Current Litigation
Updated Thursday, May 13, 2021
NRA-ILA Champions the Second Amendment in courtrooms across the country. A list of NRA-ILA’s current cases is below. For more information on NRA-ILA’s efforts to protect your rights, please visit nraila.org.
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Supreme Court of the United States Cases
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen
Challenging New York’s requirement that applicants for a concealed-carry license show that they have “proper cause” to carry a firearm as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, Inc. v. Grewal
Challenging New Jersey’s ban on magazines capable of accepting more than ten rounds of ammunition as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Filed an amicus curiae brief in support of a challenge to ATF’s rule classifying bump stocks as machine guns and arguing that courts should not defer to ATF’s interpretation of the Gun Control Act.
Challenging California’s ban on magazines capable of accepting more than ten rounds as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
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Arizona
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Forest Service
Defending hunters’ ability to use traditional ammunition in the Kaibab National Forest from a lawsuit alleging that using traditional ammunition violates the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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California
Altman v. County of Santa Clara
Challenging four California counties’ “emergency” COVID-19 orders that closed gun shops and ranges as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Challenging California’s endangerment of law-abiding gun owners by divulging their sensitive personal information in violation of the United States and California Constitutions.
Challenging California’s restrictive process for issuing carry permits as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Defending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to return gray wolf management over to the states, which is better for wildlife management and benefits hunters.
Challenging Los Angeles County’s “Safer at Home Order for Control of COVID-19” that closed gun shops and shooting ranges as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Challenging California’s draconian restrictions that require all ammunition purchasers pay a tax, pass a background check, and complete the sale in a face-to-face setting as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Challenging California’s ban on promoting youth hunting and youth shooting sports programs.
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Colorado
Challenging the City of Boulder’s so-called assault weapon and large-capacity magazine ban under Colorado’s preemption statute.
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Connecticut
Soukaneh v. Andrzejewski (amicus)
Filed an amicus curiae brief in support of a lawsuit concerning how the police may respond when presented with a concealed carry permit.
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Delaware
Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association v. Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Challenging Delaware’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity magazines” under the federal and state right to keep and bear arms.
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Florida
Challenging Florida’s ban on transferring firearms to law-abiding individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Fried v. State of Florida (Amicus)
Filed an amicus brief defending Florida’s firearm preemption statute that imposes personal liability on any local official who imposes burdens on the Second Amendment.
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Illinois
Challenging Cook County’s “Firearms Tax,” which imposes a $25 tax for each firearm purchased, a $.05 tax on every round of centerfire ammunition, and a $.01 tax on every round of rimfire ammunition sold as a violation of Illinois’ constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Challenging Illinois’ Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card requirement as unconstitutional under Illinois’ constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Guns Save Life, Inc. v. Village of Deerfield
Challenging the City of Deerfield’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” and magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds as preempted under Illinois law.
Challenging Illinois’ ban on so-called “assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines.
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Maryland
Maryland Shall Issue, Inc. v. Hogan
Challenging Maryland’s Handgun Qualification License, which requires multiple fees, lengthy instruction courses, and delays up to 30 days before one can purchase a handgun as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
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Montana
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Defending the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to open or expand hunting and fishing opportunities on more than 2.3 million acres of land on 106 National Wildlife Refuges and National Fish Hatcheries.
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New York
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen (NYSRPA v. Bruen II)
Challenging New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which imposes undue burdens on carry license applicants and effectively bans carrying in all public places under the First, Second, and Fourteenth Amendments.
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New Jersey
Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association v. Grewal (Amicus)
Filed an amicus brief opposing a New Jersey’s refusal to recognize retired law enforcement officers’ concealed-carry rights under the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act.
Challenging New Jersey’s restrictive requirement that people show a “justifiable need” to carry a firearm as unlawful infringement on the Second Amendment.
Challenging New Jersey’s law that imposes undue burdens on carry license applicants and effectively bans carrying in all public places under the First, Second, and Fourteenth Amendments.
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Pennsylvania
Anderson v. City of Pittsburgh
Challenging the City of Pittsburgh’s ban on magazines capable of holding more than ten rounds of ammunition as preempted under Pennsylvania state law.
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Texas
Filed an amicus curiae brief in support of a challenge to ATF’s rule classifying bump stocks as machine guns and arguing that courts should not defer to ATF’s interpretation of the Gun Control Act.
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Virginia
Challenging Fairfax County’s ban on possessing firearms in parks and other vaguely defined areas under Virginia’s constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
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Washington
Challenging the City of Seattle’s firearm storage ordinance as preempted under Washington state law.
Challenging the City of Edmonds’s firearm storage as preempted under Washington state law.
Challenging Washington’s ban on the sale of certain firearms to 18-20-year-olds and out of state residents as an unconstitutional infringement of the Second Amendment.
Monday, February 6, 2023
Ambitious gun control advocates have long sought a “whole of government approach” to stamping out the right to keep and bear arms. This involves weaponizing not just the ATF and FBI against gun owners and ...
Monday, January 30, 2023
On Monday, January 30, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) published the final Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule for public inspection in the federal register.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
On Friday, January, 13, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) posted the “final” Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached “Stabilizing Braces” rule to its website.
Monday, February 6, 2023
New Jersey’s losing streak trying to defend its recent gun control laws in court continued last Tuesday when a federal judge – appointed by Joe Biden, no less – issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of a ...
Monday, January 30, 2023
Today, Representative Chuck Brannan (R-10) filed House Bill 543, the NRA-backed constitutional carry bill. The Constitutional Rights, Rule of Law & Government Operations Subcommittee will hear it on February 7th from 4-6PM. Florida is currently in ...