Courts

Knife Rights filed an Appellants' Reply Brief challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Switchblade Act under the Second Amendment. The organization argues the DOJ's defense fails under Heller and Bruen precedents, contending switchblades are commonly used arms deserving constitutional protection and that historical analogues do not justify the broad federal ban.

The Second Amendment Foundation and partners including the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners' Action League, Commonwealth Second Amendment, Firearms Policy Coalition, and Gun Owners of America filed a reply brief in Escher v. Noble, challenging Massachusetts' ban on handgun purchase and possession for 18-20-year-olds.

The Second Amendment Foundation filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Grant v. Rovella, challenging Connecticut's assault weapons ban. SAF argues that AR-15-style rifles are in common use and protected by the Second Amendment, joined by the Connecticut Citizens Defense League and three private citizens.

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a combined reply and opposition brief in Jensen v. ATF, challenging key provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934. FPC criticized the Trump Administration's Department of Justice for aggressively defending the NFA in court rather than working to end unconstitutional gun control restrictions.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit in support of Rhode v. Bonta, a case challenging California’s ammunition background check system.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed an amicus brief with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in a case challenging the federal lifetime ban on firearm possession as applied to an individual with a decades-old misdemeanor DUI conviction.

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 Third Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to an en banc review of the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) challenge to New Jersey’s “sensitive places” firearms carry restrictions.

Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the St. Lucie County State Attorney’s Office and the Sheriff of St. Lucie County, representing the State of Florida, reached a settlement with Gun Owners Foundation and Gun Owners of America in GOA v. Del Toro. The lawsuit, filed in August 2024, challenged Florida’s open carry ban.

On Nov. 20, the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenging two Hawaiian laws that pose undue burdens on gun owners. 

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Wolford v. Lopez, urging the Court to reverse the Ninth Circuit’s decision upholding Hawaii’s infamous “Vampire Rule.”

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review in Grant v. Rovella, SAF’s challenge to Connecticut’s so-called “assault weapons” ban.

Attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a reply brief with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit challenging the ban on electronic arms in New York City.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for review in Schoenthal v. Raoul, SAF’s challenge to the public transit carry ban in Illinois.

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced 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 Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed a reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. ATF, SAF’s challenge to the federal ban that prevents adults under 21 years old from purchasing handguns from licensed dealers. The brief was filed in response to the government’s request to delay Brown until two other Second Amendment cases recently granted certiorari are heard by the High Court.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed their reply brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit challenging California’s Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) mandatory surveillance law.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and its partners have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging the court to grant certiorari in Duncan v. Bonta, a case challenging California’s ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

Friday, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) condemned a decision by Chief United States District Judge Denise J. Casper that upheld Massachusetts’s ban on modern, constitutionally protected handguns and granted summary judgment to the state.

Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) condemned a badly flawed decision issued by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. George Peterson, an FPC-backed criminal appeal challenging the federal government’s unconstitutional National Firearms Act (NFA) firearm suppressor rules.