PORTLAND, Ore. (October 30, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today confirmed the filing of its Second Amended Complaint (SAC) in Montgomery v. Rosenblum, the federal challenge to Oregon’s unconstitutional ban on personally manufactured firearms (PMFs), enacted through House Bill 2005 (HB 2005). This filing follows the District Court’s September dismissal of the case in an absurdly activist decision that flipped Supreme Court Second Amendment precedent on its head and allowed the State to evade historical scrutiny.
FPC’s SAC demonstrates that the combined force of Oregon’s statutes, which ban the possession of both unserialized precursors and finished self-made firearms, function as a total and absolute prohibition on the right to make one’s own arms. It also surgically addresses the district court’s flawed order by exhaustively linking the ban directly to conduct and arms that are indisputably protected by the Second Amendment. This makes crystal clear that Oregon’s laws amount to an unconstitutional ban and that it is the State’s burden to justify them using relevant history—which it cannot do.
Said FPC President Brandon Combs, “With this amended complaint, the Court has two choices: either hold Oregon’s feet to the fire or ignore the Supreme Court’s precedents altogether. Oregon completely banned an entire mode of exercising the right to keep and bear arms by eliminating the ability of people to make their own arms for lawful purposes. The State bears the burden of proving that its immoral scheme to criminalize rights is consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition, and they will fail. Our Second Amended Complaint clearly shows that the right to keep and bear arms includes the right to make them. Every relevant historical principle supports that right. FPC looks forward to vigorously prosecuting this case to secure a permanent injunction against Oregon’s unconstitutional ban.”
Individuals who support this important case and want to help eliminate unconstitutional laws across the United States can join the FPC Grassroots Army at JoinFPC.org.
Key case documents in Montgomery can be viewed at firearmspolicy.org/montgomery. FPC is joined in this case by three individual FPC members and Oregon Firearms Federation. The plaintiffs are represented by Benbrook Law Group and Leonard W. Williamson. FPC thanks FPC Action Foundation for its strategic support of this FPC Law case.
About the Firearms Policy Coalition
Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 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 is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, follow FPC on X (Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.
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