The Civil Rights Division typically fights for the disempowered by enforcing federal anti-discrimination statutes. It was created in 1957 to ensure Black voting rights and school desegregation. Gun rights “have never been a focus,” said Megan Marks, a former attorney in the division who is now deputy director and managing editor of Red Line for Civil Rights, a nonprofit initiative that tracks the politicization of civil rights enforcement under President Donald Trump. …
The DOJ’s suits come at a time when the Trump administration has departed from more traditional civil rights issues – discrimination against marginalized groups based on race, sex, disability, and religion – by pursuing conservative policies, reshaping DEI initiatives, investigating “reverse discrimination,” and suing universities over affirmative action practices. …
Some experts and veteran civil rights attorneys said they are troubled by the Justice Department’s new direction. “The history of racial discrimination in the U.S. is this deep scar, while gun rights were never really under assault in a country that has more guns than people,” said John Donohue, a law professor at Stanford University. He said the Second Amendment Section is unnecessary because an army of well-funded pro-gun groups “are constantly bringing litigation.” He also pointed to the financial burden for states and municipalities that will have to spend money defending their laws in court.
— Jennifer Mascia in Trump’s Justice Department Is Suing Cities and States to Dismantle Gun Laws
“The DOJ’s suits come at a time when the Trump administration has departed from more traditional civil rights issues – discrimination against marginalized groups based on race, sex, disability, and religion – by pursuing conservative policies, reshaping DEI initiatives, investigating “reverse discrimination,” and suing universities over affirmative action practices. …”
False, and DEI was never a civil right. DEI is a marx*ist Sociali*st program intended to exclude and discriminate against and eliminate those who do not toe the communist (left wing in this case also) party line. Thousands suffered under this during the tyrannical Biden admin, the discrimination and outright violence against marginalized groups based on race, sex, disability, and religion was horrendous – and the Biden admin and democrats were stealing tax payer dollars and laundering it through USAID to make it happen.
“He said the Second Amendment Section is unnecessary because an army of well-funded pro-gun groups “are constantly bringing litigation.” He also pointed to the financial burden for states and municipalities that will have to spend money defending their laws in court.”
For being “experts and veteran civil rights attorneys” they sure seem to not know what constitutional rights are. Of course they think this way, they are left wingers.
Can we say a civil rights section is not necessary because of an army of well-funded pro-civil rights groups “are constantly bringing litigation.”?
The DOJ Civil Rights Division does not have a specific First Amendment section. However, it enforces various civil rights laws that may involve First Amendment issues so in effect although not a specific established section the DOJ does have a First Amendment section because it does focus on First Amendment issues. So can we just do away with this because an army of well-funded pro-speech rights groups “are constantly bringing litigation”?
The whole thing, typical left wing anti-gun BS.
“He also pointed to the financial burden for states and municipalities that will have to spend money defending their laws in court.”
And? If states and municipalities didn’t create unconstitutional and intentional persecution laws against the exercise of the constitutional right by law abiding people they would not be spending that money “defending their laws in court”.
Don’t blame it on the law abiding 2A/pro-gun people wanting to protect their constitutional rights, they are doing exactly what they are suppose to do in taking these states and municipalities to court. Blame it on the states and municipalities that created these unconstitutional and intentional persecution laws against the exercise of the constitutional right by law abiding people, because they are not suppose to be doing that.
Plus, its evident from their statements that neither the mentally ill left winger author of the linked article, Jennifer Mascia, and these so called “experts and veteran civil rights attorneys” that Mascia cites never heard of a little thing called ‘equal protection under the law’ which basically means in our 2A rights context that the government has a duty and obligation to ensure the 2A right is as protected and defended as any other constitutional right. Thus the civil rights division ‘Second Amendment Section’ because the Second Amendment for many years was about the only civil right that was not afforded ‘equal protection under the law’ by the federal (and by extension of the 14th amendment states) government. SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas summed it up in short and best when he asserted that the Second Amendment is not a second-class right, emphasizing its importance alongside other constitutional rights. Evidently Jennifer Mascia and her so called “experts and veteran civil rights attorneys” do not understand what civil rights are nor do they really care – what they do care about, along with the rest of the anti-gun, is loosing their control that for so many years denied or infringed or controlled that ‘equal protection under the law’ to make it ‘their control under law’.
