Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group ("FICG), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., and Adam Kraut, Executive Director of Second Amendment Foundation ("SAF"), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on behalf of SAF, its members, and Warren County District Attorney … Continue reading Monumental Second Amendment Case, Challenging the Constitutionality of Stripping Medical Marijuana Users of Their Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Filed in PA Federal District Court
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MONUMENTAL DECISION: Third Circuit Rules That The Second Amendment Applies Those 18 Years Of Age And Older
Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince secured a major victory for Second Amendment jurisprudence in Lara, et al. v. Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, docket no. 21-1832, where the Third Circuit held that Pennsylvania's banning of 18-to-21-year-olds from carrying firearms outside of their homes during a state of emergency is unconstitutional. In so holding, the … Continue reading MONUMENTAL DECISION: Third Circuit Rules That The Second Amendment Applies Those 18 Years Of Age And Older
NICS Appeal Process Becoming Available for NFA Transactions
In a rare instance of good news coming from the federal government, the ATF announced yesterday via a press release, that the ATF and FBI have "formalized" a process for individuals who have been the subject of a Denied NICS check during the processing of an NFA application. Importantly, this is not a direct appeal … Continue reading NICS Appeal Process Becoming Available for NFA Transactions
Firearms Law Seminar – January 25, 2024 For State Representative Michael Stender In Turbotville
On Thursday, January 25, 2024, from 6 – 8pm, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., in conjunction with State Representative Michael Stender, will offer a two (2) hour concealed carry and use-of-force seminar. To register, visit http://www.RepStender.com/Events or call 570-286-5885. It is highly … Continue reading Firearms Law Seminar – January 25, 2024 For State Representative Michael Stender In Turbotville
YEAR IN REVIEW: MAJOR PENNSYLVANIA AND FEDERAL FIREARMS LAW CASES OF 2023
As the year is coming to a close, we thought it important to document some of the monumental court decisions and issues that Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., or others were involved in or obtained in 2023. Williams v. Garland, et al., 19-CV-2641 - we succeeded in … Continue reading YEAR IN REVIEW: MAJOR PENNSYLVANIA AND FEDERAL FIREARMS LAW CASES OF 2023
ATF Issues Open Letter Classifying SOME “Solvent Traps” and Other Parts as Silencers
The latest development in the ongoing controversy over the sale of "solvent traps" to customers in the US took place on Monday, November 20th with the issuance of an ATF Open Letter advising Federal Firearms Licensees of the agency's examination of devices marketed as solvent traps. As Attorneys Dillon Harris and Joshua Prince have previously … Continue reading ATF Issues Open Letter Classifying SOME “Solvent Traps” and Other Parts as Silencers
MONUMENTAL DECISION – Federal Court, POST-BRUEN, Rules It’s Unconstitutional to Strip Second Amendment Rights as a Result of a Second DUI
Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince secured a major victory for Second Amendment jurisprudence in Williams v. Garland, et al., 19-CV-2641, where Judge Milton Younge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled in an 11 page memorandum that it was unconstitutional as-applied to Mr. Williams to preclude him in perpetuity from exercising his Second Amendment rights … Continue reading MONUMENTAL DECISION – Federal Court, POST-BRUEN, Rules It’s Unconstitutional to Strip Second Amendment Rights as a Result of a Second DUI
$3 Million Dollar Class Action Settlement Approved Against Franklin County Regarding Disclosure of License to Carry Firearms Applicant Information
I am proud to announce that that today - after 9 years of litigation - Adams County Senior Judge John D. Kuhn, specially presiding, signed a Final Order approving a settlement that was reached with Franklin County in the matter of John Doe 1, et al., v. Franklin County, et al, Franklin County Court of … Continue reading $3 Million Dollar Class Action Settlement Approved Against Franklin County Regarding Disclosure of License to Carry Firearms Applicant Information
Maryland Supreme Court Takes Up Case Involving Regulated Firearm Purchase Denial
The Maryland Supreme Court has issued an Order granting our client's Petition for a Writ of Certiorari In The Matter of Mark McCloy. For background, in 1999, Mr. McCloy was convicted of a federal witness tampering offense that carried a maximum potential term of imprisonment of one year. That conviction did not trigger a federal … Continue reading Maryland Supreme Court Takes Up Case Involving Regulated Firearm Purchase Denial
Philadelphia Loses Again, This Time in Relation To Its Unlawful Knife Ordinance
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Gerald McHugh issued an Order in Knife Rights, Inc., et al, v. City of Philadelphia, et al, 2:23-cv-1758 entering judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs and against the City of Philadelphia as a result of an acceptance of judgment. In essence, the City of Philadelphia, knowing it would lose … Continue reading Philadelphia Loses Again, This Time in Relation To Its Unlawful Knife Ordinance
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