Trump Admin Lawsuit Aims To Flood DC With AR-15 Rifles For 'Common Use'

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Source: crooksandliars.com


By David Edwards — December 24, 2025

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In a nine-page lawsuit filed on Monday, the DOJ's Civil Rights Division noted that "the District denies law-abiding citizens the ability to register a wide variety of commonly used semi-automatic firearms, such as the Colt AR-15 series rifles, which is among the most popular of firearms in America, and a variety of other semi-automatic rifles and pistols that are in common use."

The suit sought a "permanent injunction prohibiting all DC Defendants from arresting and levying fines against otherwise law-abiding citizens for possessing the AR-15 and all other firearms protected by the Second Amendment and being possessed or used for lawful purposes."

Attorney General Pamela Bondi argued that "DC's ban on some of America's most popular firearms is an unconstitutional infringement on the Second Amendment — living in our nation's capital should not preclude law-abiding citizens from exercising their fundamental constitutional right to keep and bear arms."

"Today's action from the Department of Justice's new Second Amendment Section underscores our ironclad commitment to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans," Bondi said in a statement.

Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2025/12/trump-admin-lawsuit-aims-flood-dc-ar-15

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[Mister Ed]

1. Sure. Make sure the DC police are totally outgunned.

Cuz we back the blue!

[J_William_Ryan]

2. Conservatives are infamous for their hypocrisy.

For decades conservatives have justified civilian ownership of AR 15s to defend against the tyranny of the Federal government.

That Federal tyranny is here – and conservatives have failed to rise up in armed opposition.

[riversedge]

3. National Guard to stay in DC indefinitely, possibly until summer 2026

The NG is already armed. So Trumpy just wants MORE guns in DC. damn



National Guard to stay in DC indefinitely, possibly until summer 2026

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[FredGarvin]

4. If I lived in DC hoods

I would love to have a good home defense weapon.

Sadly an AR is a good choice. Or maybe an 870.

[flashman13]

5. Apparently they have forgotten DC is largely a Democratic city. So they want armed libs. Odd

[FredGarvin]

6. DC

is heavily armed.

Has been since crack cocaine

[House of Roberts]

7. This was my first thought.

If most households in DC had an AR-15, ICE wouldn't dare set foot near there.

[flashman13]

9. It appears to me that they have avoided the parts of the city that I would expect to be well armed.

[EarthAbides]

8. It's all about Martial Law

They want citizens to start shooting each other so the fascist pig can declare Martial Law. And I am sure they want as many antifa killed as quickly as possible.

[Timeflyer]

10. Correct. He's been itching to declare a national emergency, takeover as king for the rest of his bloated, rotten life.

[Traildogbob]

11. But DC GQP need

To spare a “few little girls” from class room murder so Trump and his pedi bros have some to pass around for their pleasure.

[RussBLib]

12. But don't you dare...

...try to take your beloved weapons into the Capitol, or the Supreme Court, or the White House, or...or....

I hope this is sarcasm.

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[IronLionZion]

13. Anyone ask the national guard or police how they feel about this plan?

What could go wrong?

[C_U_L8R]

14. SC Justices might just say 'not in my backyard'

The point may come home with the potential of armed idiots hanging out in their own neighborhoods, threatening their families, scaring the shit out of their friends, and maybe the only thing republicans care about… deflating their home values.

[RetiredParatrooper]

15. These people do understand...

...that they work in DC.....right?

[RetiredParatrooper]

16. The NRA is a joke

[Vinca]

17. Guess the Vice President of the Young Republicans being recently gunned down meant nothing.

[fujiyamasan]

18. This is what they would think

“It’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational. Nobody talks like this. They live in a complete alternate universe.”

[Dr. T]

23. Kirk quote?

[fujiyamasan]

24. Yes

[tinrobot]

19. He wants his rioters fully armed for the next insurrection.

That law prevented Jan 6th from becoming a bloodbath. The rioters (mostly) didn't bring weapons into DC because they feared arrest.

[Orrex]

20. Does "common use" include "while touring the Oval Office?"

[kimbutgar]

21. Well I won't be setting foot in DC in the near future!

[duckworth969]

22. Assassination Attempts R Us

[Old Crank]

25. Trump's tools are doing nothing

To stop the flood of illegal weapons shipped into Canada and Mexico.

They love violence.