Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., Nov. 19, 2025. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)
"Washington, D.C.’s ban on some of America’s most popular firearms is an unconstitutional infringement on the Second Amendment — living in our nation’s capital should not preclude law-abiding citizens from exercising their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms," she added.
The new lawsuit comes weeks after Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, announced DOJ would be taking "a lot more action" related to gun rights via a new department.
Harmeet Dhillon announced a new Second Amendment section to protect gun rights and challenge state restrictions. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
"Other jurisdictions are having unreasonably long delays. Other jurisdictions are outlawing guns that should be protected by the Second Amendment under the recent Supreme Court precedent."
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She also emphasized that gun rights "equalizes the ability of those of us, women, people with disabilities, and others who might otherwise be more vulnerable, to be able to protect ourselves."
Fox News' Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
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