Trump DOJ Stands Idly by as States Destroy the Second Amendment

February 20, 2026
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Imagine this: while President Trump rallies the base with fiery pro-2A rhetoric, his own Department of Justice sits on its hands as blue-state tyrants dismantle the right to keep and bear arms piece by piece. The headline says it all—Trump DOJ Stands Idly by as States Destroy the Second Amendment—and it's not hyperbole. From California's endless mag ban sagas and assault weapon registries to New York's post-Bruen ghost gun crackdowns and Illinois' looming universal background check mandates, state attorneys general are waging war on the Constitution, and Jeff Sessions' successor at DOJ isn't lifting a finger to enforce federal supremacy or challenge these blatant violations. We've got a Supreme Court that's finally waking up with Heller, McDonald, and now Bruen affirming an individual right untethered to militia service, yet the executive branch under Trump treats it like a state issue, letting activist judges and governors redraw the lines on what shall not be infringed actually means. Dig deeper, and the betrayal stings. Trump's DOJ has the tools—preemption authority, amicus briefs in key cases like those against Maryland's handgun roster or Washington's high-capacity mag ban, even civil rights lawsuits under Section 1983 for Second Amendment deprivations. Instead, they're MIA, prioritizing other battles while states experiment with outright confiscation schemes disguised as public safety. Remember Operation Chokepoint 2.0? Banks freezing out gun sellers under regulatory pressure? That's the feds indirectly aiding the destruction. This isn't just inaction; it's a green light for the gun-grabbers, emboldening them ahead of midterms where red states might flip blue. Data from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows these laws don't reduce crime—they correlate with spikes in restrictive jurisdictions—yet DOJ won't call it out. For the 2A community, the implications are a wake-up call: don't sleep on federal enablers masquerading as allies. Pressure the administration to appoint a real fighter like a Mark Levin or Cleta Mitchell to AG, flood SCOTUS with test cases via FPC or GOA, and vote like your AR-15 depends on it—because it does. If Trump wants that 2024 nod from us, he needs to weaponize the DOJ against these state-level erosions now, not later. Stay vigilant, stock up legally, and keep fighting; the Second Amendment isn't self-enforcing.

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Dig deeper, and the betrayal stings. Trump’s DOJ has the tools—preemption authority, amicus briefs in key cases like those against Maryland’s handgun roster or Washington’s high-capacity mag ban, even civil rights lawsuits under Section 1983 for Second Amendment deprivations. Instead, they’re MIA, prioritizing other battles while states experiment with outright confiscation schemes disguised as public safety. Remember Operation Chokepoint 2.0? Banks freezing out gun sellers under regulatory pressure? That’s the feds indirectly aiding the destruction. This isn’t just inaction; it’s a green light for the gun-grabbers, emboldening them ahead of midterms where red states might flip blue. Data from the Crime Prevention Research Center shows these laws don’t reduce crime—they correlate with spikes in restrictive jurisdictions—yet DOJ won’t call it out.

For the 2A community, the implications are a wake-up call: don’t sleep on federal enablers masquerading as allies. Pressure the administration to appoint a real fighter like a Mark Levin or Cleta Mitchell to AG, flood SCOTUS with test cases via FPC or GOA, and vote like your AR-15 depends on it—because it does. If Trump wants that 2024 nod from us, he needs to weaponize the DOJ against these state-level erosions now, not later. Stay vigilant, stock up legally, and keep fighting; the Second Amendment isn’t self-enforcing.

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