US EditionJustice Department Plans Gun Rights Office Within Civil Rights Unit
The new section will enforce gun-rights protections and investigate local policies limiting firearms, following a presidential executive order and amid 378 mass shootings this year.
- On December 4 the Justice Department will open the Second Amendment Rights Section within its Civil Rights Division, chaired by Pam Bondi, to expand gun-rights protections.
- President Donald Trump's February executive order directed Bondi to review government infringements on gun rights as part of the administration's civil-rights redefinition.
- The DOJ says the reorganization uses existing funds and personnel, the Office of Management and Budget did not object, and attorneys will coordinate with the FBI, ATF, and U.S. Solicitor General.
- Earlier this year the Civil Rights Division opened a probe into the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department over concealed-carry permit delays, which the department denies, citing only 14 employees review thousands of applications.
- The broader context includes 378 mass shootings by November 25 and a Jan. 20 Supreme Court hearing that may limit Justice Department authority as it opposes Hawaii's law and seeks to withdraw at least a dozen consent decrees.
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DOJ Forms New Second Amendment Rights Section
Scales of Justice Gun Laws Court Gavel Judges iStock-Denise Hasse1136158583 The Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching a new unit dedicated to protecting Americans’ gun rights. The office, known as the Second Amendment Rights Section, is scheduled to open on December 4. The office’s focus will be on investigating local policies and laws that violate an American’s right to keep and bear arms as protect…
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US Justice Department plans gun rights office within civil rights unit
The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to enforcing the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms, according to plans shared with Congress and reviewed
Justice Department plans gun rights office within civil rights unit
The Justice Department plans to expand gun-rights protections with a new office in its civil rights division dedicated to enforcing the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms, according to plans shared with Congress and reviewed
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