DSSA - Delaware State Sportsmen's Association

12/02/2025

12/02/2025

BAD NEWS WITH A SILVER LINING:
Today the 3rd Circuit denied our emergency motion to immediately block Delaware’s unconstitutional “Permit-to-Purchase” scheme from taking effect. That means the state’s new red-tape nightmare starts continues… for now.

BUT HERE’S THE WIN: The Appeals Court DID NOT punt this back to the lower court like the state wanted. Instead, they fast-tracked it—issued an expedited briefing schedule and will hear our full injunction request on the merits before a three-judge panel.
Translation: We’re still very much in the fight, and the court is taking our Second Amendment challenge seriously.
Delaware politicians thought they could ram this gun-control garbage through and that we the people would just take it lying down. They were wrong.
We’re not backing down. Every restrictive permit, every additional background check, every new hoop they invent is getting challenged—hard.
Your rights are under attack, but we’re locked, loaded, and pushing forward. Stay ready—this one’s going all the way up if we have to.


Bookmark our website to stay up to date with the legal proceedings: https://dssa.us/legal-challenge-to-permit-to-purchase/

11/17/2025

Appeal has been filed! Scroll to the bottom of the page to read the motion we just filed with the 3rd Circuit. We will continue to fight for our rights until there is no fight left to win.

https://dssa.us/legal-challenge-to-permit-to-purchase/

11/17/2025

If you have to ask permission, it's not a right and that's why we're suing the State, again. Unfortunately, these challenges aren't cheap. If you believe in our cause, we're asking you to donate to DSSA at www.dssa.us/donate today! Without you, our fight ends and our rights are lost

11/15/2025

Attorney General Kathy Jennings, you didn't think violating our rights would be that easy did you?

NOTICE OF APPEAL
Notice is hereby given that all Plaintiffs hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from the District Court’s Memorandum Opinion and Order dated November 14, 2025 (D.I. 37-38), which denied Plaintiffs' Motion for Expedited Injunctive Relief.

More info to come. Head over to https://dssa.us/legal-challenge-to-permit-to-purchase/ to stay up to date on filings.

Want to help us fight? Head over to www.dssa.us/join or www.dssa.us/donate. We NEED your support!

11/08/2025

Tomorrow’s the day! Big prizes for the top shooters! Support DSSA and our continued fight against these unconstitutional laws!

Important Notice

Due to the inclement weather forecasted for the morning hours, registration sign-up deadline will be extended.

BIG $$$CASH$$$ PRIZES TOMORROW.
DON'T MISS THIS GREAT EVENT

11/05/2025

BREAKING NEWS:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a hearing on the plaintiffs' motion is set for 11/13/2025 at 02:00 PM in Courtroom 4A before Judge Maryellen Noreika. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this Oral Order on the defendants promptly. ORDERED by Judge Maryellen Noreika on 11/4/2025. (mdb).

This is why we're here: to defend our right to bear arms and sometimes we get judges who understand the urgency of our pleas.

As with all of these challenges, they don';t happen without YOUR help. Please donate at www.dssa.us/donate.

11/04/2025

Today, the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association and its allies opened a new front in the continuing war against governmental overreaching, tyranny, and hypocrisy, expanding once again its ongoing efforts to defend your right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes.

According to sources inside Delaware’s state government, the State Police are scrambling in a vain attempt to meet the deadline set by the General Assembly.

November 16th is the “drop dead” date after which only a select few individuals – such as persons holding Concealed Carry Permits – will be able to purchase a handgun in Delaware without a DSP-issued permit – a permit that may not even be available to the average citizen on that all-important drop-dead date.

DSP has already missed several critical deadlines and are using unprecedented “quick fixes” to get past those problems – quick fixes that are themselves of questionable legality.

Today, we filed a new lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware challenging Delaware’s new Permit-to-Purchase law, seeking a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and a full-fledged injunction.

Essentially, this new lawsuit asks the court to stop the implementation of Permit-to-Purchase and to maintain the status quo until such time as the legality of Permit-to-Purchase can be decided by the courts. In other words, this suit asks the Court to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens until those rights can be adjudicated and ultimately vindicated under the Second, Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments.

This new lawsuit is just the latest in a long line of court actions brought by DSSA and its allies on behalf of Delaware’s law-abiding gun-owners, hunters, collectors, sportsmen/women and self-defense enthusiasts.

Join the fight today by supporting DSSA www.dssa.us/donate

10/16/2025

Today at the Federal Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, an en banc panel heard a challenge to New Jersey’s bans on semiautomatic guns and magazines over ten rounds.

This decision WILL have direct impacts on our cases against the State of Delaware.

Here is a breakdown of the arguments:

The US Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, heard oral argument today in the Mark Cheeseman and ANRPC fight over NJ's AR15/magazine bans. Bondi's DOJ filed a bri...

10/11/2025

DSSA - Delaware State Sportsmen's Association along with US LawShield are here for the festivities. Stop by and see us. DSSA members get a discount when you use our DSSA link or QR code to sign up for coverage.

10/07/2025

We are unfortunately getting one step closer to Permit to Purchase being live (November 16th). DSSA filed a lawsuit challenging it within hours of of being signed in to law and were still going through the courts but we NEED your help to fight these unconstitutional laws!

Donate today at www.dssa.us/donate