The Trump Department of Justice voluntarily moved to dismiss its appeal of the Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) victory against the federal post office gun ban in FPC v. Blanche — formerly FPC v. Bondi. If the Fifth Circuit grants the unopposed motion, the district court’s permanent injunction will remain in place unchanged.

The plaintiffs include FPC, two FPC members, and the Second Amendment Foundation.

The government filed its motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The federal post office gun ban unconstitutionally prohibited FPC and SAF members from carrying firearms for self-defense inside ordinary post offices and on surrounding postal property. The district court entered summary judgment and a permanent injunction for the plaintiffs, then rejected the government’s effort to restrict that relief to only those who were members when the lawsuit was filed. The injunction protects all present and future FPC and SAF members. After fighting the case and appealing the judgment, the Trump DOJ has now asked to abandon its appeal.

The Trump DOJ spent far too long defending an immoral and unconstitutional ban that treated peaceable Americans like criminals. Now, after losing on the merits and failing to gut the relief protecting our members, the government is finally waving the white flag. Good. This victory protects every present and future member of the FPC Grassroots Army, and it proves once again that membership can have real, direct consequences for the exercise of constitutional rights. But the government deserves no credit for finally abandoning its authoritarian effort to preserve an unconstitutional and immoral law. FPC will continue to Fight Forward until every unconstitutional gun ban is eliminated, full stop.

— FPC President Brandon Combs

Source: Firearms Policy Coalition, firearmspolicy.org/trump-doj-abandons-appeal-of-fpc-post-office-gun-ban-victory