Pro-gun rights

FORT WORTH, TX (September 30, 2025) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) secured another landmark victory for individual liberty when Chief District Judge Reed O’Connor for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas ruled that the federal ban on firearm possession, storage, and carry at United States Post Offices and related properties, including post office parking lots, violates the Second Amendment in the FPC case of Firearms Policy Coalition v. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) and Sheriff Robert Luna on Tuesday, accusing it of “systematically” delaying concealed carry permits for law-abiding citizens in violation of the Second Amendment.

The lawsuit, which the DOJ touts as its first-ever affirmative lawsuit in support of gun owners, alleges the LASD created a “pattern and practice” of obstruction by forcing law-abiding citizens to wait months and even years for a decision.

The DOJ said in their complaint that, between January 2024 and March 2025, the sheriff’s office received 3,982 new applications for concealed carry permits and, as of May 8, approved only two. As of that date, two of the remaining applications were denied, 1,210 “were withdrawn for various reasons” and “approximately 2,768 applications for a new license to carry a concealed firearm remained pending.”

Fox News Digital reached out to the sheriff’s office for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

The lawsuit follows an investigation started by the DOJ in March after its civil rights division received numerous complaints about delays it said were “inexplicable,” well beyond California statutory requirements and in violation of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.

The department said it reviewed more than 8,000 applications received by the LASD, including renewals, and found delays averaging more than a year. Some applicants had interviews scheduled into late 2026, more than two years after filing.

California law requires authorities to respond to applications within 90 days.

“The Second Amendment protects the fundamental constitutional right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “Los Angeles County may not like that right, but the Constitution does not allow them to infringe upon it. This Department of Justice will continue to fight for the Second Amendment.”

The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, comes after gun groups brought a separate case led by the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA) along with Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners of California and the Second Amendment Foundation.

That lawsuit accused Luna and the LASD of dragging out concealed carry applications with long delays, added fees and new requirements. A judge has already issued a partial injunction, ordering LASD to shorten wait times and requiring California to open a process for non-residents to apply for permits beginning in April.

The California Rifle & Pistol Association welcomed news of the DOJ lawsuit.

“CRPA and our allies blazed a trail over the past three years, going county-by-county across California to ensure Bruen-compliant CCW (concealed carry weapon) processes,” Chuck Michel, CRPA’s president and general counsel said. “Stubborn jurisdictions, such as Los Angeles, dug in their heels with delays, fees and new requirements to keep lawful citizens from securing CCW’s. We are thrilled that the Trump administration finds this abuse as egregious as we do.”

“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “This lawsuit seeks to stop Los Angeles County’s egregious pattern and practice of delaying law-abiding citizens from exercising their right to bear arms.”

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SAN FRANCISCO (September 26, 2025) — Today, attorneys for Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed an important brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals explaining how the appellate court should apply the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment test for determining the constitutional protection for arms first established in the 2008 D.C. v. Heller ruling and further explained in the 2022 NYSRPA v. Bruen decision.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (September 26, 2025) – Yesterday—five months after the parties filed a joint status report informing the court that it must rule for the State of California under binding Ninth Circuit precedent in Duncan v. Bonta—Senior United States District Judge William B. Shubb issued an order lifting the stay and granting summary judgment to the State of California in Wiese v. Bonta, a case filed in April 2017 challenging California’s ban on so-called “large-capacity” magazines.

The largest banks in America, including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, are actively debanking and discriminating against the entire firearms industry. They’re targeting gun manufacturers, retailers, and organizations like GOA, refusing to provide banking services, all to appease radical anti-gun activists.

This is a deliberate, un-American assault on the Constitutionally protected right of all Americans to keep and bear arms. It’s not just wrong. It’s dangerous. And it must stop!

Sign the letter to the CEOs of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and the Bank Policy Institute, urging them to stop targeting the Second Amendment community.

For years, these banks have imposed “values-based” policies to choke off access to financial services for the firearms industry. They don’t just want to restrict YOUR rights. They want to erase the entire Second Amendment from the marketplace.

