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Our FPC Law program (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. Individuals who want to support FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional laws can join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org or make a donation at firearmspolicy.org/donate. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, visit FPCLegal.org and follow FPC on InstagramX (Twitter)FacebookYouTube.


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  • FPC LAW RESEARCH DOCKET: Read important research papers here.

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ACTIVE FPC LAW CASES (BY MISSION OBJECTIVE)

Objective #1) Eliminate bans on the acquisition, possession, moral use, and disposition of firearms and parts necessary to an essential scope and capability of the right to keep and bear arms (i.e., fully featured semi-automatic firearms, magazines that hold more than 10 rounds).

Objective #2) Eliminate prohibitions on the times, places, and manners of bearing arms in non-sensitive public places.

  • Christian v. James - Challenge to public carry bans in New York
  • Koons v. Platkin - Challenge to public carry bans in New Jersey
  • Novotny v. MooreChallenge to public carry bans in Maryland 
  • Schoenthal v. Raoul - Challenge to public transportation carry bans in Illinois
  • Fort v. Grisham - Challenge to New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public carry ban
  • Carralero v. Bonta - Challenge to public carry bans in California 
  • Hoffman v. Bonta - Challenge to California's non-resident carry ban
  • FPC v. Garland - Challenge to federal gun laws prohibiting firearm possession, storage, and carry at post offices and related properties
  • Ziegenfuss v. McCraw - Challenge to Texas’ ban on carry in any business where alcohol comprises 51% or more of sales even if the individual is not consuming alcohol, as well as racetracks and sporting events.
  • Shaffer v. Quattrone - Challenge to New York's non-resident carry ban

Objective #3) Eliminate prohibitions on the personal manufacture of common categories of firearms.

  • Rigby v. Jennings - Challenge to Delaware's ban on firearm self-manufacturing, property, truthful speech
  • Palmer v. Lombardo - Challenge to Nevada's confiscatory ban on firearm self-manufacturing, property
  • Fahr v. San Diego - Challenge to the City of San Diego's ban on firearm self-manufacturing, property
  • Montgomery v. Rosenblum - Challenge to Oregon's ban on firearm self-manufacturing

Objective #4) Eliminate prohibitions on access to and exercise of the right to keep and bear arms with respect to non-dangerous adult legal residents and citizens of the United States aged 18 and older.

  • White v. Cox - Challenge to Boston gun license delays
  • Lara v. Paris - Challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on carry by adults under age 21
  • Suarez v. Paris - Challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on carry by individuals who are not prohibited from possessing firearms
  • Williams v. GarlandChallenge to the federal lifetime ban under the Gun Control Act by non-violent persons 
  • Reese v. ATF - Challenge to the federal ban on handgun and ammunition purchases by adults under age 21
  • Meyer v. Raoul - Challenge to Illinois's ban on carry by adults under age 21
  • Worth v. Jacobson - Challenge to Minnesota's ban on carry by adults under age 21
  • Azzopardi v. Rosenblum - Challenge to Oregon "cannot-issue" gun permit law
  • Baughcum v. Jackson - Challenge to Georgia's ban on carry by adults under age 21
  • Richards v. Bonta - Federal lawsuit challenging California's 10-day firearm waiting period.
  • Nguyen v. Bonta - Challenge to California's "1-in-30" firearm purchase ban
  • Linton v. Bonta - Challenge to California's ban on gun possession by non-violent persons not federally disqualified from gun possession
  • Chavez v. Bonta - Challenge to California’s ban on firearm purchases by adults under age 21
  • Jaymes v. Maduros - Challenge to California's Firearms Excise Tax
  • Belt v. Savannah - Challenge to Savannah, GA Gun Storage Ordinance
  • Young v. Ott - Challenge to Pennsylvania's ban on carry by adults under age 21

