The Justice Department (Doj) on Tuesday filed a case against the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department (LACSD), alleging that it was deliberately delaying the hidden applications of the residents.
suitFiled in the US District Court in the Central District of California, Lacsd and Los Angeles County Sheriffs Lobert Luna, a Democrat, a Democrat, as a defendants. It alleges that the department has “systematically rejected the right to keep their fundamental second amendment to the California residents who follow thousands of laws.”
As State LawCalifornia is publicly required to obtain a license to carry a hidden weapon. Residents of Los Angeles County should be there submit an application For lacsd. The application includes evidence of the completion of residence and a gun safety training course.
In the DOJ’s trial, however, it is alleged that LACSD approved only two of the 3,982 hidden carry applications presented between January 2024 and March 2025. It claims that by May, 2,768 applications are still pending.
It also states that applicants have waited for more than nine months for their applications to start processing. The state law requires licenses to provide initial fixation within 90 days.
“These are not abstract statistics; they represent thousands of law citizens, who have been taken away from their constitutional rights for self -defense outside their homes, called the lawsuit.
Attorney General Palm Bandy said, “The second amendment protects the fundamental constitutional rights of citizens who follow the law.” DOJ release“Los Angeles County cannot like that right, but the Constitution does not allow them to violate it.
When arrived for comment, however, Lacsd pushed the allegations back from Doj.
It states that in 2025, the department has issued more than 5,000 hidden carry permits, including 2,722 new applications.
LACSD stated that DOJ at the beginning of its investigation, requested data from the department, while it was infection on an online platform from a paper-based hidden weapon tracking system.
The new database was implemented in May 2023, while the old system would be phased over over time.
The department also mentioned an increase in applications after the Supreme Court after June 2022 decision New York required for cooling requires “appropriate cause” for “appropriate cause” Violation of 14th Amendment,
After the decision, LACSD stopped implementing its own proper reason for applications, according to it WebsiteThe department stated that Luna inherited a lax system, “and since then reduced the backlog of applications from about 10,000 to about 3,200.
“We are committed to all the applications to be addressed properly, immediately and with a balanced approach,” LACSD concluded. “We are confident that a fair and fair review of our efforts will reveal that the department has not attached any pattern or practice of individuals deprived of its second amendment rights.”
The hill California Gavin has also reached the office of Gavin Newsom (D) for comment on the trial.
