FPC Files Third Circuit Brief in Age-Based Gun Ban Case

PHILADELPHIA (November 27, 2024) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a supplemental brief with the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in its Paris v. Lara case. Last month, the Supreme Court remanded the case following the Court’s Rahimi decision. The brief can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/lara.

“The Supreme Court’s decision” in Rahimi “does not in the least undermine this Court’s prior judgment in this case,” FPC and its co-plaintiffs argued in the brief. “While Rahimi is instructive as an example of how to apply the framework that was first applied in [D.C. v. Heller], and made more explicit in [NYSRPA v. Bruen], unlike those cases, Rahimi did not purport to be anything more than an application of existing precedent. This Court faithfully applied that same precedent when it decided this case, so Rahimi does not require changing anything in the prior decision.”

The Lara case is part of FPC’s high-impact strategic litigation program, FPC Law, aimed at eliminating immoral laws and creating a world of maximal liberty. FPC was joined in the litigation by individual FPC members and the Second Amendment Foundation. FPC thanks FPC Action Foundation for its strategic support of this FPC Law case.

Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit membership organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutional rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. We work to achieve our strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs. Our FPC Law program (FPCLaw.org) is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. Individuals who want to support FPC’s work to eliminate unconstitutional laws can join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org or make a donation at firearmspolicy.org/donate. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, visit FPCLegal.org and follow FPC on Instagram, X (Twitter), Facebook, and YouTube.