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PHILADELPHIA (December 11, 2025) – Today, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals granted full-court review in Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) Koons v. Platkin challenge to New Jersey’s sweeping post-Bruen carry restrictions. This significant development ensures that the entire court will evaluate the state’s unconstitutional scheme under the proper historical and constitutional framework. The prior panel’s flawed decision—upholding key elements of the law—has been vacated, restoring the case to a posture where New Jersey’s unlawful policies can be fully and fairly scrutinized. FPC remains steadfast in pursuing meaningful relief for all who seek to exercise their right to bear arms in New Jersey and nationwide.

Gun Owners of America and Gun Owners Foundation Declare DOJ Brief an Open Attack on the Second Amendment and the Constitution

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 21, 2025

Springfield, VA — Late last night, the Department of Justice filed an outrageous brief that embraces an alarmingly expansive theory of federal authority. In responding to GOA and GOF’s “One, Big, Beautiful Lawsuit,” the DOJ treats Congress’ removal of the historic $200 tax as a pretext to rewrite the limits of congressional power, advancing an argument that would open the door to federal regulation far beyond anything the Framers intended.

GOA and GOF condemn Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for doubling down on enforcement of an archaic and unconstitutional law while simultaneously offering legal theories that would expand federal power to historic levels. This is especially striking from an administration that had promised to respect the Second Amendment and review burdensome agency rules.

The implications of DOJ’s stance are immediate and ominous. If the brief’s logic is accepted, courts could bless a framework under which Congress and federal agencies regulate—or effectively ban—common firearms and accessories by treating formalistic features (like a $0 tax) as sufficient legal cover. That outcome would run contrary to recent Supreme Court statements that the Second Amendment protects private arms possession.

GOA and our partners are demanding the Department of Justice to publicly explain and retract all portions of the brief that advance a limitless theory of federal power. We are also calling on members of Congress who claim fidelity to constitutional limits to demand the DOJ abandon this dangerous theory. The coalition that GOA and GOF have created will vigorously press our case in court and before the public, as we will not allow this administration to normalize a theory of unlimited and unchecked federal power that threatens the right to keep and bear arms.

GOA, GOF, Palmetto State Armory, the Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Silencer Shop, and B & T USA brought this challenge to vindicate the Second Amendment and end the continued enforcement of an antiquated regulatory scheme. Our original lawsuit was joined by a coalition of 15 states including Texas, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President of Gun Owners of America, issued the following statement:

“This brief is federal overreach on steroids. If courts accept the government’s argument, Congress could claim the power to regulate virtually anything, including firearms, on the thinnest of statutory pretexts. That’s not conservative jurisprudence. This is authoritarianism cloaked in legalese. Make no mistake, this reads exactly like something the Biden administration would have produced.”

John Velleco, Executive Vice President of Gun Owners Foundation, issued the following statement:

“We weren’t exactly optimistic about the Department of Justice’s reply in our One, Big, Beautiful Lawsuit, but the brief they filed was far worse than anything we anticipated. We had hoped Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump Administration would seize this moment to become the most pro–Second Amendment presidency in history, but so far they’ve fumbled the ball. We will continue to fight to gut the National Firearms Act, and we’re confident our legal arguments will stand.”

GOA spokesmen are available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization representing over two million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.

-GOA-

Crossing a State Line Shouldn’t Make You a Felon

GOA’s Aidan Johnston (left) discussed plans to bring concealed carry reciprocity to the House floor with Speaker Mike Johnson.

Right now, your Second Amendment rights are under siege in anti-gun states across America. But you have a powerful opportunity to fight back by supporting H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act.

H.R. 38 would finally ensure that your concealed carry permit is honored in every state across the country, just like your ability to drive a car. No more worrying about crossing state lines and becoming a felon simply for exercising your right to self-defense.

But the gun control lobby is fighting tooth and nail to kill this common-sense bill. They want to leave law-abiding gun owners like you vulnerable to anti-gun politicians and bureaucrats.

That’s why we need you to act right now.

Sign the letter urging your Members of Congress to support and co-sponsor H.R. 38!

Every signature makes our voice louder, and Congress cannot ignore a tidal wave of patriotic Americans demanding action.

Your rights don’t end at the state line. Stand with GOA, and let’s make Constitutional Carry reciprocity the law of the land.

Congress Dropped the Tax. GOA Is Dropping the Hammer.

GOA filed the One, Big, Beautiful Lawsuit to tear down the unconstitutional NFA registration regime. The Department of Justice is being forced to defend this law in court, and they must respond to us by November 20th.

