FPC Court Brief Slams Trump DOJ’s Defense of NFA

AMARILLO, Texas (January 20, 2026) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) today announced the filing of a combined reply and opposition brief in Jensen v. ATF, an FPC-backed federal lawsuit challenging key provisions of the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA). FPC is supporting the litigation as part of its nationwide program of strategic litigation to eliminate unconstitutional laws and policies that restrict the right to keep and bear arms. The brief and more information about the case are available at firearmspolicy.org/jensen.

The new filing comes as the Trump Administration’s Department of Justice continues a sustained pattern of aggressively defending the NFA and other federal gun control in court—including fighting to limit injunctive relief and preserve its ability to enforce laws that were held to violate the Second Amendment. Instead of working to end these unlawful restrictions, the DOJ has been actively working to uphold the NFA and to preserve the federal government’s regime of unconstitutional federal restrictions and criminal penalties for peaceable Americans.

“President Trump promised to end unconstitutional gun control like the NFA, but his DOJ is in court fighting to keep every bit of it,” said FPC President Brandon Combs. “If the Trump Administration is at all serious about restoring the right to keep and bear arms, it should immediately stop spending taxpayer resources to defend unconstitutional laws that treat peaceable gun owners like criminals. The President can end the government’s reign of terror with a call. He should pick up the phone and do it.”

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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.