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Tick tock! On July 1, CA plans to impose an unconstitutional “Glock Ban.”
Today, I notified @CAGovernor & @AGRobBonta to drop the unconstitutional restrictions on law-abiding citizens’ rights to purchase legal firearms before the ban goes into effect, or we will sue. Stay tuned!
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This letter is to inform you that as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, I have authorized the filing of a complaint in federal district court against the State. The complaint will allege that the Glock Ban and the Handgun Roster statute violate the State’s citizens’ Second amendment rights by making it a crime to acquire constitutionally protected arms from firearms dealers, and that state law enforcement agencies’ implementation of the prohibition and threat of criminal enforcement constitute a pattern or practice of law enforcement misconduct. The United States is authorized to bring such an action by 34 U.S.C. § 12601.
AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon
Posted on X June 24, 2026
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It’s not criminal prosecution, but it is a good step in that direction.
We have a U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division filing, and threatening to file more, lawsuits against anti-gun politicians. It feels like I am in an alternate timeline.
I can’t even imagine what it must feel like to be on the receiving end of these lawsuits and threats of more lawsuits. Perhaps their political party cousins who were in the KKK can relate. All the nasty stuff they did in the first two thirds of the 20th century went sour on them. Their laws were overturned and some of them even went to prison for stuff which yielded the semi-public praise a couple of decades earlier.
The Feds are filing the complaint against the state, not individuals. The people who enacted the infringements will not be paying for their own defense, and those defending against the suit are also going to be paid for as long as necessary to complete the litigation. So I’d guess those on the receiving end are laughing or otherwise happy about the job security.
All at the expense of the state’s remaining taxpayers, of course.
The fact that it’s costing CA taxpayers money seems like a plus to me.
The real issue though is that what Harmeet is doing is merely a good start. What she really needs to do is charge the perpetrators with felony violation of 18 USC 241 and/or 242. The penalty is up to 10 years in jail, or worse if it can be proven that the violations resulted in death.
If you read the lawsuit, it is the politician by name as governor/A.G. for the state. They will pay a small political price for this, but you are correct it will be nothing significant. Hence, they will keep doing it until criminal cases are successfully prosecuted. The current lawsuits are a step in that direction. This is a huge change from just a few years ago and I celebrate it.