The Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon, has filed an Amicus brief in support of Second Amendment rights in Barnett v. Raoul.
An Amicus brief is also known as a “friend of the court” filing. Interested individuals or organizations that are not named in a case can file these briefs to try to influence that court’s decision by supplying relevant information and case law. These briefs are standard from both sides of the issue, but the DOJ filing one on behalf of gun rights is something that we haven’t seen in the past.
The case was filed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), Caleb Barnett, Brian Norman, and two gun shops. The plaintiffs are suing over Illinois’s “Protect Illinois Community Act” (PICA) law. The law banned some of the most common semi-automatic firearms in the country, including the AR-15. Illinois refers to these guns as “assault weapons” and claims that they can be banned because they are “weapons of war.”
The DOJ, in its amicus brief, maintains the stance that the AR-15 and similar rifles can not be banned.
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