Other FPC Law Challenges

  • VanDerStok v. Garland - Challenge to the ATF's "frame or receiver" rule (SCOTUS CERT GRANTED!)
  • Mock v. Garland - Challenge to the ATF's pistol brace rule.
  • C.S. v. McCrumb - Challenge to school's ban on pro-gun speech by third-grade girl
  • Guedes v. ATF - Challenge to ATF's ban on "bumpstock" devices/re-definition of “machinegun”
  • FPC v. San Diego - Challenge to California SB 1327's fee-shifting provision chilling pro-gun advocacy
  • Barba v. Bonta - Challenge to California's gun owner data-sharing with anti-gun "researchers"
  • Armstrong v. City of Philadelphia - Challenge (through defense) against Philadelphia's enforcement of its pre-empted locked gun ordinance

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RECENT FPC LAW DOCKET ENTRIES

November 27, 2024 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

November 26, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

November 22, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

November 21, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of New York

November 8, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

November 7, 2024 - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

November 7, 2024 - Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • C.S. v. McCrumb: Federal lawsuit for violating a third-grader’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they prevented her from 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."

November 5, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

November 5, 2024 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

October 29, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

  • Ziegenfuss v. McCraw: Federal Second Amendment lawsuit challenging Texas’ ban on carry in any business where alcohol comprises 51% or more of sales even if the individual is not consuming alcohol, as well as racetracks and sporting events.

October 22, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

October 22, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

October 21, 2024 - Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

October 10, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of New York

September 26, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

September 26, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

September 26, 2024 - Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

September 20, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of California


September 17, 2024 - Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • C.S. v. McCrumb: Federal lawsuit for violating a third-grader’s First and Fourteenth Amendment rights when they prevented her from 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."

September 16, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

September 6, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

August 30, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

August 29, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

August 23, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

August 23, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of Nevada

August 22, 2024 - Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

August 21, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

August 16, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

August 15, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Nguyen v. Bonta: Federal Second Amendment constitutional challenge to California's ban on purchasing more than one handgun or semiautomatic, centerfire rifle in a 30-day period.

August 14, 2024 - Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

August 13, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

August 8, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of Oregon

August 6, 2024 - Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

August 5, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of Oregon

August 2, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of Maryland

July 30, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

July 26, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

July 26, 2024 - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

July 25, 2024 - United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

  • Suarez v. Paris: Lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's prohibition on carry by individuals who have had their civil rights restored following prohibiting convictions.

July 16, 2024 - Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

July 15, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of New York

July 11, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

July 3, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of Columbia

July 2, 2024 - Superior Court of California (County of San Diego)

July 1, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of New York

June 25, 2024 - Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

June 18, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

June 14, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

June 13, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

June 13, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

June 11, 2024 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

May 29, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

May 22, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

May 21, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

May 14, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

May 2, 2024 - Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

April 25, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

April 22, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

April 16, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

April 15, 2024 - Oregon Court of Appeals

April 11, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

April 10, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

March 25, 2024 - United States District Court for the District of Delaware

March 22, 2024 - Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

March 21, 2024 - Second Circuit Court of Appeals

March 18, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

March 15, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

March 13, 2024 - Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

March 12, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

March 11, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of California

  • Nguyen v. Bonta: Federal Second Amendment constitutional challenge to California's ban on purchasing more than one handgun or semiautomatic, centerfire rifle in a 30-day period.

March 7, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

March 6, 2024 - United States District Court for the Western District of New York

March 6, 2024 - United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

February 29, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of California

  • Linton v. Bonta: Lawsuit challenging California’s laws and policies that deny Second Amendment rights to peaceable people whose rights should have been fully restored after their non-violent felony convictions in other states were vacated and nullified.

February 16, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

February 15, 2024 - Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

February 15, 2024 - Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

February 12, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

February 12, 2024 - Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

February 9, 2024 - Second Circuit Court of Appeals

February 8, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

February 1, 2024 - Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

January 30, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

January 29, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

January 25, 2024 - Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

January 19, 2024 - United States Supreme Court

January 18, 2024 - Third Circuit Court of Appeals

January 17, 2024 - United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas


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