Firearms Law Blog

On Tuesday, Attorney Dillon Harris secured the first grant of federal firearms relief for a client, since the program quasi-opened to the public, through invitations. Based on our experience over the past year in applying for Federal Firearms Relief, Attorney Harris was successful in obtaining relief for an individual who had received a General Court … Continue reading First Grant of Federal Firearms Relief Since the Program Opened to the Public →

Yesterday, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince, assisted by Attorney Dillon Harris, secured a monumental, en banc decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, wherein the Court, in addition to outright rejecting the U.S Government's contention that the revitalized Federal Firearms Relief process of 18 U.S.C. 925(c) results in the prohibitions of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) being … Continue reading MONUMENTAL DECISION: Third Circuit Holds That It Is Unconstitutional To Strip An Individual Of His Second Amendment Rights As A Result Of A Second DUI →

Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince, joined by Jim Stoker, President of Firearm Owners Against Crime - Institute for Legal, Legislative, and Educational Action (FOAC-ILLEA), filed a letter request with Pennsylvania Attorney General David Sunday requesting that his Office investigate whether the Pennsylvania State Police’s enforcement of 18 Pa.C.S. § 908 is in compliance with the … Continue reading FOAC-ILLEA Files Request With Attorney General Sunday Regarding ATF’s Open Letter And Intersection With Pennsylvania’s Prohibited Offensive Weapon Statute →

For those who have been following along with the gradual development of the new Federal Firearms Relief program, or as DOJ is calling it - Federal Firearms Rights Restoration, that was revived in March 2025, has hit its first delay. Most recently, DOJ published a Final Rule on August 20, 2026, setting out the regulations … Continue reading DOJ Federal Firearms Rights Restoration (FFRR) Hits its First Delay →