By Dave Workman
Editor-in-Chief
The U.S. Department of Justice will open a new office within the Civil Rights Division, calling it he Second Amendment Rights Section, following up on a February announcement which launched what Attorney General Pam Bondi called the Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force.
Reuters is reporting this new section “intends to execute the broad policy directions…issued by President Donald Trump directing…Bondi to comb the entire U.S. government to ‘assess any ongoing infringements’ of gun rights.”
The new section will tentatively open next Thursday, Dec. 4. It marks a major shift from previous administrations, which tended to be lukewarm to hostile about the Second Amendment. Trump appears determined to strengthen gun rights, thus restoring the Second Amendment to its full status as a cornerstone of the Bill of Rights.
According to Reuters, Bondi’s new section will “comb the entire U.S. government to ‘assess any ongoing infringements’ of gun rights.” The news agency added, “The reorganization is another step in a series of actions by the Trump administration to redefine civil rights with policies championed by conservatives, a departure from traditional civil rights issues including racial discrimination and policing.”
Reuters further noted the Second Amendment is “a deeply divisive issue in a nation where many conservatives avidly support gun rights while many liberals push for restrictions in the face of a high rate of gun-related deaths.”
While the Biden administration clearly had declared war on the right to keep and bear arms, gun owners in general, firearms retailers and the gun industry, the Trump administration has turned the tables 180 degrees. Since taking office, and installing Bondi as attorney general, the focus has shifted to targeting criminals and supporting gun owners, including this week’s submission of a DOJ amicus brief supporting the plaintiffs in a challenge of Hawaii’s restrictive concealed carry statute, calling it “unconstitutional.”
When the White House announced the 2A Enforcement Task Force nine months ago, Bondi was directed to “examine all orders, regulations, guidance, plans, international agreements, and other actions of executive departments and agencies (agencies) to assess any ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens, and present a proposed plan of action to the President, through the Domestic Policy Advisor, to protect the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.”
This new section in the Civil Rights Division appears to be the next step in the Trump administration’s effort to make the Second Amendment strong again.
