Firearms Industry Consulting Group Attorney Dillon Harris was just awarded the 2023 Outstanding Faculty Award by the National Business Institute for his efforts in preparing and presenting continuing legal education (CLE) courses teaching attorneys in Pennsylvania and other states about state and federal firearms laws. In considering eligibility for the award, NBI considers quantity and quality of speaking engagements and presentations as well as evaluations completed by course attendees. Please join us in congratulating Attorney Harris on his success and recognizing his contributions to educa ..read more

The ATF has – yet again – issued a regulation that threatens to criminalize a wide range of conduct based on criteria that are vague at best, and perhaps even incomprehensible. A new final rule signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland purports to amend the regulatory definition of when someone is “Engaged in the Business” as a dealer in firearms and would require a Federal Firearms License. This follows a change to the underlying federal law as a result of the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” (BPSCA) of 2022, which among other gun control measures amended the definition codified at 18 U.S ..read more

As our viewers know, on Wednesday, Judge Stickman issued a monumental injunction against the Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”), which, among other things, enjoined the PSP from prohibiting 18 to 20 year olds from obtaining a license to carry and permitting them to carry a concealed firearm in the absence of a license to carry firearms. Today, the PSP filed an emergency motion to alter/amend the injunction, which the Court granted within almost an hour of filing, without opportunity for Plaintiffs to respond, violative of Plaintiffs’ due process rights. The new Order only precludes the PSP from ..read more

As our viewers are aware, yesterday, Chief Counsel Joshua Prince of the Firearms Industry Consulting Group, secured a major injunction against the Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”), which, among other things, precludes the PSP from denying license to carry firearm (“LTCF”) applications by individuals between 18 and 20 years old. Earlier today, we posted about Sheriffs not being able to process LTCF applications because the PSP’s computer system will not allow them to utilize a date of birth of the applicant, where the applicant is under 21 years of age. As sheriffs in the Commonwealth are in a ..read more

We have received numerous reports of individuals, between the ages of 18 and 20, attempting to apply for their licenses to carry firearms, based on the injunction issued yesterday by Judge Stickman against the Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”), only for the PSP’s licensing system to preclude issuing authorities (i.e. generally sheriff departments) from submitting the applicant’s information. It is our understanding that issue is that the computer code of the PSP’s licensing system precludes an issuing authority from submitting the request, but that, the PSP’s IT Department is working on a fix ..read more

Today, attorney Andrew Teitelman, with Prince Law Offices, P.C., successfully defended against the bogus charges of disorderly conduct brought by Spring Grove’s School District Resource Officer. The background of this matter is somewhat summarized by this article. Attorney Teitelman, when asked his thoughts on the outcome, simply declared “justice prevailed in relation to these obscene and absurd charges. Based on the evidence of record and the testimony today from the school resource officer, the judge correctly dismissed the charges and we will now turn to vindicating Brandon’s rights, which ..read more

On Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 10am – 2pm,  Chief Counsel Joshua Prince and Attorney Dillon Harris of Firearms Industry Consulting Group® (FICG®), a division of Civil Rights Defense Firm, P.C., in conjunction with Trop Gun Shop, will offer a four (4) hour seminar on state and federal firearms law at their store located at  910 North Hanover St, Elizabethtown, PA 17022. Lunch will be provided during the seminar. To register, simply go to the training calendar on Trop’s website, click April and select the Legal Seminar. It is highly recommended that you register early, as last time ..read more

Today, in what appears to be another political, non-judicial, decision issued by the Pennsylvania Courts in the recent week, the Commonwealth Court, en banc, in a decision written by Judge Lori Dumas, with apparently no dissenting opinions, held in In Re: Appeal of The Gun Range, LLC that “there is no obvious textual link between the right to keep and bear arms and a right to sell them” and thus “there is no constitutional right to provide arms.” The court went on to declare that since it “conclude[s] that the plain text of the Second Amendment does not presumptively protect Gun Range’s propos ..read more

Yesterday, the PA Supreme Court issued an Order directing that oral argument be scheduled in Firearm Owners Against Crime – Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action (FOAC-ILLEA), et al. v. PSP Commissioner Paris, which involves the substantial delays with the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS) in performing background checks, which miraculously went away after Commonwealth Court Judge Patricia McCullough issued a preliminary injunction, and then re-occurred, when three other judges on the Commonwealth Court dissolved the injunction and dismissed the case. As the PA Supreme ..read more

On April 6, 2024, Firearms Industry Consulting Group Attorney Dillon Harris will join Ron Mest Sports for the 3rd Annual Firearms Safety and Law Seminar to present on a number of topics relevant to both new and experienced firearms owners. This is a full-day seminar with lunch and refreshments included. For the full agenda and ticket/registration instructions, check out Ron Mest Sports or the Eventbrite page for this event. You must register in advance, tickets will not be available at the door. 1712410200   days   hours  minutes  seconds until 3rd Annual Firearms and L ..read more