Pro-gun rights

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.

Today, Chief Counsel Josh Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group (“FICG), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., secured a major, en banc (i.e. entire court), victory against the Lower Merion Township's illegal firearm ordinance regulating the location of Federal Firearms Licensees ("FFLs" a.k.a. gun dealers) in Firearm Owners Against Crime – Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational … Continue reading Monumental Win – Lower Merion Township’s Regulation of Gun Dealers Ruled Unlawful! →

The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will take up a case challenging a Hawaii law that bans concealed carry almost everywhere.

In 2022, when it handed down its decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, the court settled one of the most important constitutional questions of our time: The right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense is protected under the Second Amendment.

That should have been the end of the matter. In Hawaii, however, lawmakers responded with defiance instead of compliance with their so-called carry law (Act 52). Even if you don’t live in Hawaii, be aware that it is doing what anti-gunners in your state would love to do.

Under this law, permit holders — people who have undergone mandatory training, passed background checks and followed every rule — are effectively barred from carrying a firearm almost anywhere. Parks, sidewalks, beaches, government property, banks and even most private property are all off-limits. A carry permit in Hawaii may as well be used to discard chewed-up gum.

Hawaii points out the problem with permits in general. It simply can’t be left to politicians and bureaucrats to decide when and where lawful citizens can carry. That’s why constitutional (permitless) carry is so important, and that’s why in 2023 Gun Owners of America filed an amicus brief in this case, Wolford v. Lopez, urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down this law.

For years, courts tried to water down the Second Amendment by “balancing” it against the government’s supposed public safety interests. Bruen, along with other landmark Supreme Court decisions, such as Heller and McDonald, should have ended that game. The court was clear: When the Second Amendment’s text covers an activity such as carrying a gun for self-defense, the government must show that its restrictions are consistent with our nation’s history and tradition of gun laws.

Hawaii can’t do that. These sweeping bans are brand new. They have no roots in the Founding era or in American history. In fact, they directly contradict the purpose of the Second Amendment: to ensure ordinary Americans can defend themselves, their loved ones and their property from threats, no matter the source.

The court left the door cracked open by acknowledging certain “sensitive places” where guns can be restricted, such as courthouses or schools. Hawaii busted down the door and instead came up with what amounts to a blanket ban on carrying. If nearly every public area is “sensitive,” then the right to carry isn’t a right at all. In hearing this case, the court can shut the door again on unconstitutional restrictions.

The court can reiterate that the Second Amendment is not a privilege the government can revoke whenever it wants. We would never accept this thinking with free speech. You don’t have First Amendment rights only on your own property or in a few places where the government allows it. That would never be tolerated, and we shouldn’t tolerate it with the Second Amendment either.

One of the worst parts of Hawaii’s law is what we call in our brief the “vampire rule.” On private property open to the public, carrying a gun is banned unless the owner puts up a sign saying otherwise. That turns centuries of property law on its head.

In some states, if a business owner doesn’t want firearms and the owner wants to lay out a welcome mat to criminals, they post a “no guns” sign. Hawaii has reversed that, forcing business owners to take action just to allow law-abiding citizens to exercise their rights. It’s a sleazy move designed to make lawful carry virtually impossible.

Hawaii also bans guns in banks. Where’s the historical precedent for that? There isn’t any. Hawaii wants to invent a tradition that doesn’t exist, and Bruen doesn’t allow it.

The state also argues that because it owns public land, it can ban guns there too. Still, constitutional rights don’t disappear on government property. The First Amendment doesn’t vanish in a park, and neither does the Second.

The truth is, concealed carry permit holders are among the most law-abiding citizens in America. Study after study shows they commit crimes at rates far lower than the general population. Hawaii’s attempt to paint lawful gun owners as a safety risk is unconstitutional and will endanger lives by restricting the most effective means of self-defense.

What’s happening in Hawaii matters for the entire country. If states can gut the right to carry by declaring nearly every place off-limits, then the Second Amendment becomes meaningless.

Gun Owners of America’s amicus brief to the 9th Circuit stated plainly that the Constitution doesn’t allow states to play games with fundamental rights. The 9th Circuit ignored what the Supreme Court already made clear: The right to bear arms is not a second-class right.

If Hawaii gets away with this scheme, other anti-gun states will follow. That’s why this case matters so much. The court has a choice: Uphold the Second Amendment and its own ruling in Bruen, or watch our rights be regulated out of existence.

Originally published by John Velleco for the Washington Times. Read the full story ›

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.

