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FPC Fights Trump DOJ Effort to Gut Handgun Ban Victory—Even After Admitting the Law is Unconstitutional

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Firearms Policy Coalition filed a reply in the Fifth Circuit in FPC v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, formerly Reese v. ATF. The January 2025 Fifth Circuit held the federal licensed-dealer sales of handguns and ammunition to 18-to-20-year-old adults violate the Second Amendment, but the Trump Department of Justice seeks limited injunction and now mootness after September 17 Office of Legal Counsel opinion. Joined by the Second Amendment Foundation and Louisiana Shooting Association, FPC argues the opinion does not repeal the law or give lasting relief and seeks nationwide member protection including later joiners, not a universal injunction.

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