GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc. v. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · No. 14-13739 · 788 F.3d 1318
👎Unfavorable to gun rights
No substantial likelihood of success found; the firearms ban stays in effect, though the court left the ultimate merits open.
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What the court held
GeorgiaCarry.Org and a Georgia weapons-carry licensee sought a preliminary injunction against 36 C.F.R. section 327.13, which bans possession of loaded firearms on Army Corps of Engineers property outside designated hunting areas and shooting ranges, after the district commander denied written permission to carry at Allatoona Lake. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial, rejecting the plaintiffs' sole argument that the regulation is per se unconstitutional because it destroys their Second Amendment rights, reasoning that the ban is confined to a limited geographic area designed for recreation and so does not eliminate the right to keep and bear arms. The court found the preliminary-injunction record too thin for a full historical or scrutiny analysis, expressed no view on the ultimate constitutionality of the regulation, and remanded for further proceedings.
Summarized from the court's opinion.
What this case is about
Army Corps of Engineers regulation banning firearms on Corps-managed recreational land
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Key Dates
- 2015-06-09 — Decided
Sources
- CourtListener — retrieved 2026-08-08
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