First Grant of Federal Firearms Relief Since the Program Opened to the Public
On Tuesday, Attorney Dillon Harris secured the first grant of federal firearms relief for a client, since the program quasi-opened to the public, through invitations. Based on our experience over the...
View ArticleMONUMENTAL DECISION: Third Circuit Holds That It Is Unconstitutional To Strip...
Yesterday, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince, assisted by Attorney Dillon Harris, secured a monumental, en banc decision by the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, wherein the Court, in addition to outright...
View ArticleFOAC-ILLEA Files Request With Attorney General Sunday Regarding ATF’s Open...
Today, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince, joined by Jim Stoker, President of Firearm Owners Against Crime - Institute for Legal, Legislative, and Educational Action (FOAC-ILLEA), filed a letter request with...
View ArticleDOJ Federal Firearms Rights Restoration (FFRR) Hits its First Delay
For those who have been following along with the gradual development of the new Federal Firearms Relief program, or as DOJ is calling it - Federal Firearms Rights Restoration, that was revived in March...
View ArticleDOJ Opinion Finds Age-Based Handgun Ban for 18–20-Year-Olds Unconstitutional
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel’s issued, through a Press Release, a 49 page opinion, concluding that 18-to-20-year-olds are among "the people" protected by the Second...
View ArticleFirearms 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...
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