Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Media Outlet Just Sued DOJ
Everytown's shop wants the 2A plan. Dhillon already filed against Denver, Virginia, and California.
Summary
- The Daily Caller reports The Trace sued the Justice Department on Sept. 4 in the Eastern District of New York, seeking records of a 'plan of action' under President Donald Trump's February 2025 executive order directing then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to assess Second Amendment infringements.
- The complaint cites a Dec. 8, 2025, post by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announcing a new Second Amendment Section inside the Civil Rights Division and saying DOJ had more 2A work planned.
- The Trace was founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, lists the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund as an institutional funder, and has Everytown president John Feinblatt on its board. Everytown and predecessor groups have taken more than $270 million from Bloomberg since 2007.
- Since December the section has sued Denver, Virginia, the Virgin Islands, the District of Columbia, and Colorado over bans on modern semiautomatics and standard-capacity magazines, investigated Philadelphia concealed-carry handling, and sued California over a Glock ban. Staff writer Chip Brownlee told the Caller the suit is a FOIA case filed after routine requests went unanswered.
Commentary
A night-shift dad still clicks a gun-safe latch in a linoleum hallway and knows a civil-rights docket is supposed to defend a lawful carry card, not feed a donor newsroom. He did not pay the levy so a $270 million shop could FOIA the plan to sue his state.
February 2025 order. December section. Sept. 4 complaint. Five jurisdictions already in court. The honest household already bought the lock. The newsroom wants the map.
Look every working father who still keeps a legal pistol in a closet in the eye and answer this: if Dhillon already filed the suits, who still owns the next magazine ban in that city?
Comments
Sept. 4 FOIA. Dec. 8 Dhillon post. $270 million. Keep that order.
I stood a range so a lawful carry stayed lawful. A donor newsroom is not a rights desk.
Denver. Virginia. California Glock ban. Print the three.
Allied courts still treat a civil-rights docket as a public file, not a secret war plan.
D.C. Colorado. Virgin Islands. Philadelphia permits. File the four.
I still clock a dock at 2 a.m. I want the next ban in court, not in a FOIA stall.
A magazine ban dressed as safety is not a news tip. It is a warning the street already paid.
A FOIA on a rights section is a second border around a safe. The first complaint should have been enough.
The Caller printed Everytown, $270 million, and the five suits. Argue those nouns.
Keep the section. Keep the suits. A donor outlet is not the public.
