Gun rights group: US should appoint special 'second amendment' prosecutor

Washington state-based organization hopes Trump justice
department under Jeff Sessions will combat state laws to
‘make second amendment great again’

@loisbeckett
Tuesday 22 November 2016 13.53 GMT

A small gun rights group wants Donald Trump to “make the second amendment great again” by appointing a special Department of Justice prosecutor to go after cities and states that violate gun owners’ rights.

Trump’s pick for attorney general is Jeff Sessions, a Republican senator from Alabama with an A rating from the National Rifle Association who has taken hard line positions on immigration reform, drug laws, and reforming the criminal justice system.

Many advocates believe the justice department’s investigations of civil rights violations by local police departments will virtually end under a Trump administration. But a not-for-profit organization based in Washington state that funds gun rights litigation hopes that Trump’s justice department will put its focus on a different civil rights issue: state laws which it believes violate gun owners’ rights.

The Second Amendment Foundation suggested last week that Trump’s attorney general should appoint a “special assistant” in charge of defending gun rights.

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