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
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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
Lawsuit Filed Against Lower Merion Township’s Unlawful And Unconstitutional Zoning Regulation of Firearm Dealers
Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince and attorney Dillon Harris of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group, a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., filed suit in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of Firearm Owners Against Crime – Institute for Legislative, Legal, and Educational Action (FOAC-ILLEA), Shot Tec, LLC, and Grant Schmidt … Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Against Lower Merion Township’s Unlawful And Unconstitutional Zoning Regulation of Firearm Dealers
Montgomery County Sheriff Agrees To Stay Firearm Licensee Inspection Policy
As our readers are aware, earlier this week, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince and attorney Dillon Harris of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group, a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., filed suit in the Commonwealth Court on behalf of Grant Schmidt, Shot Tec, LLC, and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) against Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner … Continue reading Montgomery County Sheriff Agrees To Stay Firearm Licensee Inspection Policy
Lawsuit Filed Against Montgomery County Sheriff’s Illegal and Unconstitutional Firearm Licensee Inspection Policy
Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince and attorney Dillon Harris of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group, a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., filed suit in the Commonwealth Court on behalf of Grant Schmidt, Shot Tec, LLC, and the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) against Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Christopher Paris and Montgomery County Sheriff Sean … Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Against Montgomery County Sheriff’s Illegal and Unconstitutional Firearm Licensee Inspection Policy
Democrats And Some House Republicans Supported Unconstitutional Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Bill
As many of you are aware, I have frequently written about the issues presented with Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) or otherwise referred to as red flag orders. Most recently, in 2019, when Republican Leadership was pushing SB 90 and HB 1075, I wrote an article - PA Republican Leadership Is Pushing Legislators to Enact … Continue reading Democrats And Some House Republicans Supported Unconstitutional Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Bill
Third Circuit: US Government Cannot Prohibit People Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes From Possessing Firearms
Yesterday, in an en banc, 11-4, decision, the Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Range v. Attorney General of the U.S., et al, No. 21-2835, 2023 WL 3833404 (3d Cir. June 6, 2023) held that as "Range is one of 'the people' who have Second Amendment rights" regardless of his prior conviction for making a … Continue reading Third Circuit: US Government Cannot Prohibit People Convicted of Non-Violent Crimes From Possessing Firearms
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