哈米特·迪隆称民权司针对枪支限制的协调战略“前所未有”
2026-07-08T06:00:27-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
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发布于2026年7月8日美国东部时间早上6:00
独家报道：司法部的哈米特·迪隆详述一系列第二修正案诉讼，称该战略旨在扩大枪支权利
司法部民权司就州枪支限制法规对加利福尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州提起了两起诉讼。
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上周，司法部民权司采取了不同寻常的举措，就枪支法规问题起诉加利福尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州，官员们称这是为执行第二修正案权利而开展的史无前例的行动。
司法部正在推行一项旨在扩大第二修正案保护范围的协调法律战略，民权司助理司法部长哈米特·迪隆告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，该部门已在全国范围内发起了十余项针对枪支限制的诉讼，以期确立更广泛的宪法先例。
“自去年我们设立第二修正案部门以来，甚至在此之前，我们就已提起了十余起诉讼，挑战不同司法管辖区的各类限制措施，”迪隆说道，她列举了涉及丹佛AR-15禁令、科罗拉多州大容量弹匣限制、洛杉矶县隐蔽携带许可证延迟办理、美属维尔京群岛枪支法规以及华盛顿特区枪支限制的诉讼。
“司法部在保护第二修正案方面开展的此类活动具有历史性意义，”迪隆对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，“这是前所未有的。”
司法部在最高法院确认第二修正案权利后，针对斯潘伯格、纽瑟姆的枪支法规发起联合诉讼
民权司助理司法部长哈米特·迪隆于2025年9月29日在华盛顿特区司法部出席新闻发布会。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
包括布什政府在内的历届前任政府，曾通过向最高法院提交诉状的方式为个人持枪权辩护，例如“哥伦比亚特区诉赫勒案”，但并未利用民权司以第二修正案为由，主动提起诉讼挑战州或地方的枪支法律。司法部当前的诉讼策略与此前的做法截然不同。
迪隆表示，这些诉讼旨在确立持久的法律先例，而非仅仅挑战各州出台的每一项枪支限制措施。
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“第二修正案群体中有很多人希望我们挑战所有枪支限制，”她说，“但这并非我们的行事方式。我们的目标是为全国制定法律，其中包含一些上诉策略。”
这一努力的最新阶段于上周展开，司法部就新出台的枪支法规分别起诉加利福尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州。此次诉讼是在最高法院最近对“沃尔福德诉洛佩斯案”作出裁决之后提起的，该裁决再次确认第二修正案不应被视为“二等权利”。
弗吉尼亚州的诉讼挑战了参议院第749号法案，该法案禁止制造、销售、转让和购买根据州法律归类为攻击性武器的某些半自动枪支。加利福尼亚州的诉讼则针对两项独立的枪支法规：一项针对格洛克式半自动手枪销售的新限制措施，以及该州长期存在的手枪登记系统。
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加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆在2025年6月10日周二的演讲中发言。（美联社）
她表示，弗吉尼亚州的诉讼针对该州的攻击性武器禁令，原因是联邦上诉法院对此存在不同裁决，这一问题很可能会提交最高法院审理。
在加利福尼亚州，迪隆称司法部将重点放在两项她认为与最高法院先例相悖的条款上：该州对格洛克手枪的限制，以及其手枪登记要求。她认为，这些规定导致加州民众无法购买在美国其他地区广泛销售的枪支。
加利福尼亚州总检察长罗布·邦塔拒绝就该州的枪支法规与司法部进行谈判，随后司法部提起了此次诉讼。邦塔为这些受到质疑的法律辩护称，这些是“常识性的手枪设计安全法规”，旨在减少意外枪击事件并防止非法改装枪支。
加文·纽瑟姆州长的办公室也为这些法规进行了辩护，称加州的枪支安全措施使该州的枪支死亡率位居全美最低之列，同时尊重合法持枪者的权利。
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弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格于2026年1月17日周六在弗吉尼亚州里士满市国会大厦举行的就职典礼上发言。（史蒂夫·赫尔伯/美联社照片）
弗吉尼亚州官员同样为该法案进行了辩护，州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格的办公室表示，旨在造成大规模伤亡的枪支“不应出现在我们的社区中”，该立法旨在保护家庭、儿童和执法人员免受枪支暴力的伤害。
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迪隆表示，司法部的行动反映了本届政府将第二修正案视为核心民权的更广泛承诺。
“这是本届司法部开展的开创性工作，”她说，“我们将第二修正案视为一项非常重要、实则是根本性的民权。”
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Inside Trump’s unprecedented battle plan to expand Second Amendment rights through Justice Department
Harmeet Dhillon says the Civil Rights Division’s coordinated strategy targeting gun restrictions has ‘never been done before’
2026-07-08T06:00:27-04:00 / Fox News
By Elaine Mallon, Fox News
Published July 8, 2026 6:00am EDT
EXCLUSIVE DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon details wave of second amendment lawsuits says strategy aims to expand gun rights
The Civil Rights Division of the DOJ filed two lawsuits against California and Virginia over the state’s gun law restrictions.
