Firearms Industry Consulting Group’s Twenty-Sixth Bi-Annual Machinegun Shoot...
Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., will be hosting our twenty-sixth bi-annual machine gun shoot at Eastern Lancaster County Rod and Gun Club on...
View ArticleLandmark PA Supreme Court Opinion Rules Open Fields Doctrine Unconstitutional
The "Open Fields Doctrine" is a judicially created exception to the U.S. Constitution's 4th Amendment which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures (or at least it should). Under the open...
View ArticleUS Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Philadelphia Police...
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division announced that it had opened an investigation into whether the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) - which is responsible for issuing...
View ArticleMONUMENTAL Decision – Regulation of Act 235 – PA’s Lethal Weapons Act – Ruled...
Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince, assisted by Attorney Dillon Harris, secured a monumental decision by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, wherein the Court ruled that Pennsylvania State Police...
View ArticleFirearms Law Seminar – May 16, 2026 with Lodestone Training!
On Saturday, May 16, 2026, from 1pm – 5pm, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince and Attorney Dillon Harris of Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., in...
View ArticleMONUMENTAL VICTORY: PSP’s Policy on Partially Manufactured Frames and...
Today, after six years of litigation, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group (“FICG), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., secured a major victory against the...
View ArticlePA Game Commission Now Accepting Applications for 2026 Shooting Range...
Earlier this week the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) opened the application window for their 2026 Shooting Range Improvement Program (SRIP) Grants. Similar to years past, PGC is advertising that...
View ArticleAnnual Firearms Safety and Law Seminar with Ron Mest Sports on March 15, 2026...
On March 15, 2026, Firearms Industry Consulting Group Chief Counsel Joshua Prince will join Ron Mest Sports and several other presenters for the 5th Annual Firearms Safety and Law Seminar at Pike...
View ArticleMonumental Victory For Gun Owners – Harrisburg’s Final Gun Ordinance Falls…
Today, after 11 years of litigation, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group (“FICG), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., secured a major victory against the...
View ArticleFOAC-ILLEA Files Letter Against Montgomery County Sheriff Kilkenny’s Unlawful...
Today, Chief Counsel Josh Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group (“FICG), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., filed a letter on behalf of Firearm Owners Against Crime – Institute...
View ArticleMonumental Win – Lower Merion Township’s Regulation of Gun Dealers Ruled...
Today, Chief Counsel Josh Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group (“FICG), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., secured a major, en banc (i.e. entire court), victory against the...
View ArticleOpportunity For Federal Firearms Relief May Be Coming to A Close
As we previously posted, we've had the inside track, for the past two months, on how to currently apply for federal firearms relief - as a result of our successful Second Amendment as-applied...
View ArticleFirearms Industry Consulting Group’s Twenty-Fifth Bi-Annual Machinegun Shoot...
Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., will be hosting our twenty-fifth bi-annual machine gun shoot at Eastern Lancaster County Rod and Gun Club on...
View ArticleGame Commission Adopts Sunday Hunting Days for 2025
If you've been following our recent articles about the General Assembly's repeal of Pennsylvania's antiquated Sunday hunting prohibition and Governor Shapiro's decision to sign it into law you would...
View ArticleCould SBR’s Soon Be Cheaper than Rifles? A Possible Side Effect of the BBB
As anybody who has paid even a little bit of attention to the news recently surely knows, the federal government recently passed this year's budget reconciliation (Big Beautiful Bill), touching on...
View ArticleGovernor Shapiro Signs Sunday Hunting Repeal: What You Need to Know
As we discussed in our previous article, the repeal of the prohibition on Sunday hunting was headed for Governor Shapiro's desk; however, it was unknown whether Governor Shapiro would sign it. Today,...
View ArticleFederal Firearms Relief – We Have The Inside Track On Filing Applications...
As discussed in our recent article, earlier this year Attorney General Bondi published an Interim Final Rule reviving the Federal Firearms Relief process under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) by rescinding the...
View ArticleRepeal of Ban on Sunday Hunting Heads to the Governor’s Desk!
It was almost six year ago the first time I wrote an article here about an expansion to Sunday hunting opportunities in the Commonwealth, and all we were getting was three measly days per year for big...
View ArticlePA Attorney General Dave Sunday – Constitutional Traitor or Oath-Keeper?
It is difficult to go on Facebook or any internet firearm forum without seeing all the negative comments about the decisions being made by newly-elected Attorney General David Sunday. But are those...
View ArticleAG Bondi Chastises Montgomery County Sheriff Kilkenny and PA AG Sunday
Pennsylvania residents interested in firearms are likely already aware that Licenses to Carry Firearms necessary to escape the draconian restrictions the General Assembly has placed on the carry of...
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