The U.S. Justice Department announces plans to establish a new office dedicated to gun rights within its Civil Rights Division, named the Second Amendment Rights Section, set to open on December 4. This office will focus on investigating local laws that potentially infringe upon the constitutional right to bear arms, aligning with a February executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at assessing gun rights across the nation.
This restructuring comes during a particularly volatile period for gun legislation, with 378 mass shootings reported in the U.S. so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Critics express concern that shifting the focus of the Civil Rights Division from traditional issues, such as racial discrimination, toward gun rights strays from the division’s historical mission to protect all Americans’ civil liberties.
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