This is history in the making. Now that Congress eliminated the NFA’s $200 tax, the so-called “constitutional” foundation for this gun control monstrosity is gone. The federal government has NOTHING left to stand on except its own bureaucratic power grab. And GOA is ready to tear it down, for good.

But this fight will NOT be cheap. Our legal team urgently needs your backing to continue moving forward. Filing this lawsuit, battling the DOJ, and seeing it through to victory will cost at least $500,000.

Will you chip in $25, $50, $100, or whatever you can NOW to gut the NFA’s registration requirements?

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity, Erich. For 91 years, the NFA has trampled your rights. Weak-kneed Senators in Congress dropped the tax, but refused to fire the Parliamentarian and left the registration regime in place.

GOA is doing what they wouldn’t: cracking the NFA wide open and fighting to erase its unconstitutional registration mandates, forever.

Time is running out. Our lawsuit is filed. The DOJ’s deadline is set – and the district judge has ordered the agency to reply to our legal brief by this Thursday. So the only thing left is for YOU to help us finish the fight.

Let’s show Washington that “shall not be infringed” means exactly what it says. Rush your support today. Help GOA destroy the NFA for good!

Will Republicans ask him? How about Ranking Member Chuck Grassley? [More]

I'm going to end up sending questions about infringements by "AFT" to Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans to put to the nominee while he's under oath, so feel free to leave your own in the article's "Comments" section.

I have two articles in this month's issue, on sale now at discerning newsstands throughout the Republic. [More]

I'm not resuming regular blogging because of the unresolved censorship issue but will continue to promote my work here as I prepare a new landing site.

Two recent appearances:

• The Michael Dukes Show, April 8.
• Armed American Radio's Daily Defense, April 12.

I'm not resuming regular blogging because of the unresolved censorship issue but will continue to promote my work here as I prepare a new landing site.

I'll be joining host Mark Walters at 4 pm Eastern to talk Biden and more.  Listen, watch or find a station near you at the Armed American Radio website.

Perhaps if he was better at picking them in the first place, he wouldn’t need to end up angrily attacking so many he had nothing but high praise for in the beginning. [More]What does "winning" mean if you end up losing?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-airs-its-ultimate-revenge-plan-for-america/ar-AAW5HB1

In other words, police should be “Les Seules” armed and authorized to use force to stop criminal attacks, even in the home. [More]

You have to wonder at what point some of these people will get tired of surrendering and start rolling out the tumbrels again...

I'll be joining up with Michael Dukes this morning to talk about the Google leviathan "unpublishing" my work.  Hopefully, this notice won't be taken down as a "community standards" violation before then.

Go to the show website to find an Alaska station or to listen online. They'll be calling me at 10:24 Eastern.

And no, this post doesn't mean the blog is back for business as usual. It means I'll continue using it for announcements promoting my stuff until I can settle in a new home, something I should have some time to seriously look into over the weekend.

“As such, they have an interest in the outcome of this case because a positive ruling in the instant matter will assist them in their efforts to have their lawful property returned to them in the future and will help guide other courts in reaching the correct conclusion which is that bumpstocks are not machineguns,” the brief elaborates. [More]

I'm not resuming this blog per normal practices-- as I said in the last post, I will still use it to promote my articles, assuming this one doesn't get "unpublished" as well.  In the meantime, I will be using this weekend to scout out a new home.

It linked to "blue check" correspondent Paul Bedard's Washington Examiner report on a peer-reviewed study by John Lott published in the journal Public Choice. 
Incidentally, its link appears on a general Google search including on Google Cache, but is suppressed in a "News" search, with an article attacking Lott's work appearing at the top of the page by two "researchers" of undisclosed political affinity that my money says will turn out to be sympathetic to Democrats. 

My suspicion is an algorithm went searching to erase it from existence. If this is all it takes to get booted from a personal opinion and commentary blog, everything I post here is subject to being undone and Blogger is no longer a viable platform to publish on. Either that or some troll saboteur complained, and the same applies. Until I see if I can get this reversed, I'm going to need to limit activity here to promoting my articles as I search for a reliable repository for my work.
Remember when Facebook booted a post for wishing everyone a contemplative Bill of Rights Day?
UPDATE:

Democratic Rep. Ami Bera of California says he was attacked by a rogue fox outside the US Capitol. [More]

Maybe if he wasn't an anti-gun fanatic he could have done something about that.

The thought strikes: That fox ended up being a bigger danger to a member of Congress than every one of the Jan. 6 "insurrectionists."

Then again, so did this Democrat.