Good, bad, or indifferent, consistency is a valuable trait when it comes to fundamental rights and the federal government’s approach to them. When it pertains to the latest edition of the Department of Justice (DOJ), unpredictability has become the order of the day.
There is no denying the improvement in the DOJ’s defense of gun rights. But the Second Amendment community is scratching its head over the latest prime example of the agency’s inconsistency.
Pam Bondi’s DOJ has been a mixed bag pertaining to Second Amendment rights
According to the DOJ, the Second Amendment protects the rights of law-abiding citizens to own an AR-15. However, its attorneys contend that the same protection does not apply to switchblades.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s agency recently filed its first-ever gun rights suit against Washington, D.C.’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.”
But on the very same day, DOJ attorneys filed an appellee’s brief in Knife Rights v. Bondi. This challenge, brought by Knife Rights, Inc., seeks to reverse the decades-old Federal Switchblade Act, enacted in the 1950s to address juvenile delinquency following WWII.
Federal government continues to cling to outdated restrictions
The DOJ wrote that the controversial restriction on knives “is amply supported by two distinct, though interrelated, historical principles. The weight of historical authority demonstrates that those prohibitions and regulations comport with the Second Amendment, because there is no constitutional right to carry concealed or inherently concealable weapons.”
Interesting take from a DOJ that claims to be the most pro-2A in history.
Doug Ritter, the chairman of Knife Rights, Inc., told The Reload that the current administration is mixed in its support for the right to keep and bear arms.
“Despite the administration’s lukewarm Second Amendment support in some firearms cases, Trump’s DOJ still hasn’t got the memo that ‘shall not be infringed’ means exactly that,” Ritter charged.
Knife laws have softened or been outright repealed in more than a dozen states in recent years, but the federal government continues to stubbornly resist efforts to ease outdated restrictions.
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