"The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Robert Luna, claiming the department violated county gunowners' 2nd Amendment rights by delaying thousands of concealed carry permit application decisions for "unreasonable" periods of time. In a statement, the DOJ claimed that the Sheriff's Department "systematically denied thousands of law-abiding Californians their fundamental Second Amendment right to bear arms outside the home - not through outright refusal, but through a deliberate pattern of unconscionable delay.""
"The complaint, filed in the Central District of California, the federal court in Los Angeles, cites data provided by the Sheriff's Department about the more than 8,000 concealed carry permit applications and renewal applications it received between Jan. 2, 2024, and March 31. During that period, the DOJ wrote, it took an average of nearly 300 days for the Sheriff's Department to schedule interviews to approve the applications or "otherwise" advance them."
The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Robert Luna, alleging unlawful delays in concealed carry permit processing that infringed residents' Second Amendment rights. DOJ data show the department received more than 8,000 concealed carry application and renewal filings between Jan. 2 and March 31, 2024. The DOJ reported an average of nearly 300 days to schedule interviews or otherwise advance applications during that period. Of almost 4,000 new applications, LASD issued only two licenses, denied two, and left the remainder pending or withdrawn. LASD previously cited a significant staffing crisis and a backlog of around 4,000 applications. The Sheriff's Department did not immediately comment.
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