The Department of Justice has a new task force geared to advancing Americans’ Second Amendment rights.

This happened on the heels of DOJ’s moving forward on a framework to allow gun ownership rights to be restored for some Americans who have been convicted of crimes. Perhaps the most highly publicized related case involved the actor Mel Gibson, who had his gun ownership rights restored after he pleaded no contest to charges he struck a girlfriend.

DOJ posted a statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi about the focus of the new task force.

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