Gun Owners of America Files Motion for Summary Judgment Against ATF, Challenging NFA Provisions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 8, 2025

Washington, D.C.—Yesterday, Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, together with a coalition of plaintiffs including Firearms Regulatory Accountability Coalition, Inc., Silencer Shop Foundation, B&T USA, LLC, Palmetto State Armory, LLC, SilencerCo Weapons Research, LLC, Brady Wetz, and fifteen states led by Texas, filed a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

The motion seeks both a declaratory judgment that certain provisions of the National Firearms Act (NFA) are unconstitutional and an injunction to halt their enforcement as applied to newly “untaxed” firearms—including short-barreled shotguns, short-barreled rifles, silencers, and so-called “any other weapons” (AOWs).

GOA’s coalition of plaintiffs challenged the NFA’s making, transfer, and possession restrictions on these “untaxed” firearms, arguing they are unconstitutional following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Pub. L. No. 119-21) (“OBBB”), which President Donald J. Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025.

Effective January 1, 2026, the OBBB eliminates the NFA’s taxation requirements for these categories of firearms, leaving behind vestigial registration requirements that no longer serve as proof of payment of any tax. As a result, we argued that these excessive regulatory burdens go beyond Congress’s taxing power, cannot be defended under the Commerce Clause, and violate the Second Amendment.

With the filing of this motion for summary judgment, GOA and GOF now expect the Trump Administration to take an official position on untaxed firearm registration and file a response on or before November 6, 2025.

Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior Vice President, issued the following statement:

“The National Firearms Act’s onerous registration requirements for untaxed firearms are a relic of a taxing scheme that no longer exists.  These provisions violate the Constitution by exceeding Congress’s authority and infringing on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.  We urge the Court to strike down these unconstitutional restrictions and protect the rights of our members, supporters, and millions of gun owners nationwide.”

John Velleco, GOF’s Executive Vice President, issued the following statement: 

“The NFA is the strictest federal gun control law in the nation’s history. Even so, NFA-regulated weapons have proliferated in recent years, quickly becoming favored tools of the home defender, hunter, and hobbyist alike.  This lawsuit takes aim at FDR-era restrictions that never should have been passed in the first place. We look forward to taking a big step towards restoring the Founders’ original vision for American gun owners.”

GOA spokesmen are available for interviews. Gun Owners of America is a nonprofit grassroots lobbying organization dedicated to protecting the right to keep and bear arms without compromise. GOA represents over two million members and activists. For more information, visit GOA’s Press Center.

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

Recently leaked text messages from Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones revealed violent fantasies about Republican lawmakers. Jones has the backing of the gun control lobby, which is completely silent on the entire situation.

The texts in question detailed Jones’ fantasies about shooting one of his Republican colleagues in the head, twice, instead of Hitler or Pol Pot.

That’s not all, he also made plans to “piss on their graves,” referring, of course, to the Republicans he fantasized about murdering.

And finally, he wished death upon a Republican politician’s children in the hopes that tragedy would move that individual closer to his personal views on policy.

But even more telling is the fact that in response to this exposure of Jones’ violent fantasies, no gun control groups have made any statements condemning Jones’ remarks or rescinding their endorsements.

In fact, Jones’ website still proudly displays the endorsements of large and small gun control groups alike. Featured prominently are Moms Demand Action, Everytown, Brady, Giffords, Virginians for Change, and Prevent Gun Tragedies PAC.

You’d think that in their work to oppose “gun violence,” a candidate who fantasizes about shooting his political opponent twice in the head would be a no-go.

Yet, nothing but silence from the anti-gun lobby. It seems as if you are on their side, violence is acceptable.

This refusal to condemn Jones’ violent fantasies is clearly why Jones has no intent to drop out of the Virginia AG race, even after these text messages were leaked.

Everytown, the anti-gun group belonging to billionaire and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, donated $200,000 to Jay Jones’ campaign in August.

In Everytown’s announcement of their support, their President, John Feinblatt, was singing Jones’ praises, even calling him a “committed gun sense champion.”

Anti-gun groups love Jay Jones. And there’s a reason for that. During his time as a State Representative, he voted for numerous anti-gun bills—many of which became law.

Jones voted for the establishment of new gun-free zones, bans on privately made firearms, bans on carrying around the Capitol Square in Richmond, red flag laws, and more.

His gun-control activism and attempts to restrict your right to own a firearm clearly didn’t stop him from fantasizing about killing his Republican coworkers.

It doesn’t seem to bother his anti-gun donors either.

Every single one of these gun control organizations backing Jay Jones must loudly renounce him & his calls for political violence.

