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California’s latest gun law hasn’t even taken effect, and the U.S. Department of Justice is already threatening to sue over it.
According to Washington Gun Law President William Kirk, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon has sent a blunt letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta warning that if Assembly Bill 1127 (the law critics have dubbed California’s “Glock ban”) goes into effect on July 1, the federal government will file suit.
The reason? The DOJ says the law violates the Second Amendment.
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America’s Most Popular Handgun
Beginning July 1, California firearm dealers will no longer be able to sell many of the most common semi-automatic pistols, including virtually all Glock and Glock-style handguns, according to the DOJ letter discussed by Kirk.
In the letter, Dhillon reminds California that the Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized handguns as the firearm “chosen by Americans for self-defense.”
“Because handguns are the most popular weapon chosen by Americans for self-defense, a prohibition of their use is invalid,” the letter states.
DOJ Takes Aim at More Than the Glock Ban
The threatened lawsuit doesn’t stop with Assembly Bill 1127.
According to Kirk, the DOJ also plans to challenge California’s controversial handgun roster, arguing it has denied Californians access to modern handguns for years.
Dhillon’s letter points to California’s previous microstamping requirements, which effectively froze the handgun roster for roughly a decade.
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The letter also cites the federal court decision in Boland v. Bonta, where the court concluded Californians have a constitutional right to acquire modern handguns rather than being forced to rely on decade-old models.
One Last Chance
The DOJ isn’t immediately heading to court. Instead, the letter gives California until the close of business on June 30 to negotiate. To avoid litigation, the DOJ says California would need to:
- Stop enforcing the challenged laws.
- Acknowledge they are unconstitutional.
- Agree to a court-enforceable consent decree preventing similar constitutional violations in the future.
Given California’s long-running defense of its firearm regulations, Kirk said he fully expects state officials to reject the offer. If that happens, he predicts the lawsuit will be filed on July 1.
Another Major 2A Fight
California has spent years defending some of the nation’s strictest gun laws, many of which have been challenged after the Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen decision.
If the DOJ follows through, this case could become one of the highest-profile Second Amendment lawsuits filed by the federal government in years.
And this time, it won’t be a gun-rights organization taking California to court. It will be the United States Department of Justice.
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quote————–Beginning July 1, California firearm dealers will no longer be able to sell many of the most common semi-automatic pistols, including virtually all Glock and Glock-style handguns, according to the DOJ letter discussed by Kirk.———-quote
Falsehood. Glock has discontinued its traditional Glock pistol and re-engineered it so that a full auto device cannot be simply popped into it rendering it legal in California. California now has no legal basis to ban newly manufactured Glocks.
It’s about time! All the good people in California have been losing their 2ed amendment rights for decades while the judiciary has done nothing to protect are rights . Finally we have a freedom loving President and a right thinking Supreme Court, now let’s see how much longer the honest law abiding citizens of this once great state will have to wait to get our freedoms back!
Some background on California (Numbers may vary according to your source)… population equals 39,500,000+, state debt around 500 billion dollars while Newsom requests an additional 6.4 billion(number one in the nation, sources go from 157 billion to 1.5 trillion), number one homeless State with 80% of the homeless not having children, approximately 25% of California’s population is on public assistance, #4 on top 10 list for highest Taxes in the country (9 out of 10 are blue states with one Swing state, Iowa)
These are the top 10 crimes that occur in California (in order according to the sources I used)
DUI (Driving Under the Influence)
Drug Possession
Domestic Violence
Assault and Battery
Theft / Shoplifting
Public Nuisance Ordinances
Property Crimes (Burglary, Larceny)
Weapons Charges
Sex Offenses
Violent Crimes (e.g., Robbery, Arson)
Why in the hell would you be focusing on making a pistol illegal with all the other problems you have in your state? The worst state in the country for practically everything except weather and that’s based off of mother nature not anything Newsom has done. A logical explanation… Misdirection. “ Nothing to see here people… move along”.
I have been saying this for years.
Time to make writing, voting for, or passing unconstitutional laws a felony.