Promises Made, Promises Kept: DOJ Keeps Up Second Amendment Offense

We are not getting tired of heaping praise upon Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), as she continues to push the envelope when it comes to the Trump administration defending the Second Amendment.  Last week, we wrote about a letter she sent to California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Robert Bonta (D) that notified the pair that she has “authorized the filing of a complaint in federal district court against” California.

While Dhillon offered the duo the opportunity to avoid going to court by entering into negotiations to address constitutional issues with California’s Glock ban and the California Handgun Roster statutes, Bonta responded to the offer with a complete rejection.

Assistant AG Dhillon’s retort, a post to X, said, “See y’all in court!”  Shortly after, the DOJ announced it had filed the promised lawsuit.

Dhillon has a habit of responding to posts on X that proclaim unconstitutional and illegal activities by promising future litigation.  When it was announced anti-gun Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) had signed Virginia’s ban on semi-automatic firearms and standard-capacity magazines, Dhillon went with the more common phrasing, “See you in court!”

True to her word, the same day DOJ announced its California suit it announced the filing of a lawsuit against the Virginia bans.  That day, July 1, was the day the Virginia law was to go into effect.

This lawsuit challenging the ban on constitutional grounds at the federal level merely adds to the growing list of setbacks for anti-gun extremists in the Old Dominion; a list that includes pro-Second Amendment government officials stating they would not enforce the unconstitutional ban and an injunction against enforcing the law thanks to a suit filed by NRA and others challenging the ban at the state level.

NRA has also filed a lawsuit against the ban in federal court.

We don’t anticipate anti-gun zealots letting up one iota in their unconstitutional campaign to eradicate the Second Amendment and disarm law-abiding Americans. That makes Harmeet Dhillon’s help all the more welcome.

Stay tuned!