Their brazen actions have forced many gun businesses and organizations to turn to smaller regional banks, unable to operate with any certainty. This political discrimination isn’t just ideological. It’s a direct attack on our freedoms, our businesses, and our way of life.

Now, these same banks want to blame “regulatory pressure,” but their anti-gun bias is on the record and undeniable. When our opponents can’t win at the ballot box, they use the financial system to silence us.

It’s time for every gun owner and patriot to stand up and say: ENOUGH.

I’m asking you to join me in sending a powerful message straight to the CEOs of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, and the Bank Policy Institute. Sign our pre-written letter demanding they make a formal, public commitment to stop targeting the firearms industry and pro-2A organizations.

President Trump has already taken bold action to end this un-American practice, but we need the banks to do the right thing NOW.

Click here to sign your name to our letter demanding fair banking for gun owners and the firearms industry!

Anti-gun Speaker Joanna McClinton (D-191) is fast-tracking FOUR anti-gun bills that were reported earlier this week from the House Judiciary Committee. These bills could be up for a final vote as early as next Tuesday.

The anti-gun Democratic leadership is planning on running the following bills:

• HB 1099 (Undetectable Firearms) — This bill would make it a 3rd degree felony to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive a firearm made entirely of a non-metal substance. Undetectable firearms are a myth, and there should be no restrictions on the type of gun we should be allowed to make or own.
• HB 1593 (Universal Registration Checks) — This bill would outlaw the private sale of long guns unless you get government permission first. It would also set the stage for a registry in Pennsylvania for all firearms transactions, just like there is for handguns presently.
• HB 1859 (Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders) — This bill would create Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders, allowing “ex parte” star chamber proceedings where only one party presents evidence before a judge with no right to face the accuser until AFTER firearms are seized through an order by a pliant judge.
• HB 1866 (Glock Switch Ban) — Efforts to make “Glock switches” and other machine gun conversion devices triply illegal are nothing more than virtue-signaling. It will do absolutely nothing to prevent evil people from committing crimes since criminals ALREADY ignore the federal ban on these devices.

The good news is that these bills can still be stopped—but only if gun owners take action.

That’s why I need you to contact your state representative (by using the form above) and urge them to vote NO on all of the proposed gun control measures right away.

The anti-gun House Democratic leadership just reported four gun control bills from committee today. The vote was entirely on party lines, with all Democrats voting to pass gun control and all Republicans voting against restricting our constitutionally-protected rights.

Here are the gun control bills that passed and will be reported to the House floor:

• HB 1099 (Undetectable Firearms) — This bill would make it a 3rd degree felony to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive a firearm made entirely of a non-metal substance. Undetectable firearms are a myth, and there should be no restrictions on the type of gun we should be allowed to make or own.
• HB 1593 (Universal Registration Checks) — This bill would outlaw the private sale of long guns unless you get government permission first. It would also set the stage for a registry in Pennsylvania for all firearms transactions, just like there is for handguns presently.
• HB 1859 (Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders) — This bill would create Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders, allowing “ex parte” star chamber proceedings where only one party presents evidence before a judge with no right to face the accuser until AFTER firearms are seized through an order by a pliant judge.
• HB 1866 (Glock Switch Ban) — Efforts to make “Glock switches” and other machine gun conversion devices triply illegal are nothing more than virtue-signaling. It will do absolutely nothing to prevent evil people from committing crimes since criminals ALREADY ignore the federal ban on these devices.

But there is some good news. Due to your efforts, Representative Shusterman’s bill to restrict handgun purchases to one per month (HB 837) was not considered in committee today. Representative Dan Miller (D-42) entered a “No” vote, causing Chairman Tim Briggs to pass over the bill.

Another positive was that Republican Chairman Rob Kauffman (89) submitted an amendment that would have substituted Constitutional Carry for one of the anti-gun bills. Unfortunately, the amendment was defeated with all Democrats voting against it and all Republicans voting in favor of Constitutional Carry.

