Firearms Policy Coalition

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 31, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that a petition for a writ of certiorari has been filed with the Supreme Court of the United States in Schoenthal v. Raoul, an FPC-backed lawsuit asking the Court to overturn the Seventh Circuit’s dangerous decision upholding Illinois’s ban on carrying firearms on public transportation. The appellate court's ruling, the petition explains, shreds the clear command of the Constitution and defies the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment precedents.

PORTLAND, Ore. (October 30, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today confirmed the filing of its Second Amended Complaint (SAC) in Montgomery v. Rosenblum, the federal challenge to Oregon’s unconstitutional ban on personally manufactured firearms (PMFs), enacted through House Bill 2005 (HB 2005). This filing follows the District Court’s September dismissal of the case in an absurdly activist decision that flipped Supreme Court Second Amendment precedent on its head and allowed the State to evade historical scrutiny.

SAN DIEGO (October 13, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), joined by the National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, and three FPC members, today filed a major new federal lawsuit—Jaymes v. Bonta—to block California’s unconstitutional new ban on Glock and Glock-style handguns, some of the most popular firearms in America. The full complaint is available at firearmspolicy.org/jaymes-v-bonta.

SACRAMENTO (October 10, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement in response to California Governor Gavin Newsom signing AB 1127—the so-called “Glock ban”—which criminalizes the sales of widely owned, constitutionally protected handguns:

FORT WORTH, TX (October 10, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed a response brief in its Ziegenfuss v. Martin case, a federal lawsuit challenging Texas laws that unconstitutionally ban peaceable people from carrying firearms in everyday public places like bars, sporting events, and racetracks.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 10, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) issued the following statement in response to the Solicitor General’s opposition, filed on behalf of the Trump Administration, in Rush v. United States, a challenge to the National Firearms Act’s (NFA) short-barreled rifle restrictions:

AMARILLO, Texas (October 9, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced the filing of a major new federal lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA), which subjects peaceable people to an Orwellian federal regulatory scheme and felony prosecution. The plaintiffs in Jensen v. ATF include FPC Action Foundation, three individual citizens, Hot Shots Custom, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and Texas State Rifle Association. Key case documents for the lawsuit are available at firearmspolicy.org/jensen.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 9, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), joined by National Rifle Association, FPC Action Foundation, and Second Amendment Foundation, today filed a critical brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Zherka v. Bondi, urging the Court to strike down the federal ban that permanently disarms peaceable Americans for nonviolent offenses.

PHILADELPHIA (October 8, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today filed an urgent Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Koons v. Platkin, urging the full Third Circuit Court of Appeals to correct a deeply flawed 3-judge panel decision that greenlit New Jersey’s sweeping, unconstitutional scheme to nullify the right to carry in public.

LAFAYETTE, LA. (October 7, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) issued the following statement on today’s final judgment in Reese v. ATF:

LAS VEGAS (October 6, 2025) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) is urging members outside California to immediately apply for a carry license to legally exercise their rights in the Golden State. To support its members seeking to apply to carry in the Golden State, FPC created a new online resource with links to critical documents and the carry license application site for each of California’s 58 counties. This follows FPC’s landmark victory in Hoffman v. Bonta, where a federal court permanently struck down California’s unconstitutional ban on carry by non-residents. Individuals who want to learn more and get copies of important legal documents can visit FPC’s website at firearmspolicy.org/california-carry.