So yeah, they are a little upset that the Trump DOJ civil rights division created a ‘Second Amendment Section’ – a section created to afford that ‘equal protection under the law’ and Jennifer Mascia and her so called “experts and veteran civil rights attorneys” do not like it because its not ‘their control under law’.
The “traditional” civil rights groups have always been selective in want rights they want enforced. Groups like the ACLU have never ever supported the first amendment. They supported anti-war protesters. But I don’t support anti-abortion protesters.
The trump administration is doing what I voted for.
“typical left wing anti-gun BS.”
.40 that’s it in a walnut shell…………………BS
Finally! : Murder Charge Dropped Against Arkansas Nominee Who Killed Daughter’s Assailant.
“A judge has dismissed a murder case against an Arkansas sheriff nominee who killed his teen daughter’s groomer and abuser.
Special Circuit Court Judge Ralph Wilson Jr. dismissed the case against Aaron Spencer after law enforcement somehow lost a dash camera memory card that they believe might have shown exactly what happened when Spencer killed 67-year-old pedophilic rapist Michael Fosler, as reported by the New York Post. And I think I am not alone in saying I am completely on the side of Spencer and the judge.
‘The court finds that conduct by law enforcement was so egregious that dismissal of this case is warranted,’ Judge Wilson declared when dismissing the case. Spencer was set to go to trial in a few weeks on second-degree murder charges before Wilson’s new decision.
The Post explained:
Spencer woke up around 1 a.m. to find his then-13-year-old daughter had vanished. He soon found her in the passenger seat of the car Fosler was driving.
He then forced the truck off the road and … shot the accused sexual abuser, according to court documents.
Prosecutors argued that Spencer planned the murder and could have called the cops during the car chase instead of taking matters into his own hands.
Apparently, he was supposed to watch the pedo drive off with his kid and hope that police tracked them down? Spencer made the more convincing [note insert: true and correct] argument that he acted as he did out of necessity to protect his daughter from an abusive predator.
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Florida Attorney General Says State’s Waiting Period Laws Are Unconstitutional, Won’t Be Enforced
“Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier appears to have accomplished what state lawmakers were unable (and in some cases, unwilling) to do for the past several years: get rid of the state’s three-day waiting period on gun sales that was signed into law by then-Gov. Rick Scott after the Parkland shooting in 2018.
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ht* tps://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2026/06/05/florida-prosecutor-says-no-more-enforcement-of-this-gun-control-law-n1232765
Left wing violence: Sanctuary Outrage in Modesto – Illegal Immigrant Stabs Baby, Mom and Grandma After Quick Release
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… On Friday, Fox News’ Bill Melugin, posting on X, informed us of a case in Modesto, California, in which an illegal alien from Mexico … murdered a two-week-old infant, along with the baby’s mother and grandmother.
The illegal alien had been previously deported and had a record of driving under the influence.
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‘ICE lodged an arrest detainer the same day this criminal illegal alien was arrested for driving under the influence. By the way, that was the same day he was released by sanctuary politicians.
In the sheriff’s own words, he ‘probably would not’ have honored the detainer because it was ‘just a DUI.’ They knowingly set this violent criminal loose, and he slaughtered a two-week-old baby in cold blood, along with the infant’s mother and grandmother.
California’s sanctuary politicians MUST STOP this deadly game. They CHOOSE every single day to release criminal illegal aliens back into our communities, directly endangering American families and creating more innocent victims.’
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ht* tps://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/06/05/sanctuary-outrage-in-modesto-illegal-immigrant-stabs-baby-mom-and-grandma-after-quick-release-n2203076
Left wing violence: ‘Someone is going to find you’ – Unhinged NYC leftist threatens Nick Shirley
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Massachusetts public school district allows Sikh students to carry ceremonial knives—no one else is allowed to carry weapons
“The district’s weapons policy states that possession of weapons such as guns and knives are “prohibited on school premises or at school-sponsored or school-related events, including athletic games.
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Amid backlash in the UK over the murder of an 18-year-old university student by a 23-year-old Sikh man with a ceremonial knife, a Massachusetts school district has drawn scrutiny for banning weapons for all students, with an exception made for such ceremonial blades.
The Hopkinton Public Schools District in 2024 adopted a policy that allows Sikh students to carry the blade, known as a kirpan, which are one of five items required to be worn by members of the faith.
