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On 21 May 2026 at 2:55pm, the Clerk of Indiana Supreme Court filed an order signed by Chief Justice Loretta Rush. This order was a paragraph long and simply stated the Indiana Supreme Court would not take a case that had been unanimously ruled on by the Indiana Court of Appeals.
While there wasn’t much fanfare, this order effectively ended the near-27-year-old civil lawsuit actually named City of Gary v. Smith and Wesson Corporation, et al, but it is more commonly referred to as “Gary v. Glock.”
Fast-forward to late-2023.
400,000 ATF Form 4473s were going to be turned over. This of course is the ATF Form 4473 that contains: full name, address, place of birth, date of birth, demographics, and quite often social security number. This gained a lot of attention among 2nd Amendment (2A) supporters nation-wide. Fortunately, the 2024 session of the Indiana General Assembly was beginning in January.
January 2024: Representative Chris Jeter introduced House Bill (HB) 1235 Prohibited Causes of Action Concerning Firearms. There was no doubt this bill was written to end the lawsuit known as Gary v. Glock and prevent the disclosure of the information on 400,000 ATF Form 4473s.
In December 2025 (16 months later) arguments are made at the Indiana Court of Appeals. Later that month, the Indiana Court of Appeals unanimously ruled the case would be sent back to the district court for dismissal.
www.isrpa.org
While there wasn’t much fanfare, this order effectively ended the near-27-year-old civil lawsuit actually named City of Gary v. Smith and Wesson Corporation, et al, but it is more commonly referred to as “Gary v. Glock.”
Fast-forward to late-2023.
400,000 ATF Form 4473s were going to be turned over. This of course is the ATF Form 4473 that contains: full name, address, place of birth, date of birth, demographics, and quite often social security number. This gained a lot of attention among 2nd Amendment (2A) supporters nation-wide. Fortunately, the 2024 session of the Indiana General Assembly was beginning in January.
January 2024: Representative Chris Jeter introduced House Bill (HB) 1235 Prohibited Causes of Action Concerning Firearms. There was no doubt this bill was written to end the lawsuit known as Gary v. Glock and prevent the disclosure of the information on 400,000 ATF Form 4473s.
In December 2025 (16 months later) arguments are made at the Indiana Court of Appeals. Later that month, the Indiana Court of Appeals unanimously ruled the case would be sent back to the district court for dismissal.
After Nearly 27 Years, It’s Finally Over - Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association
On 21 May 2026 at 2:55pm, the Clerk of Indiana Supreme Court filed an order signed by Chief Justice Loretta Rush. This order was a paragraph long and simply stated the Indiana Supreme Court would not take a case that had been unanimously ruled on by the Indiana Court of Appeals. While there...
www.isrpa.org
