Firearms Policy Coalition

FPC’s merits brief in Viramontes v. Cook County shows why the Court should hold that bans on so-called “assault weapons” are unconstitutional and semiautomatic firearms are protected by the Second Amendment.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 28, 2026) — Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced today that its legal team has filed its merits brief with the United States Supreme Court in Viramontes v. Cook County, asking the Court to hold that bans on so-called “assault weapons” are unconstitutional and that semiautomatic rifles are protected by the Second Amendment.

Dear Friend,

Hours from now, our legal team will file FPC’s main brief with the United States Supreme Court in our Viramontes v. Cook County Second Amendment lawsuit challenging bans on so-called assault weapons.

The question before the Court is simple: Does the Constitution protect the right to possess AR-15s and similar semiautomatic rifles?

You and I know the answer. Tomorrow, we will make our case.

This moment did not happen by accident. It is the product of a strategy we have been building and executing for years.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new federal lawsuit, The Firing Pin v. James, after New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S9005C that bans so-called “convertible pistols,” semiautomatic handguns with a cruciform trigger bar. The ban applies against nearly every Glock and Glock-style pistol on the market. FPC is seeking a declaration holding the law unconstitutional, an injunction against the enforcement of the ban, and other relief.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced a major victory against the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) in Jensen v. ATF, an FPC-backed lawsuit challenging the NFA’s regulation of now-untaxed firearms, such as suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns. U.S. District Court Judge James Wesley Hendrix ruled that “[b]y zeroing out the transfer and making taxes for most NFA firearms, Congress eliminated the constitutional basis for the regulations that formerly supported the taxes for those firearms.”

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Renna v. Bonta, a Second Amendment lawsuit challenging California’s handgun bans, including the State’s “Roster” ban, microstamping ban, and ban on semiautomatic handguns with cruciform trigger bars (including nearly every Glock and Glock-style pistol on the market). Today’s motion is limited to the cruciform trigger bar ban; FPC’s district court preliminary injunction victory against parts of California’s handgun Roster is pending a decision at the Ninth Circuit.