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ht* tps://thepostmillennial.com/massachusetts-public-school-district-allows-sikh-students-to-carry-ceremonial-knives-no-one-else-is-allowed-to-carry-weapons?utm_campaign=64470
[note: There ya go Massachusetts, apparently just argue your gun is required by your faith and ya can take your gun to school with you even though its prohibited.]
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Left wing violence now killing their own: Suspect in killing of trans UW student to get mental competency evaluation before arraignment.
ht* tps://thepostmillennial.com/suspect-in-killing-of-trans-uw-student-to-get-mental-competency-evaluation-before-arraignment?utm_campaign=64470
Armed Citizens Stop … Florida Church Kidnapping
“On May 31, 2026, before 11 a.m., a woman who had obtained a domestic violence injunction escaped kidnapping in a church parking lot. Two armed Samaritans intervened and prevented an armed man from dragging the woman away. In a news conference, Police Chief Leo Niemczyk identified the suspect as Jose Tsu Zamora, 64, who had been in a long-term prior relationship with the victim.
Zamora is a convicted felon who is reported to have said to the victim something to the effect of: If I can’t have you, nobody can. The suspect is reported as knowing the victim attended the church in Port St. Lucie and intercepted the victim as she exited a vehicle.
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From cbs12.com:
Two male bystanders, who told police they were armed, intervened and confronted Zamora. Chief Leo Niemczyk with PSLPD credited the two bystanders for saving the woman’s life.
Several people are reported as seeing the attempted kidnapping. One man is seen confronting the suspect, seconds later, another runs into the scene. The video appears to show what may be a holster on the second armed Samaritan.
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ht* tps://www.ammoland.com/2026/06/armed-citizens-stop-alleged-florida-church-kidnapping/
Virginia Prosecutors Refuse to Enforce Spanberger’s Gun Ban — and They’re Dead Right
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‘A prosecutor who indicts you for possessing or carrying an AR-15 semi-automatic rifles carries the constitutional burden of proving that the rifle is dangerous AND unusual under the Supreme Court’s Heller precedent. Yet, each of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices have already said AR-15s are commonly-owned firearms. Thus, a prosecution arising from possessing an AR-15 should be dead on arrival — and many Virginia prosecutors apparently know it.’ – Professor Mark W. Smith, Four Boxes Diner Host
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A legal rebellion is brewing in Virginia. As Governor Abigail Spanberger’s new “assault firearms” ban prepares to take effect, a growing roster of the Commonwealth’s Attorneys has announced they will not enforce it. The reason why is simple: the ban is unconstitutional under both the Second Amendment and Virginia’s own state constitution. According to the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), 10 prosecutors have now planted their flags — and they are correct to do so.
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Editor’s Note: The number of prosecutors who have announced they will not enforce Virginia’s ‘assault firearms’ ban has risen to 13.
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ht* tps://www.ammoland.com/2026/06/virginia-prosecutors-refuse-to-enforce-spanbergers-gun-ban-and-theyre-dead-right/
In another blue state government that granted its self the non-existent right to decide if you can exercise any of your constitutional rights – BACK AT IT: New York Just Introduced ANOTHER Gun Control Bill!
New York lawmakers have introduced ‘Francesco’s Law,’ a new firearm storage bill being championed by Brady United. Supporters call it a common-sense safety measure, but many gun owners see it as another expansion of government control over a constitutional right. In this video, Jared breaks down exactly what the bill does, how it changes existing law, and why Second Amendment advocates are raising serious concerns.
Read the bill. Know the facts. Protect your rights.
ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpHsQXfxHrw
The dangerous mindset taking over the Karmelo Anthony trial
“The Karmelo Anthony trial in Collin County, Texas is drawing major attention as new details emerge regarding the tragic events involving Austin Metcalf at a Frisco ISD track meet. In this video, we dive deep into the legal mechanics of the case, analyze the courtroom arguments surrounding the self-defense claim, and look at the intense public reactions outside the McKinney courthouse.
Independent reporter Savanah Hernandez captured a pivotal interview outside the proceedings that highlights a growing public trend: choosing group narrative and personal loyalty over objective courtroom evidence. What does Texas self-defense law actually say about escalation and confrontation, and how does public pressure impact the pursuit of an impartial trial? We break down the timeline, the witness testimonies, and the core legal facts without the media spin.
