WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 9, 2025) – Today, the Firearms Policy Coalition responded to a report that said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the top civil rights official in the Department of Justice, is “considering making gun rights a formal priority” of the Civil Rights Division.
Among numerous other proposed reforms, FPC has been encouraging the White House and DOJ to create and staff a First and Second Amendment section within the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division dedicated to addressing and litigating against unconstitutional laws, policies, and practices of state and local officials that violate the right to keep and bear arms and free speech.
About the news, FPC President Brandon Combs said, “Implementing AAG Dhillon’s proposed course of action would make real FPC’s proposal and add a force multiplier to our already-extensive Second Amendment litigation portfolio, particularly important to residents and visitors of anti-rights states like California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Hawaii, and others. But this critical work is too important to be off-target, so we will provide the DOJ and AAG Dhillon with regular reports and information from the nation’s top Second Amendment litigators.”
Combs continued, “We are gratified to see that the White House and DOJ are taking our suggestion to help protect Second Amendment rights through the DOJ’s Civil Right Division and look forward to continuing discussions with the Trump Administration to help ensure that the government is effectively and efficiently applying its resources to the most important issues and jurisdictions around the country.”
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Firearms Policy Coalition (firearmspolicy.org), a 501(c)4 nonprofit membership organization, exists to create a world of maximal human liberty, defend constitutional rights, advance individual liberty, and restore freedom. We work to achieve our strategic objectives through litigation, research, scholarly publications, amicus briefing, legislative and regulatory action, grassroots activism, education, outreach, and other programs. Our FPC Law program is the nation’s preeminent legal action initiative focused on restoring the right to keep and bear arms throughout the United States. For more on FPC’s lawsuits and other pro-Second Amendment initiatives, follow FPC on X (Twitter), Instagram, and Facebook.
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