https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/post-bruen-ccw-delays-new-york-california-lawsuit/Three years have passed since the United States Supreme Court issued its
landmark decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen,
a case that ultimately struck down "may issue" licensing schemes that formerly
prevented residents living in fake American states from obtaining permits to
carry a concealed firearm in public. But has the infringement really become a
thing of the past, or is the ever-criminal leftist machine simply switching
gears, ignoring settled law, and inventing new ways to deny Americans their
civil rights? That’s a rhetorical question, of course, because leftist culture
is so deeply embedded in skirting the law or flat-out breaking it, I doubt
they could correct course even if they wanted to.
Only days after the Supreme Court issued the Bruen ruling, New York Governor
Kathy Hochul introduced retaliatory legislation replacing the former onerous
standards for issuing carry permits with inventive new ways to skirt and
circumvent the ruling and continue to violate the 2nd Amendment. Invalidated
"may issue" discretion was replaced with equally burdensome and subjective
license requirements, including character references, in-person interviews
with a licensing officer, and disclosure of current and former social media
accounts dating back three years. The purpose, of course, is to make the
process so invasive, cumbersome, and lengthy that citizens would be
discouraged from applying. Additionally, officers conducting interviews were
authorized to ask any questions thought necessary during the process,
regardless of any established legal standards.
The leftist disease, as many of you know, is alive and well in parts of the
country outside New York. One particularly notable dumpster fire is
California, where I recently wrote about the Department of Justice (DOJ)
announcing an investigation into the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
(LASD) for delaying CCW permits by up to 18 months from the time of
application.
Not to be outdone, it seems the Los Angeles Police Department is also eager to
be investigated, and if it's up to the California Rifle and Pistol Association
(CRPA), they may get to entertain a federal civil rights lawsuit also. As you
can likely guess, the LAPD has transitioned from refusing to issue concealed
carry permits to issuing them at a glacial pace. If you question whether or
not my use of the word "refusing" is simply hyperbole, allow me to put it in
perspective. The CRPA has compiled data on permits issued by the LAPD over the
years, determining that only four active licenses had been granted prior to
Bruen, a staggering number in a city with a population of approximately 4
million.
But wait times alone do not define an agency, as the scams coming out of the
department are quite pungent. The LAPD is currently not accepting applications
upon submission, holding them instead so that it can deceptively claim faster
processing times when it finally acknowledges receiving them. Emails sent to
applicants detail a process and wait time that they should anticipate taking
around 18-22 months, a violation of not only California law, which requires
they be processed within 120 days, but also in wilful defiance of the Bruen
decision and the 2nd Amendment.
Michel & Associates, on behalf of the CRPA, has placed the LAPD and the city
of Los Angeles on official notice, not once, but twice, promising a federal
civil rights lawsuit "should the LAPD refuse to make firm commitments to
expeditiously resolve its CCW permit application backlog". Attorneys working
on the case correctly argue that if the California requirements create such an
undue burden that the LAPD is unable to comply with state law mandating
processing times within 120 days and federal law enacted by Bruen, then
"California law must make way for the 2nd Amendment and not the other way
around".
It was the CRPA that attracted the attention of United States Attorney General
Pam Bondi, who responded to the group's successful litigation against LASD
permit delays by announcing in late March that the DOJ was launching an
investigation to find out if the department was "engaging in a pattern or
practice of depriving Californians citizens of their 2nd Amendment rights".
Bondi concluded the announcement with a warning to other rogue agencies,
municipalities, and states that this "will be the first of many similar
investigations, lawsuits, or other actions involving other localities in
California, the State of California itself, and any other states or localities
that insist on unduly burdening, or effectively denying, the 2nd Amendment
rights of their citizens".
Democrats can't help themselves, or perhaps they refuse to, but criminality is
part of their DNA, and it begins with their contempt for the 2nd Amendment,
American values, and liberty. It's no surprise that when people say things the
left doesn’t like to hear, these deviants turn quickly on the 1st Amendment as
well. Look further into their playbook, and for all their shrieking about
Trump and the due process of illegal aliens, you’ll find their red-flag
aspirations throw actual due process in the garbage bin, also.
LAPD May Face Civil Rights Lawsuit and DOJ Investigation for Delayed CCWs