U.S. Lawyer Common Pam Bondi introduced on Wednesday the creation of a Second Modification Enforcement Process Drive to guard the elemental proper to maintain and bear arms.
The duty power is a part of Bondi’s response to President Donald Trump’s govt order of February 7 to root out unconstitutional Biden Administration guidelines on firearms and roll them again to guard the Second Modification rights of all Individuals.
“For too lengthy, the Second Modification, which establishes the elemental particular person proper of Individuals to maintain and bear arms, has been handled as a second-class proper,” Bondi wrote in a memo to Division of Justice staff. “No extra. It’s the coverage of this Division of Justice to make use of its full may to guard the Second Modification rights of law-abiding residents.”
Bondi stated that the brand new Second Modification Process Drive is one ingredient of a complete plan of motion that she is proposing to President Trump.
“This job power will proceed the Division’s ongoing work to implement Govt Order 14206 and defend the elemental proper secured by the Second Modification,” she wrote. “The Process Drive is principally charged with creating and executing methods to make use of litigation and coverage to advance, defend, and promote compliance with the Second Modification.”
Bondi will chair the duty power and the affiliate legal professional normal will function the vice chair. Different members of the duty power will embody representatives from Bondi’s private employees, the Workplace of the Deputy Lawyer Common, the Workplace of the Affiliate Lawyer Common, the Workplace of the Solicitor Common, the Civil Division, the Civil Rights Division, the Felony Division, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“The prior administration positioned an undue burden on gun homeowners and distributors by focusing on law-abiding residents exercising their Second Modification rights,” Bondi stated in a press launch saying the motion. “The Division of Justice’s new Second Modification Process Drive will mix department-wide coverage and litigation assets to advance President Trump’s pro-gun agenda and defend gun homeowners from overreach.”
After all, pro-gun organizations, together with the Residents Committee On The Proper To Hold And Bear Arms (CCRKBA), reacted very positively to AG Bondi’s announcement.
“That is the information we’ve been ready for,” stated Alan Gottlieb, CCRKBA chairman. “From the wording of Lawyer Common Bondi’s memo, it appears to be like like ‘gloves off’ time could have lastly arrived. It marks a big, and welcome change on the Division of Justice, as a result of it’s clear we now have management in place which treats gun homeowners as allies as an alternative of antagonists.”
Gottlieb added that his group is hopeful the duty power can have a long-term impact on the liberty of all American gun homeowners.
“We’re hoping this daring step by Lawyer Common Bondi brings an finish to years of harassment and penalization of gun homeowners and begins the method of dismantling unconstitutional legal guidelines and laws on the federal, state and native ranges of presidency,” Gottlieb stated. “The Second Modification protects a first-class proper, and it feels nice that after years of combating this battle, gun homeowners now have assist, somewhat than resistance, from the Division of Justice, and an administration that’s undoubtedly in our nook.”