The four anti-gun bills will now go to the House floor for consideration, where they can be voted on as early as next week.

Stay tuned for future updates on the status of these and other bills in the coming weeks.

LAFAYETTE, LA. (September 19, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) has filed a critical new brief in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana responding to the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to avoid an injunction blocking enforcement of the federal ban on sales of handguns and handgun ammunition to 18-to-20-year-old adults—laws that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals already declared flatly unconstitutional in FPC’s Reese v. ATF case. The plaintiffs’ brief directly rebuts the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) brazen arguments for a narrow proposed judgment that would leave those unconstitutional gun control laws in place for virtually everyone in the United States.

Attorney General Jason Miyares has recently sided against us in court by defending Virginia’s unconstitutional One Handgun a Month law. Instead of standing with gun owners, he worked to keep that restriction in place and argued that it should survive even though similar laws have already been struck down elsewhere.

Now there is an even bigger concern.

Twenty six attorneys general and the Arizona Legislature have just filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in Gator’s Custom Guns v. Washington. They are urging the Court to overturn Washington State’s ban on magazines holding more than ten rounds. If the Court agrees, it could set a nationwide precedent affirming that magazines are protected arms under the Second Amendment– a big win for the 2A.

This coalition includes states from every part of the country. They told the Court that lower courts are ignoring Supreme Court precedent and treating law abiding citizens as criminals

However, Virginia is missing from the list. Jason Miyares left us out while twenty six other states stood up for gun rights.

That is why we need you to take action right now. Reach out to Attorney General Jason Miyares and tell him that Virginians expect him to defend their rights, not abandon them. The Office of the Attorney General must stand in solidarity with gun owners by filing an amicus brief in Gator’s Custom Guns v. Washington, and by dropping to defense of the unconstitutional “One Handgun a Month” statute.

PA House Judiciary Committee Scheduled to Vote on Gun Control

The anti-gun House Democratic leadership is wasting no time exploiting the Charlie Kirk assassination to ram their radical, gun control agenda down our throats.

On Monday, September 22, 2025, House Judiciary Chair Tim Briggs (D-149) will bring the following anti-gun bills up for a vote:

HB 837 (One Gun A Month) — Limits handgun purchases to one gun per month. This is a blatantly unconstitutional rationing of an enumerated right. Moreover, these rationing laws have been declared unconstitutional in federal court as recently as June of 2025.

HB 1099 (Undetectable Firearms) — This bill would make it a 3rd degree felony to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive a firearm made entirely of a non-metal substance. Undetectable firearms are a myth, and there should be no restrictions on the type of gun we should be allowed to make or own.

HB 1593 (Universal Registration Checks) — This bill would outlaw the private sale of long guns unless you get government permission first. It would also set the stage for a registry in Pennsylvania for all firearms transactions, just like there is for handguns presently.

HB 1859 (Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders) — This bill would create Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders, allowing “ex parte” star chamber proceedings where only one party presents evidence before a judge with no right to face the accuser until AFTER firearms are seized through an order by a pliant judge.

HB 1866 (Glock Switch Ban) — Efforts to make “Glock switches” and other machine gun conversion devices triply illegal are nothing more than virtue-signaling. It will do absolutely nothing to prevent evil people from committing crimes since criminals ALREADY ignore the federal ban on these devices.

I am appalled by the total disregard of our Article 1, Section 21 rights by the House Democratic leadership. These lawmakers took an oath to uphold the PA and US Constitution, yet they are flagrantly disregarding it. These bills and ALL other gun control bills are an affront to our God-given rights and should never see the light of day.

Friend, that’s why I need you, and all gun owners, to send a strong message to your state representative (by using the form above), letting them know that these bills are a violation of our constitutionally-protected rights and should be defeated.

So, please take a moment to send a message to your state representative. Tell them that you oppose these gun control bills and expect them to defeat them in committee.