Today, our firm filed an Emergency Application with the Supreme Court, seeking an order to vacate the stay issued by the Second Circuit of the preliminary injunction of New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act.
Morehouse v. ATF — Appellants’ Reply Brief
Today, our firm filed the Reply Brief of the Private Appellants in the appeal of the denial of a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s ATF rulemaking on frames and receivers in the Eighth Circuit.
Crawford v. Pennsylvania — Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in support of Pennsylvania’s firearms preemption statutes which establishes that Pennsylvania municipalities do not have the authority to enact local gun laws. We previously filed an amicus brief in this case when it was before the Commonwealth Court. Gilbert Ambler of Ambler Law Offices was co-counsel on the amicus brief.
Antonyuk v. Hochul — Preliminary Injunction
Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York issued a Preliminary Injunction, enjoining New York from enforcing certain provisions of its new Concealed Carry Improvement Act.
Morehouse v. ATF — Appellants’ Opening Brief
Today, our firm filed in the Eight Circuit the Opening Brief of the Private Appellants in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s ATF rulemaking on frames and receivers challenging the denial of a preliminary injunction by the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota.
Antonyuk v. Hochul — Temporary Restraining Order
This morning, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York issued a Temporary Restraining Order. The court temporarily restrained New York from enforcing certain provisions of its new Concealed Carry Improvement Act pending a decision on the motion for preliminary injunction.
Rhode v. Bonta — Supplemental Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed a supplemental amicus brief addressing the effect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen on the Rhode case. Our firm previously filed an amicus brief in support of Rhode in the Ninth Circuit on August 7, 2020.
Stickley v. Winchester — Preliminary Injunction
Today, the Circuit Court for Winchester City issue a preliminary injunction against portions of Winchester’s ban on carrying firearms in certain areas of the city.
Yukutake v. Hawaii — Supplemental Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed a supplemental amicus brief addressing the effect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen on the Yukutake case. Our firm previously filed an amicus brief in support of Yukutake in the Ninth Circuit on May 2, 2022.
Duncan v. Bonta — Supplemental Amicus Brief on Remand
Today, we filed a supplemental amicus brief on remand, our fourth amicus brief in this case. Our brief recounted the two-step test overturned by the Supreme Court in Bruen, and put this case in the context of the various cases on remand within the Ninth Circuit since Bruen. It then explained how to apply Bruen to this case. Our brief also reminded the Ninth Circuit of
Cargill v. Garland — Supplemental Amicus Brief on Rehearing En Banc
Today, our firm file a supplemental amicus brief for the Fifth Circuit’s rehearing en banc of a challenge to the ATF’s bump stock rule. (We previously file an amicus brief in support of the petition for rehearing en banc.) Our brief argued that the bump stock rule was politically motivated and that bump
Morehouse v. ATF — Amended Complaint with 17 States Joining as Plaintiffs
Today, we filed an amended complaint adding 17 States as plaintiffs joining our lawsuit challenging the ATF’s new “frame or receiver” rule.
Stickley v. Winchester — Supplemental Brief
Today, we filed a Supplemental Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Injunction, responding to the court’s request for an update in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in NYSPRA v. Bruen.
Morehouse v. ATF — Complaint against “Frame or Receiver” Rule
Today, we filed a challenge to the Biden Administration’s ATF final rule revising the definition of “frame” or “receiver” which was published on April 26, 2022.
Torcivia v. Suffolk County — Amicus Supporting Petition for Certiorari
Today our firm filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge to a Second Circuit decision which upheld an illegal search and seizure of firearms in his home by police after Petitioner was taken for a mental health examination. The police now assert that the “special needs exception” to the Fourth Amendment permitted the search and seizure.
Our brief urges the Supreme Court to grant
Article: “JSD Supply Files Temporary Restraining Order Against ATF …as 2nd Co. Issued C&D”
Ammoland Shooting Sports News published an article on the lawsuit we filed on behalf of JSD Supply against the cease-and-desist letter received from the ATF.
Stickley v. Winchester — Reply to Opposition to Motion for Temporary Injunction
Today, together with Gilbert Ambler of the Ambler Law Offices, LLC (Winchester, VA) and David Browne of Spiro & Browne, LLC (Richmond, VA), we filed a Reply to the City of Winchester’s opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Injunction.
Yukutake v. Hawaii — Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to help defend a decision of the district court of Hawaii striking down two state restrictions on firearms purchase. Hawaii law requires that even after obtaining a permit to purchase a specific handgun, the permit expired after 10 days, and then the firearm must be physically carried to a police station for inspection.
Three Amicus Briefs (including one by 22 states) Filed in Support of our Bumpstock Petition
Three amicus briefs were filed in support of our Petition for Certiorari in the bumpstock case, Gun Owners of America, et al. v. Garland:
— Amicus Brief filed by Montana, West Virginia, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho,
Cargill v. Garland — Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in support of a petition for rehearing en banc in a case challenging the bump stock ban. Our brief explained that bump stocks do not convert a semiautomatic firearm into a machinegun, and that only Congress has the power to amend the text of statutes. Finally, we explained that the district court’s and the court of appeals panel’s conclusions contradicted
Article: “Full Sixth Circuit takes up legality of bump stocks”
Courthouse News Service has this article on the Sixth Circuit’s en banc oral argument in the bump stocks case.
Rob Olson Presents Oral Argument before En Banc Sixth Circuit in Bumpstock Case
Today, Rob Olson presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit sitting en banc in our continuing litigation against ATF’s bump stock regulation issued in December 2018. The Sixth Circuit granted rehearing en banc after a three-judge panel ruled against the bump stock ban earlier this year. Audio of the oral argument is available.
Ammoland: John Crump on FEC Dismissal of Complaint Against Facebook and Kamala Harris
In this article, John Crump explained the story of the FEC’s denial of the complaint our firm filed for him and Gun Owners of America. That complaint asked the FEC to act against Facebook for its suppression of the anti-gun record of Kamala Harris during the 2020 campaign.
Roberts/GOA v. ATF
Today, as ordered by the Sixth Circuit, we filed a Supplemental Brief on the issue of Standing in our challenge to ATF’s revocation of the rights of licensed Michigan gun owners to purchase firearms without a NICS check.