FORT WORTH, Texas – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today warned of a new Trump Administration strategy to block enforcement of constitutional rights.
In its recent brief in Elite Precision Customs v. ATF — FPC’s Second Amendment lawsuit challenging the federal ban on purchasing handguns outside a person’s state of residence — the Department of Justice argued that, if FPC is successful in striking down the law, the court should enter an extremely narrow injunction that would leave the unconstitutional law in place for everyone except two individuals and one Texas firearms retailer, allowing them to continue denying millions of peaceable people their right to keep and bear arms.
“If the Court grants an injunction, that injunction should extend no further than to bar enforcement of any laws the Court deems unconstitutional against the named plaintiffs specifically identified in the complaint,” the Trump Administration argues in its brief. “Because the [FPC] has not identified any of its members other than the named plaintiffs, the government would have no way to know whom an injunction restricting enforcement of the challenged laws covers.”
“The Trump DOJ’s scheme would gut nearly every lawsuit against the federal government unless and until the Supreme Court steps in,” said FPC President Brandon Combs.
“This isn’t just a threat to Second Amendment supporters — it’s a threat to every American. The Trump Administration must stop playing keep-away with constitutionally protected rights and put an end to this misguided strategy to obstruct justice.”
FPC today warned of a new Trump Administration strategy to block enforcement of constitutional rights.https://t.co/R3b1kRgnEA
— Firearms Policy Coalition (@gunpolicy) August 21, 2025
About Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC)—a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization—exists to create a world of maximal individual liberty, defend constitutional rights, and restore the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. FPC pursues these goals through strategic litigation, legal scholarship, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory advocacy, grassroots activism, education, and outreach. FPC’s legal arm, FPC Law, is the nation’s leading initiative dedicated to restoring the right to keep and bear arms across the United States. To learn more about FPC’s lawsuits and pro–Second Amendment efforts, sign up for FPC news alerts at firearmspolicy.org and follow FPC on X, Instagram, and Facebook.
So it’s only a right if a judge says so and only for those who can pay off a lawyer and a judge.
and what about the so-called “interstate commerce clause”, that part of the Constitution that MANDATES that trade be “made regular” between the several states? WHen I was 17 I was visiting cousins in Washington. a cousin and I went into downtown Port Orchard to Pete’s Gun Store. I bought a .30/06 hunting rifle for cash and walked out. totally legal. I did not live in Washington State. Years late I moved to Washington. Needed a coyote gun, hopped into my car and drove across the river into Oregon. I had seen a gun store there. Walked in, said I’m looking… Read more »
How on Earth can a law be Unconstitutional, if enforced on one individual, but not on another.
Lawyers have made the Law illogical.
another scam by goobers that needs to be shot down , they hate free thinkers and individualists
A blatant violation of the equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment.
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
If “stupid” was a commodity we could make a fortune exporting it. Certainly no shortage here.
The Commie States would be screaming even louder about illegal guns brought into their safe little pieces of heaven. Cloud nines like Chicago, Philly, Compton, Oakland, Boston, Baltimore, Newark…
As if it would make a difference!
SCROTUS wiII NEVER step up, they are shlte!
File this under the heading “Be Careful What You Wish For” Remember all those injunctions issued by judges blocking enforcement of many of Trump’s priorities? And how they were nationwide injunctions? And how everybody on the right wailed, “A SINGLE JUDGE CANT BLOCK THE PRESIDENT ACROSS THE WHOLE NATION”? And the SC ruled that injunctions were limited except for certain situations which does not fit this case at all? so understand this IS NOT about the 2A, Guns, or anything remotely having to do with that. It’s about the precedent to strictly limit how wide a federal judge can issue… Read more »
“Because the [FPC] has not identified any of its members other than the named plaintiffs, the government would have no way to know whom an injunction restricting enforcement of the challenged laws covers.”
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“Hi civil rights group, give us a list of your members and let those be publicly available via court records, tee hee hugs kisses”