Permits are unconstitutional. A constitutional right should not depend on government permission, government fees, or government approval. The right to bear arms belongs to the people, not to the officials who decide whether they may exercise it.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into whether the Philadelphia Police Department is unlawfully denying and revoking licenses to carry firearms.
I read the June 9 letter the Civil Rights Division sent to Mayor Cherelle Parker. It confirms the department’s Second Amendment Section will examine how the city issues and revokes carry licenses, and whether officials rely on vague, personal discretion to do it.
he authority behind the probe is the federal pattern-or-practice statute, 34 U.S.C. § 12601, the same tool long used to investigate police misconduct. This time it is aimed at a permitting system, with the department assessing Philadelphia under both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said she directed the Second Amendment Section to “defend law-abiding citizens from local authorities who infringe” carry rights.
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By Luke McCoy