Originally published by Tyler Durden for ZeroHedge. Read the full story ›

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.

For too long, politicians have underestimated how central the Second Amendment is to American voters. They assumed that a few campaign slogans would be enough to satisfy gun owners.

But a new Reuters/Ipsos poll from Sept. 23 proves otherwise: Republicans now lead Democrats by four points on gun policy and by a decisive 20 points on crime. These numbers show that defending the right to keep and bear arms is not only good policy—it’s good politics. They also confirm a larger trend: America supports President Trump’s pro-gun agenda.

In 2022, Gun Owners of America (GOA) warned Republican Senators and Representatives about the dangers and pitfalls of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which led former President Biden to issue a directive to the ATF to bring this nation “as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation” and bribed states with federal grants to enact red flag laws. Yet weak Republicans bent the knee to their Democratic colleagues, crossed the aisle, and voted for the worst infringement on the Second Amendment in decades hoping that their compromise would be rewarded.

The political consequences were swift. Grassroots voters sent a clear message: they will not accept half-measures or betrayals. Politicians who say they support the Second Amendment but vote against it are finding themselves out of office.

Meanwhile, the face of gun ownership has changed. The modern gun owner is not satisfied with words on a campaign flyer. They expect results, and they act at the ballot box when politicians fail. They also know the Second Amendment is not about hunting—it is about preserving liberty. Many now train and equip themselves seriously, taking on the responsibility of being their own first responders. That level of commitment demands an equally serious response from elected officials.

With this lead over Democrats in the polls, Republicans are reaping the benefits of their pro-gun actions. Earlier this year, Republicans eliminated the $200 tax on items like short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, and other firearms that are regulated by the National Firearms Act (NFA). While this was far from what the pro-gun community was demanding—that is, the removal of these items entirely from NFA regulations—it was at least a step in the right direction. For over 90 years, the NFA was the centerpiece of the gun control lobby’s agenda. Chipping away at it is more than symbolic—it’s a sign that Republicans are beginning to legislate in line with the priorities of the people who elect them.

And Trump himself set the tone. His executive order on “Protecting Second Amendment Rights” directed federal agencies to review and eliminate regulations that infringed on the right to keep and bear arms. That move, like the recent rollback of NFA taxes, demonstrated that a proactive, unapologetic defense of gun rights can strengthen both policy and political standing. The latest polling is simply more proof that Americans reward leaders who follow through on their promises to protect the Second Amendment.

The effect has even been felt in Washington, D.C.—long considered the heart of gun control. Under U.S. Attorney Pirro and Trump’s DOJ, prosecutors stopped charging people for lawfully carrying rifles, shotguns, and so-called “high-capacity” magazines because those laws are unconstitutional. At the same time, the District has been forced to speed up concealed-carry permitting. These changes, in one of the most hostile jurisdictions in the country, are a direct reflection of a pro-gun agenda being put into practice.

Voters increasingly trust Republicans to keep their communities safe, not because they embrace gun control, but because they recognize that empowering citizens is more effective than restricting them. Crime is an issue where Republicans now hold a 20-point advantage, and that edge reflects the credibility earned by defending gun rights rather than compromising them away.

The lesson for Republicans could not be clearer: Gun owners are no longer satisfied with rhetoric alone. They are a decisive voting bloc that expects meaningful action. Compromise bills like the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act cost Republicans dearly, while unapologetically pro-gun measures are rewarded at the polls.

The anti-gun movement is showing cracks, and every pro-freedom reform widens them. If Republicans want to win the trust of Americans on both safety and liberty, they must continue to embrace Trump’s no compromise, pro-gun agenda. Gun owners will have their backs, so long as they have ours.

JP Pichardo is a federal lobbyist for Gun Owners of America who specializes in Congressional procedure. He previously interned for Congressman Paul Gosar and The Heritage Foundation’s Government Relations Department and can be found on X at @JPPichardo1776.

LAS VEGAS (October 2, 2025) – In the wake of two major court-ordered injunctions explicitly protecting members of Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC), the organization today launched a new secure online portal where members can instantly verify their membership status, download or print an official FPC Certificate of Membership Status, update their contact information, and join or renew their FPC membership. These important new features can be accessed at firearmspolicy.org/membership.

For 91 years, the unconstitutional National Firearms Act has trampled on your Second Amendment rights.

This year, GOA spearheaded the movement to gut the NFA, and we came within a whisker of outright victory. Even leftist publications like The Guardian were amazed that GOA was able to move the fight “from a fringe view into a broadly supported position.”

