Armed with a federal badge in her billfold, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon could do a lot of good for her home state, especially if she keeps using the DOJ’s Special Litigation Section.
Bondi’s DOJ didn’t hesitate to double down and defend the unconstitutional interstate handgun sales ban — just as they recently did with Biden’s tyrannical “Engaged in the Business” rule, the backdoor gun registry cooked up by John Cornyn’s BSCA.
The lawsuit cites no law—federal, state or local—that says it is illegal or even wrong for the NSSF to receive warranty card information. It’s the same thing a firm does whether it’s selling guns, toothpaste or lawn mowers.
Wolford is an opportunity for the court to declare how extensively guns can be present and visible in everyday American life.
Like many other virulently anti-gun jurisdictions, Hawaii enacted a law — what many call the Vampire Rule — that makes it illegal to carry a firearm on publicly accessible private property unless the owner explicitly allows it.
This entire scheme is the spawn of John Cornyn’s Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, drafted with anti-gun Democrat Chris Murphy. Cornyn handed Biden the legislative keys to create a backdoor registry — and Bondi is keeping it alive.
Judge Reed O’Connor, a Trump appointee, said both the Post Office’s own regulation and a federal law barring firearms possession in a “federal facility” cannot survive scrutiny after the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling in the Bruen case.
The CRPA lawsuit has already led to a partial preliminary injunction providing relief on the lengthy wait times, which have reached over 18 months.
When such “circuit splits” arise, the US Supreme Court will often take the case(s) to remedy these inconsistencies and make a single authoritative ruling that is applicable nationwide.
A succession of sheriffs immediately ceded to Uthmeier’s admonishment and said they would no longer arrest or prosecute anybody seen with a visible sidearm in public after the ruling, which took effect on Friday.
