DOJ is going after Los Angeles for Carry Permit abuses

NJ & Federal Gun Laws and Activism National Gun Law Discussion
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As part of a broader review of restrictive firearms-related laws in California and other States, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division today announced an investigation into the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to determine whether it is engaging in a pattern or practice of depriving ordinary, law-abiding Californians of their Second Amendment rights. A recent federal court decision found that “the law and facts [we]re clearly in … favor” of two private plaintiffs who challenged the lengthy eighteen-month delays that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department had imposed when processing their concealed handgun license applications. And the Civil Rights Division has reason to believe that those two plaintiffs are not the only residents of Los Angeles County experiencing similarly long delays that are unduly burdening, or effectively denying, the Second Amendment rights of the people of Los Angeles.

The Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized that the Second Amendment is not “a second-class right.” And over the past two decades, the Supreme Court has recognized that the Second Amendment is a fundamental, individual constitutional right and has taken multiple opportunities to strengthen Second Amendment protections for ordinary, law-abiding citizens. …

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Weaponizing the DOJ the proper way.

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Chad Mizelle, Chief of Staff at DOJ, posted a series of statements related to this action - recommend reading the entire series at one of the links below:

https://xcancel.com/ChadMizelle47/status/1905409459352133692#m

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This is an extremely important investigation, i can only hope our ( nj ) pro 2a attorneys are sending letters to the DOJ on our plight in nj.
Cost of permit, time to process, entire permit process. Lets go ANJRPC, CNJRPO and all others.

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Here you go @Revenger -

ANJRPC contact form:

Link: Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs

CNJFO contact form:

Link: Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners - Contact Us

NJ Firearms Owners Syndicate contact form:

Link: Contact Us – New Jersey Firearm Owners Syndicate

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Thanks for the links
I sent one over the weekend and will try to get time tomorrow to send the others. We need to strike now.