Democrats’ Relentless Assault on the Bill of Rights: Defying Supreme Court Rulings to Erode the Second Amendment

In a decisive move that shows the ongoing battle for constitutional freedoms, the Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) for systematically violating Americans’ Second Amendment rights through egregious delays in processing concealed carry weapon (CCW) permits. As detailed in a recent American Thinker piece, the suit accuses LASD—led by Democrat Sheriff Robert Luna—of imposing wait times exceeding nine months just to begin processing applications, with some applicants facing delays of nearly three years. This blatant foot-dragging renders the right to bear arms meaningless, flouting California’s own 90-day statutory deadline and ignoring landmark Supreme Court decisions like District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022), which affirmed the individual right to carry firearms for self-defense outside the home.

With over 2,700 applications languishing in limbo, the DOJ’s action highlights how Democrat-controlled entities continue to thumb their noses at the Constitution, using bureaucratic sabotage to disarm law-abiding citizens even as crime surges in blue cities like Los Angeles. This lawsuit isn’t just about one sheriff’s department—it’s a microcosm of the broader Democratic war on the Bill of Rights, particularly the Second Amendment. For decades, liberals have viewed the Constitution not as a sacred safeguard of liberty but as an inconvenient barrier to their authoritarian impulses. Since Heller struck down D.C.’s handgun ban and Bruen invalidated subjective “may-issue” permitting schemes, Democrats have doubled down on defiance, launching a barrage of restrictive laws, endless litigation, and administrative hurdles designed to nullify these rulings. In blue states and cities, where gun control is a sacrament of the left, officials exploit every loophole to keep firearms out of the hands of ordinary Americans, all while elites enjoy armed security.

As conservatives have long argued, this isn’t about safety—it’s about control, paving the way for a disarmed populace vulnerable to government overreach. Take New York, where Democrats have repeatedly clashed with the Supreme Court. Post-Bruen, the state rushed through the Concealed Carry Improvement Act (CCIA), banning guns in vast “sensitive places” like Times Square and subways, effectively recreating the very restrictions SCOTUS deemed unconstitutional. A federal judge in 2024 handed New York a defeat, ruling that the state couldn’t ban licensed carriers from all private property open to the public, calling it a brazen end-run around Bruen.

Yet, Governor Kathy Hochul and her allies persist, spending taxpayer dollars on appeals to preserve these infringements. This mirrors the left’s strategy: Ignore the Court, tie up challenges in endless lawsuits, and hope activist judges in liberal circuits provide cover. As National Review has pointed out, states like New York and California treat the Second Amendment as optional, enforcing it only when it suits their anti-gun agenda. Illinois offers another egregious example. In 2025, a federal appeals court shockingly upheld the state’s ban on carrying firearms on public transit, reversing a lower court’s finding that it violated the Second Amendment.

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The case, set for review in 2026, stems from the Aloha State’s refusal to adapt post-Bruen, where officials continue to deny permits to average citizens while claiming public safety. This defiance echoes broader liberal contempt for the Court, as seen in 2019 when Senate Democrats like Sheldon Whitehouse threatened justices with restructuring if they ruled against gun control in a New York case. National Review called it “insulting and threatening,” a naked attempt to intimidate the judiciary into submission. Even federal institutions under Democrat influence have overstepped. A Texas judge in 2025 ruled the U.S. Postal Service’s gun ban unconstitutional, affirming that post offices aren’t “sensitive places” exempt from Second Amendment protections.

This came after years of Biden-era ATF overreach, including rules classifying pistol braces as stocks to turn millions of law-abiding owners into felons overnight—a move conservatives decried as executive tyranny ignoring Bruen. The Washington Times reported that such regulations were part of a concerted effort to bypass Congress and the Court, with Democrats weaponizing agencies to erode gun rights. Kamala Harris, the failed 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, epitomizes this anti-Second Amendment zeal. As California’s attorney general and later vice president, she pushed for mandatory buybacks (code for confiscation), universal background checks that infringe on private transfers, and bans on “assault weapons” without defining them. National Review branded her an “enemy of the Second Amendment,” arguing her policies aim to “take everyone’s guns away” under the guise of common-sense reforms.

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