{"id":1547938,"date":"2025-07-19T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1547938"},"modified":"2025-07-19T21:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T01:30:00","slug":"doj-proposes-restoration-of-2nd-amendment-rights-for-some-convicted-felons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/doj-proposes-restoration-of-2nd-amendment-rights-for-some-convicted-felons\/1547938\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Proposes Restoration Of 2nd Amendment Rights For Some Convicted Felons"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOJ Proposes Restoration Of 2nd Amendment Rights For Some Convicted Felons<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

The Department of Justice has proposed a rule to restore the Second Amendment rights of people who have been convicted of certain crimes<\/strong> but who are not \u201clikely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice building in Washington on July 18, 2025. Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Department submitted the proposed rule<\/a>\u00a0\u201cregarding the exercise of the Attorney General\u2019s authority under 18 U.S.C. 925(c) to grant relief to individuals who are otherwise precluded from possessing firearms,\u201d to the Federal Register on Friday.<\/p>\n

Federal law rescinds the firearms rights of convicted felons regardless of whether or not they were convicted of a violent crime.<\/strong> The law also empowers the attorney general to restore Second Amendment rights to individuals who are not \u201clikely to act in a manner dangerous to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

No applications have been processed since 1992, when funding for that was blocked by House Democrats.<\/p>\n

A July 18 press release from the Justice Department states that President Donald Trump directed the department to \u201caddress the ongoing infringements of the Second Amendment rights of our citizens\u2014all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the press release, an official copy of the rule will be published on the Federal Register website the week of July 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long, countless Americans with criminal histories have been permanently disenfranchised from exercising the right to keep and bear arms\u2014a right every bit as constitutionally enshrined as the right to vote, the right to free speech, and the right to free exercise of religion\u2014irrespective of whether they actually pose a threat,\u201d said Attorney General Pamela Bondi.<\/p>\n

A Second Amendment advocacy group praised the new rule.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis proposed rule to grant relief to certain individuals convicted of non-violent crimes is long overdue<\/strong>,\u201d Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, wrote in an email to The Epoch Times. \u201cThe Second Amendment Foundation has been fighting for decades in courts to restore rights to people that are no threat to society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erich Pratt, senior vice president of Gun Owners of America, echoed those sentiments. He said his organization will continue to support the expansion and preservation of gun rights in America.<\/p>\n

Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025. Madalina Kilroy\/The Epoch Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cGOA has long supported this effort, and we\u2019re encouraged to see the Department of Justice continue to acknowledge that non-violent citizens should not be denied their constitutional rights<\/strong>,\u201d Pratt wrote in an email to The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n

Gun control organizations did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.<\/strong> Past moves to change the longstanding policy drew criticism on the groups\u2019 webpages.<\/p>\n

Last March, in a step toward overturning the policy, the DOJ took responsibility for processing the applications from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and gave it to the attorney general.<\/p>\n

This changed a policy that had been in place for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

In a March 19 statement on the Everytown for Gun Safety website, the group\u2019s president blasted that change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump Administration is throwing out decades of bipartisan precedent and laying the groundwork to put guns back in the hands of domestic abusers and violent criminals,\u201d wrote John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety.<\/p>\n

The rule proposed on Friday would provide citizens whose firearm rights have been rescinded a way to restore those rights.<\/p>\n

The press release states that the attorney general would decide each application on a case-by-case basis. Violent felons, registered sex offenders, and illegal aliens will remain presumptively ineligible for relief, according to the Justice Department press release.<\/p>\n

Part of Trump\u2019s Plan<\/h2>\n

\u201cGeneral Bondi\u2019s support of the rebooted 925(c) program is consistent with President Donald J. Trump\u2019s promise to the American people to support the beautiful Second Amendment,\u201d said U.S. Pardon Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr.<\/p>\n

Once the proposed rule is published, the public comment period will begin. <\/strong>Communities that could be affected by a final rule, including law enforcement, victims\u2019 advocates, elected officials, and individuals who would like to apply to have their gun rights restored, as well as the general public, can place comments here<\/a> once the proposed rule is published.<\/p>\n

Pratt said his organization will encourage its members to comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to working with the grassroots and our members to submit comments to ensure the proposed rule benefits the Second Amendment community and the marginalized individuals who are working to reclaim their rights under the Constitution,\u201d Pratt said.<\/p>\n

The Justice Department recommends that individuals seeking the restoration of their firearm rights review and comment on the proposed process rather than submit applications at this time, according to the press release.<\/p>\n

Interested parties may view the proposed rule here<\/a>. An official copy is expected to be published next week, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 07\/19\/2025 – 17:30<\/span><\/p>\n

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