Philadelphia Police Under DOJ Investigation Over Carry Permit Revocations

Summary

The Department of Justice's Second Amendment Section has launched a civil rights investigation into the City of Philadelphia and its Police Department regarding their alleged use of a vague "good cause" standard to deny and revoke licenses to carry firearms. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon stated the investigation will assess whether Philadelphia's practices violate federal pattern-or-practice law under the Second and Fourteenth Amendments, potentially leading to federal court action if issues are not resolved.