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The Bulletin September 30, 2026

Today marks one year since the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division began a litigation campaign to strike down local, state, and territorial gun laws. On September 30, 2025, President Donald Trump’s DOJ announced a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over delays in issuing concealed carry permits. Since then, the Civil Rights Division launched a new office, the Second Amendment Unit, focused on gun rights cases, and filed nine more suits challenging nonfederal gun laws.

Under previous administrations, the Civil Rights Division has fought for the disempowered by enforcing federal anti-discrimination statutes. It was created in 1957 to…

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