Pro-gun rights

We encourage viewers and those interested in American history to read Georgetown Law Professor and constitutional scholar, Randy Barnett's excellent, easy-to-read short article explaining the Declaration here in conjunction with reading the Declaration below. [Note: Some paragraph breaks added to facilitate reading on mobile devices.]

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Attorney General Jay Jones did not waste any time attacking Virginia gun owners.

Just days after GOA, GOF, VCDL, VCDF, and gun rights journalist John Crump secured a preliminary injunction in Crump v. Katz, Jones and the Commonwealth are running to the Supreme Court of Virginia to try to bring the gun bans back.

GOA’s attorneys will be working throughout the Independence Day weekend to defend your constitutional rights in court.

So if you’re able, please consider making a contribution to help us cover the mounting legal costs that Attorney General Jones’s actions have forced us to incur.

The Lancaster Circuit Court blocked the Virginia State Police from enforcing the challenged gun and magazine bans while our case continues.

But, anti-2A Attorney General Jay Jones wants that injunction stayed.

In plain English, he wants Virginia’s unconstitutional gun and magazine bans back in force while our case moves forward.

That means Jones is fighting to restore restrictions on the acquisition, transfer, manufacture, purchase, importation, and public carry of many commonly owned firearms and standard-capacity magazines.

These are the very bans the court has blocked from being enforced by law enforcement.

Jones’ office is claiming the injunction creates confusion and interferes with so-called “public safety.”

But the real threat to public safety is disarming peaceable Virginians and threatening them with criminal penalties for exercising their rights.

Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution is clear: “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

Jay Jones does not get to rewrite that constitutional protection simply because he does not like the judge’s ruling.

GOA and our allies are fighting to defend the injunction and stop these bans from being forced back onto Virginia gun owners.

As Independence Day looms, please consider helping us fight this battle against AG Jones’ attempt to disarm Virginians, by contributing to GOA’s Legal Defense Fund.

We will keep you updated as the Supreme Court of Virginia considers Jones’ attempt to put these unconstitutional bans back in effect.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a motion to supplement Renna v. Calif. Attorney General Rob Bonta, its federal lawsuit challenging California’s handgun roster, to add a claim against the State’s ban on semiautomatic handguns with cruciform trigger bars, including nearly every Glock and Glock-style pistol on the market.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) filed comments with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) on the proposed “Revising Definition of ‘Unlawful User of or Addicted to Controlled Substance’” rule, which would revise the agency's definition of who is considered an "unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance" and therefore prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), joined by the Colorado State Shooting Association (CSSA), filed a new federal lawsuit, Elliott v. Denver, challenging Denver’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and Denver’s and Colorado’s bans on magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds. The filing comes the same day the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in FPC’s Viramontes v. Cook County challenge to Cook County, Illinois’s “assault weapons” ban.

What: The Supreme Court of the United States denied Pennsylvania officials’ request for review (certiorari) in Firearms Policy Coalition’s Bivens case, formerly captioned Lara v. Paris and Lara v. Evanchick, leaving in place FPC’s Third Circuit victory against Pennsylvania laws that banned peaceable adults under 21 from carrying firearms outside the home.

WASHINGTON (June 30, 2026) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court granting review in FPC’s Viramontes v. Cook County, Illinois lawsuit challenging the County’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” as unconstitutional under the Second Amendment: