DOJ sues LA sheriff for not giving out concealed carry licenses quickly enough

Los Angeles – On Tuesday, the United States Ministry of Justice continued the Sheriff’s Department of the County of Los Angeles, alleging that he had violated the Constitution by moving too slowly to deal with firearms licenses for people who wish to carry concealed weapons.

The “unreasonable delays” of the Sheriff Department in the granting of licenses violate the right of the second amendment of California residents to carry weapons outside the house, said the DJ’s civil rights division in a complaint filed before the Federal Court of Los Angeles.

“The second amendment protects the fundamental constitutional law of laws respecting the laws to carry weapons,” said Prosecutor General Pam Bondi in a statement announcing the trial. “The County of Los Angeles may not like it right, but the Constitution does not allow them to break it.”

Messages were sent to the Sheriff department to request comments.

The trial comes after the DOJ began to analyze requests for a transport permit hidden in the county from last March.

“Almost two months after receiving an opinion from the Division’s investigation, the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department provided data and documents which only revealed two approvals of more than 8,000 requests, and that the Sheriff department exercised interviews to approve the licenses up to two years after receiving the completed request,” said the DHE press release.

The Sheriff department is waiting on average 281 days to start processing requests, violating a Californian law requiring the first exams within 90 days, according to the complaint.

The trial requests a permanent injunction obliging the Sheriff department to issue transport licenses hidden in a timely manner under the law.

California Governor Gavin Newsom positioned himself as a leader in firearm control and said he would pressure for more strict regulations.

In January, a federal court of appeal prevented a law of the state from taking effect which prohibited people from carrying firearms in most public places. This decision, which the state is attractive, has maintained a previous decision of the American district judge Cormac Carney blocking the law. Carney said it violated the second amendment and that firearms defense groups would probably prevail to prove that this unconstitutional.

The law would prohibit people from carrying firearms hidden in 26 types of places, including public parks and playgrounds, churches, banks and zoos.