Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that a Texas federal judge has denied a DOJ motion to gut FPC's major Second Amendment victory in FPC v. Bondi, a case where the court previously held that peaceable Americans must be allowed to carry firearms in Post Offices. As a result, the injunction in the case will continue to apply "to Plaintiffs and to all present and future members of Firearms Policy Coalition, Inc."
The plaintiffs challenging the ban include two FPC members as well as the Second Amendment Foundation. The plaintiffs are represented by David H. Thompson, Peter A. Patterson, William V. Bergstrom, and Megan M. Wold of Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, along with R. Brent Cooper and S. Hunter Walton of Cooper & Scully, P.C.
The order was issued on March 17, 2026. The merits of the lawsuit are currently on appeal at the Fifth Circuit.
The order was issued by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth.
The ban unconstitutionally prohibits peaceable Americans from carrying firearms in Post Offices despite there being no historical tradition supporting a ban on lawful firearm carriage on postal property.
"We are delighted that the law and common-sense prevailed in this important fight to secure the right to carry throughout the United States. The Trump Administration should stop trying to redline the Constitution and end their war on appropriate judicial relief," said FPC President Brandon Combs.
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