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ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FI1-CC8Vhk
Left wing violence: Democrat Paige Cognetti Abandons City While Police Face Off With Would-Be Killers.
ht* tps://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/06/05/democrat-paige-cognetti-abandons-city-while-police-face-off-with-would-be-killers-n2677338
A Look at the States Declaring Jihad on Glocks.
ht* tps://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/06/01/a-look-at-the-states-declaring-jihad-on-glocks-n1232695
Left wing violence: Santa Monica Man Pleads Guilty to Doxxing ICE Attorney, Urging Others to ‘Swat’ Her.
ht* tps://townhall.com/tipsheet/scott-mcclallen/2026/06/05/santa-monica-man-pleads-guilty-to-doxxing-ice-attorney-urging-others-to-swat-her-n2677333
Another anti-gun temper tantrum: Brady Sues ATF Over Gun Dealer Records. [note: for those that did not know, Brady has been dishonestly exploiting a ‘loop-hole’ in the law to bypass the Tiahrt Amendment. Its called the ‘Demand Letter 2 Program’. Its through this that Brady has been able to get records. This program was never intended for that purpose of bypassing another law. The ATF is shutting it down for review and Brady is upset about it. But, what else can ya expect from an anti-gun org whose whole purpose is founded on deception and dishonesty.]
ht* tps://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/brady-sues-atf-over-gun-dealer-records/
“Some experts and veteran civil rights attorneys said they are troubled by the Justice Department’s new direction.”. All people who create new “rights” out of the emanations and penumbras. Deliberately and studiously ignoring the 2nd amendment. The 2nd amendment the left gives 2nd class status as exposed by Clarence Thomas. Those experts are troubled because they believe that if they ignore and disabuse people that the public has the right to keep and bear arms. That that amendment and the inclusion of it in the bill of rights was a mistake that can and should be erased. Heaven forefend that the people have a right, a means to change the government without the permission of those “elites”.
The only expertise I have any respect for is real-life experience.
Expertise acquired secondhand is as worthless as food acquired secondhand.
“He also pointed to the financial burden for states and municipalities that will have to spend money defending their laws in court.”
Well, that’s exactly the point. Governments that violate our civil rights should be punished.
I’d prefer to see the politicians and police chiefs responsible for this go to the gallows, or at least face lengthy prison terms for “Conspiracy Against Civil Rights”, but heavy fines and legal fees for the governments might persuade the taxpayers to vote differently next time
“The history of racial discrimination in the U.S. is this deep scar, while gun rights were never really under assault in a country that has more guns than people,”
Is there a group more marginalized and discriminated against in this country, especially the liberal areas, than gun owners?
Anti-Federalist 12 WARNED Us About Government Taxing Power.
“Anti-Federalist 12 warned Americans about centralized power, taxation, standing armies, and the danger of government growing beyond the control of the people. In this episode, we break down the meaning of Anti-Federalist 12 and connect its warnings directly to the Second Amendment and the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
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BREAKING: Florida AG Orders Prosecutors To Stop Enforcing Gun Control Law.
ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VIaWcLx7_w
LEADING Dem US SENATOR [Chris Murphy] CAUGHT Red Handed Funding Communist, Anti-ICE Riots & The CCP
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Karmelo Anthony Self-Defense Claim Just Shattered In Court.
“The Karmelo Anthony trial in Frisco, Texas is underway, and the real courtroom evidence is completely shifting the public narrative. While commentators online continue to debate the details of what happened at the Memorial High School track meet, the actual witness testimony and Texas legal standards are telling a completely different story.
In this video, we break down the latest updates from the courtroom, including the critical testimony from Head Track Coach Rob Starr regarding team leadership and space protection. We also dive into the eye-witness accounts regarding the backpack timeline, the specific legal parameters of self-defense and provocation under Texas law, and the realities of the jury selection process.”
ht* tps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rHO3hzWdbk
Why is litigation necessary to ensure the inalienable rights of the people???
Left wing violence: Police Bring Down the Fire When Radical Activists Create Chaos at TPUSA Women’s Summit in TX.
ht* tps://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/06/06/watch-unhinged-radical-protest-against-tpusa-womens-summit-n2203108
The reason pro-gun groups have to file lawsuits is that anti-gun groups keep trying to pass laws that restrict the right to a constitutional amendment. The question should be how many times do We The People have to defend ourselves from those whose goal is to make us slaves?