DOJ files lawsuit against DC police over 'unconstitutional' firearms restrictions
Today, DOJ sued the DCs police dept (MPD), alleging that the District government and MPD unconstitutionally ban the AR-15 and many other firearms protected under the Second Amendment @JakeMRosen https://t.co/fGUm4x0SYX pic.twitter.com/VLOoWojuN3
— Ryan Sprouse (@RSprouseNews) December 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC: The Department of Justice, led by Attorney General Pamela Bondi, stated on Monday, December 22, that the Metropolitan Police Department was unconstitutionally banning semi-automatic weapons, violating the Second Amendment.
The AG noted that the Department of Justice was filing a lawsuit against the Washington, DC police department for its “unconstitutional infringement” of a fundamental right and preventing people from exercising their right to “keep and bear arms.”
Pam Bondi slams Metropolitan Police Department
In the statement, available on the DOJ’s website, Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that the DOJ was suing the police department and explained the purpose of the new Second Amendment Section, 2A. She said that the new section “underscores” the DOJ’s commitment to protect the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
She added that the Metropolitan police had banned some of America’s “most popular firearms,” and called it an “unconstitutional infringement” of the Second Amendment, and that America’s capital should not “preclude” citizens from exercising their fundamental right.
The statement also alleged that the MPD had banned AR-15s and other firearms that were protected under the Second Amendment.
It stated that the Columbia district’s law required people looking to own a gun to register it with the police department. However, they were unable to do so because of the ban.
DOJ sues Virgin Islands Police for ‘unconstitutional practices’
Last week, the Department of Justice filed a complaint against VIPD and claimed that their “delays and conditions” created an unconstitutional permitting process for lawful gun owners and violated the Second Amendment.
The DOJ’s website stated that a large number of people complained about the VIPD’s unreasonable delay in gun permit application decisions. This included “bolted-in gun safes” prior to the VIPD agreeing to issue them licenses.
“VIPD continues to enforce a proper cause regulation nearly identical to the law that the U.S. Supreme Court previously struck down in another case years ago,” it added.
Harmeet K Dhillon, the assistant attorney general, commented on the case and said that the Civil Rights Division aimed to protect the Second Amendment right.
She added that the “newly-established Second Amendment Section” filed the complaint against VIPD to bring the Virgin Islands Police Department “back into legal compliance” to ensure that those who wanted to purchase a gun could receive “timely decisions without unconstitutional obstruction.”
