on common handguns/handgun roster

Second Circuit

  • New York
    • Vanchoff v. James
      • Challenge to New York's ban on so-called "assault weapons"
    • Calce v. NYC
      • Challenge to New York City's ban on stun guns/less-lethal arms
    • Greco v. NYC
      • Challenge to New York City's carry ban
    • Everytown v. Fort
      • Intervention to defend federal statutory definition of “firearm” against expansion by anti-rights groups, others

Third Circuit

  • Delaware
    • Rigby v. Jennings
      • Challenge to Delaware's ban on firearm self-manufacturing, truthful speech
  • New Jersey
    • Cheeseman v. Platkin
      • Challenge to New Jersey's ban on so-called "assault weapons"
    • Francisco v. Cooke
      • Challenge to New Jersey's ban on carry, state statutes, and local enforcement practices
    • Kendrick v. Platkin
      • Challenge to New Jersey's purchase permit requirement
    • Bennett v. Davis
      • Challenge to New Jersey's carry ban
    • Suarez v. Evanchick
      • Challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on carry by individuals who are not prohibited from possessing firearms
  • Pennsylvania
    • Lara v. Evanchick
      • Challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on carry by young adults under age 21
    • Williams v. Garland
      • Challenge to the federal lifetime ban under the Gun Control Act by non-violent persons convicted of non-violent crimes that could be (but were not) punishable by more than one year incarceration

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Fourth Circuit

  • Maryland
    • Bianchi v. Frosh
      • Challenge to Maryland's ban on so-called "assault weapons"
    • Call v. Jones
      • Challenge to Maryland's carry ban

Fifth Circuit

  • Louisiana
    • Reese v. ATF
      • Challenge to the federal ban on handgun and ammunition purchases by young adults under age 21
  • Texas
    • Andrews v. McCraw
      • Challenge to Texas's ban on carry by young adults under age 21

Sixth Circuit

  • Michigan
    • Oakland Tactical v. Howell Township
      • Challenge to Howell Township (Michigan) range ban ordinance
  • Tennessee
    • Bassett v. Slatery
      • Challenge to Tennessee's ban on carry by young adults under age 21

Seventh Circuit

  • Illinois
    • Viramontes v. Cook County
      • Challenge to Cook County's ban on so-called "assault weapons"
    • Meyer v. Raoul
      • Challenge to Illinois's ban on carry by young adults under age 21

Eight Circuit

  • Minnesota
    • Worth v. Harrington
      • Challenge to Minnesota's ban on carry by young adults under age 21

Ninth Circuit

  • California
    • Miller v. Bonta
      • Challenge to California's ban on so-called "assault weapons"
    • Renna v. Bonta
      • Challenge to California's handgun “roster” and microstamping bans
    • Nguyen v. Bonta
      • Challenge to California's "1-in-30" firearm purchase ban
    • Wiese v. Bonta
      • Challenge to California's confiscatory ban on so-called "large-capacity magazines"
    • Glass v. San Jose
      • Challenge to the City of San Jose's new firearm taxes/fees, insurance requirements, and speech regulations
    • California v. ATF
      • Intervention to defend statutory definition of “firearm” against expansion by anti-rights groups, others
    • Linton v. Bonta
      • Challenge to California's lifetime firearms ban enforced against individuals who were previously convicted of a non-violent crime but are not federally disqualified from firearms possession
    • Fahr v. San Diego
      • Challenge to the City of San Diego's ban on firearm self-manufacturing, property
    • Altman v. Santa Clara County, et al.
      • Challenge to San Francisco Bay Area counties' shut-downs and elimination of firearm transfers, shooting range practice during COVID
    • McDougall v. Ventura County
      • Challenge to Ventura County's shut-downs and elimination of firearm transfers, shooting range practice during COVID
  • Nevada
    • Palmer v. Sisolak
      • Challenge to Nevada's confiscatory ban on firearm self-manufacturing, property
  • Washington
    • Sullivan v. Ferguson
      • Challenge to Washington's confiscatory ban on so-called "large-capacity magazines"

Tenth Circuit

  • New cases pending

Eleventh Circuit

  • Georgia
    • Baughcum v. Jackson
      • Challenge to Georgia's ban on carry by young adults under age 21

D.C. Circuit

  • Washington, District of Columbia
    • Guedes v. ATF
      • Challenge to ATF's ban on "bumpstock" devices/re-definition of “machinegun”
    • FPF v. U.S. Department of State
      • Challenge to the State Department's denial of records regarding 3D printing, etc.

STATE COURT CASES

California

  • FPC v. Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones
    • Challenge to Sacramento County's denial of records regarding firearm confiscations
  • Campos v. Bonta
    • Challenge to Calif. DOJ's policy delaying firearm transfers 
  • (Brandeis) Barba v. Bonta
    • Challenge to California's gun owner data-sharing with anti-gun "researchers"

Maryland

Pennsylvania

  • Landmark Firearms v. Evanchick
    • Challenge to the Penn. Attorney General's regulations re-defining “firearm” under state UFA
  • Armstrong v. City of Philadelphia
    • Challenge (through defense) against Philadelphia's enforcement of its pre-empted locked gun ordinance
  • FOAC v. Pittsburgh, PA
    • Challenge to Pittsburgh's gun control ordinances

RECENT FPC DOCKET ENTRIES

August 4, 2022 - United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

August 3, 2022 - Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

August 1, 2022 - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

July 25, 2022 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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.

July 18, 2022 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

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

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

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

July 1, 2022 - United States Supreme Court

Click Here for The Complete FPC Docket