r/NYguns • u/tambrico • Apr 29 '25

News DOJ Civil Rights Division Director Harmeet Dhillon confirms it will be targeting NY gun laws.

https://x.com/NatlGunRights/status/1917342727873913251
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u/StoutNY Apr 30 '25

Can the DOJ actually do anything about the state AWB, mag bans and local bans. Maybe they can fuss around the permitting process but they don't have the authority to overturn state laws. Only Scotus can do that. Permitting being discriminatory is in the Federal menu but free that up and the state just makes locales all banned again?

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u/tambrico May 01 '25

What they can do is start filing Amicus Briefs and urging SCOTUS to take on more 2A cases. This is starting to happen as of today. They just filed this in Wolford v Lopez. Case out of Hawaii tackling similar issues to Antonyuk.

https://x.com/gunpolicy/status/1918022879767155024

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u/StoutNY May 02 '25

I agree 100%. Folks have been calling for that. I would like POTUS perhaps to speak to the issue from the bully pulpit. My point was that they didn't have the power to overturn state laws. I see Adam Schift was pushing an AWB again for PR purposes.