In a move that signals a long-overdue course correction in Washington, the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump is weighing whether to make Second Amendment protections a central focus of its Civil Rights Division.
For decades, the Civil Rights Division has been a tool of the progressive left — investigating local police departments, filing lawsuits over voter ID laws, and pushing a laundry list of social engineering priorities.
But now, according to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, the DOJ is seriously considering treating gun rights violations — especially by overreaching state and local governments — as civil rights violations worthy of federal scrutiny.
“It’s about time,” say millions of law-abiding gun owners who have watched blue states like New York, California, Illinois, and Colorado shred the Second Amendment under the guise of public safety.
The Constitution doesn’t evaporate at state borders, and no state legislature has the authority to rewrite the Bill of Rights. Yet that’s exactly what’s been happening for years in Democrat-run states where gun control is not only fashionable — it’s extreme.
Red flag laws, magazine bans, semi-auto bans, mandatory waiting periods, gun registries, permit-to-purchase schemes — all designed to make lawful gun ownership a bureaucratic maze and a constitutional mockery.
That could soon change.
Under Trump’s DOJ, the Civil Rights Division may start targeting those laws for what they are: violations of a civil liberty every bit as foundational as free speech or religious freedom.
Groups like Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) have already pleaded with Attorney General Pam Bondi, urging the DOJ to investigate the state of Colorado, where Governor Jared Polis and the Democrat-controlled legislature have rammed through a wave of radical anti-gun legislation in 2025.
From a new ban on so-called “assault weapons,” to universal background checks, storage mandates, and expanded red flag powers — Colorado has quickly become one of the most hostile states in America for gun owners.
“The DOJ must act to restore balance and protect the rights of Coloradans who are being trampled by unconstitutional laws,” RMGO’s Executive Director Ian Escalante recently said.
If Trump’s DOJ follows through, it would represent the first meaningful federal defense of the Second Amendment in modern history.
The Constitution is not a suggestion. It is the supreme law of the land. And no state — no matter how progressive or politically blue — has the authority to deny Americans their right to keep and bear arms.
This is about more than court cases and policy memos. It’s about drawing a line in the sand and making clear that the Second Amendment is a civil right — and it will be treated as such.
Let blue state politicians squirm. The tide is turning.
