CCRKBA CHEERS REPORT THAT DOJ HAS DECLARED WAR ON ANTI-GUN LAWS
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering a Washington Times report that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, under Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, is targeting restrictive gun laws that don’t square with the Second Amendment.
“We’re calling this a progress report on what the Trump administration announced last year regarding Second Amendment scrutiny on local gun regulations,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Based on what we know so far, it looks like progress is being made, and it can’t happen too soon for America’s beleaguered gun owners, especially in jurisdictions such as California, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.”
Last year, CCRKBA publicly identified the “Dirty Dozen” states where gun control laws need to be challenged by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. The list includes California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon and Washington. Now, it appears, Virginia may be added to the list, Gottlieb suggested.
“Harmeet Dhillon is like a breath of fresh air at an agency which historically has remained mute when state legislatures have adopted restrictive gun laws that cannot possibly pass the constitutional smell test,” Gottlieb stated. “Her goal of seeing unconstitutional gun laws struck down before her time on the job comes to an end is ambitious, but we’re hoping she can follow through and finish the task. So much needs to be done to restore the Second Amendment to its full potential.
“American gun owners are tired of seeing anti-gun politicians, allied with the billionaire-backed gun prohibition lobby, constantly eroding our fundamental rights,” he observed. “It definitely looks like the Civil Rights Division under Dhillon is determined to give the Second Amendment some teeth.
“The right to keep and bear arms is as fundamental as free speech, freedom of the press, religion, the right to legal counsel and all the other rights protected by the Bill of Rights,” Gottlieb said. “Some in Congress and state legislatures may have forgotten, but it looks like Ms. Dhillon is determined to remind them. For that, she deserves our support, and a round of applause.”