While Congress finally gutted the NFA’s tax provisions, dropping the $200 fee to $0 for suppressors and short-barreled firearms, they left the real infringement untouched… the federal government’s registration mandates.

That’s why GOA and partners launched the One, Big, Beautiful Lawsuit, to finish what Congress refused to do and rip the NFA out by its roots.

But here’s the truth: This isn’t a sprint. It’s a marathon. The legal battle will cost over $500,000, and the other side is counting on us running out of steam before we get to the Supreme Court.

That’s why we’re asking our most loyal gun rights defenders to become recurring monthly donors to GOA.

When you commit to giving $25, $50, or even $100 a month, you provide the stable, sustained funding our legal team needs to keep the pressure on, month after month, until the NFA falls.

The Supreme Court upheld the NFA in 1937 only because it was a tax law. Now that the tax is gone, the constitutional legs it stood on have been kicked out from under it. All that’s left is bureaucratic overreach—and we’re going to tear it down.

But we can’t do it without a rock-solid base of patriots we can count on every month.

Will you stand with GOA by making a recurring monthly donation today so we can sustain this fight until we win?

NEW ORLEANS (October 2, 2025) — FPC Law announced today that it has filed a critical brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals demanding the appellate court apply the clear mandate of the Supreme Court’s Second Amendment test for determining the constitutional protection for bearable arms first established in the landmark 2008 D.C. v. Heller ruling and unambiguously codified in the 2022 NYSRPA v. Bruen decision.

It was a high-stakes week in the Pennsylvania House, as lawmakers voted on four major gun control bills — with mixed results.

Here’s your breakdown of what passed, what was defeated, and what’s coming next in the fight for your Second Amendment rights.

The following anti-gun bill passed on the House floor and now moves to the PA Senate:

• HB 1593 (Universal Registration Checks) — Passed on a 104Y-99N vote. 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. Five Republican representatives voted in favor of this bill, ensuring its passage: Joe Hogan, Kristen Marcell (who later changed her vote to NO, but this does not affect the final passage vote), K.C. Tomlinson, Martina White, and Craig Williams.

The following anti-gun bills were defeated on the House floor:

• HB 1099 (Undetectable Firearms) — Defeated on a 101Y-102N vote. This bill would have made it a 3rd degree felony to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, transfer, or receive a firearm made entirely of a non-metal substance.
• HB 1859 (Red Flag Gun Confiscation Orders) — Defeated on a 101Y-102N vote. This bill would have created 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) — Defeated on a 101Y-102N vote. 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.

GOA members and supporters led the charge in defeating three of the four anti-gun bills. Thousands of messages flooded the Capitol, putting pressure on wavering lawmakers—and it worked. Your action made the difference.

Friend, the only thing standing between Pennsylvania and the kind of extreme anti-gun laws seen in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland is a narrow pro-gun Republican majority in the State Senate. If that firewall breaks, our Second Amendment rights could fall with it.

That’s why I need you to contact your state senator by using the form above and urge them to STOP HB 1593 and ALL gun control bills. Let your senator know that anti-gun legislation should never see the light of day.

GOA’s Erich Pratt with Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC), who is the chief sponsor of H.R. 38

In the wake of recent tragic shootings, it’s clearer than ever: Responsible, law-abiding gun owners make a difference when they’re able to protect themselves and others.

That’s why I’m reaching out to you today. President Trump has publicly called on Congress to pass the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (H.R. 38), and we need your help to get it across the finish line.

Simply put, this bill would ensure that your concealed carry permit is recognized in every state that allows concealed carry. Just like your First Amendment freedom of speech is not limited to your home state, neither should the rights protected under the Second Amendment be limited to the state where you live. This is a common-sense solution that respects the rights of lawful gun owners and promotes public safety.

GOA is working hard to secure support for this important legislation, but we can’t do it without grassroots activists like you making your voices heard. That’s why I’m asking you to take a moment right now to sign our pre-written letter urging your Representative to help garner greater support for H.R. 38, by getting it passed in the House.

The right to self-defense shouldn’t end when you cross state lines.

Let’s encourage Congress to stand with responsible gun owners and support national concealed carry reciprocity.

Thank you for standing with GOA in defense of the Second Amendment.

FORT WORTH, TX  (September 30, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today issued a scathing rebuke of the Northern District of Texas, which, in a profound act of judicial abdication, delivered an erroneous opinion upholding the federal government’s unconstitutional prohibition on the acquisition of handguns by peaceable Americans in Elite Precision Customs v. ATF.