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Last week, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division took the unusual step of suing California and Virginia over their gun laws, marking what officials say is an unprecedented effort to enforce Second Amendment rights.
The Justice Department is pursuing a coordinated legal strategy to expand Second Amendment protections, with Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Harmeet Dhillon telling Fox News Digital the department has launched more than a dozen challenges to firearm restrictions across the country as it seeks to establish broader constitutional precedent.
“Since we started the Second Amendment section last year and even before that we filed over a dozen lawsuits challenging different restrictions in different jurisdictions,” Dhillon said, pointing to challenges involving Denver’s AR-15 ban, Colorado’s large-capacity magazine restrictions, concealed carry permit delays in Los Angeles County, firearm regulations in the U.S. Virgin Islands and gun restrictions in the District of Columbia.
“This is a really historic amount of activity from the Department of Justice to protect the Second Amendment,” Dhillon told Fox News Digital. “It’s never been done before.”
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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon arrives for a news conference at the Justice Department on September 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Previous administrations, including the Bush administration, defended individual gun rights through Supreme Court filings, such as District of Columbia v. Heller, but did not use the Civil Rights Division to file affirmative lawsuits challenging state or local gun laws on Second Amendment grounds. The department’s current litigation strategy marks a departure from that approach.
Dhillon said the litigation is designed to produce lasting legal precedent rather than simply challenge every firearm restriction enacted by states.
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“There are a lot of people out there in the Second Amendment community who would like us to challenge every restriction on guns,” she said. “That’s really not our approach. We have an approach that tries to make law for the land and that’s got some appellate strategy in it.”
The latest phase of that effort came last week, when the Justice Department filed lawsuits against California and Virginia challenging newly enacted gun restrictions. The filings followed the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Wolford v. Lopez, which reaffirmed that the Second Amendment should not be treated as a “second-class right.”
The Virginia lawsuit challenges Senate Bill 749, which prohibits the manufacture, sale, transfer and purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms classified under state law as assault weapons. The California lawsuit targets two separate firearm regulations: a new restriction affecting the sale of Glock-style semiautomatic pistols and the state’s longstanding handgun roster system.
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She said the Virginia lawsuit targets the state’s assault weapons ban because differing rulings among federal appeals courts make the issue likely to receive Supreme Court review.
In California, Dhillon said the Justice Department is focusing on two provisions it believes conflict with Supreme Court precedent: the state’s restrictions affecting Glock pistols and its handgun roster requirements, which she argued have prevented Californians from purchasing firearms that are otherwise widely available across the country.
The California lawsuit was filed after Attorney General Rob Bonta declined to negotiate with the Justice Department over the state’s firearm regulations. Bonta defended the challenged laws as “commonsense handgun design safety laws” intended to reduce accidental shootings and prevent illegal firearm modifications.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office also defended the regulations, arguing California’s firearm safety measures have contributed to one of the nation’s lowest gun death rates while respecting the rights of lawful gun owners.
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks during inaugural ceremonies at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026.(Steve Helber/AP Photo)
Virginia officials similarly defended their law, with Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s office saying firearms designed to inflict mass casualties “do not belong in our communities” and that the legislation was intended to protect families, children and law enforcement from gun violence.
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Dhillon said the Justice Department’s actions reflect a broader commitment within the administration to treat the Second Amendment as a core civil right.
“This is a pioneering effort by this Department of Justice,” she said. “We view the Second Amendment as a very important, indeed fundamental civil right.”
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
