{"id":2372,"date":"2013-04-12T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/04\/12\/calguns-sues-best-looking-attorney\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:21:38","slug":"calguns-sues-best-looking-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2372","title":{"rendered":"CalGuns Sues The &#8220;Best-Looking Attorney General&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13759,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cgf_dros-delay-complaint.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cagunrights.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/cgf_dros-delay-complaint.pdf&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13760,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/blogs\\\/politics\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/obama-calls-californian-kamala-harris-best-looking-attorney-general&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/abcnews.go.com\\\/blogs\\\/politics\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/obama-calls-californian-kamala-harris-best-looking-attorney-general&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe CalGuns Foundation on behalf of itself and seven individual Californians is suing California Attorney General Kamala Harris over delays in the processing of firearms background checks. California has a statutory 10-day waiting period. However, the California Department of Justice has been instructing dealers in some cases to delay the release of firearms to their eligible purchasers.<\/p>\n<p>From the CalGuns release:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<b><br \/><\/b><br \/>\n<i><b>The Calguns Foundation and 7 Californians Sue Attorney General Kamala Harris, DOJ Over Gun Delays<\/b><\/p>\n<p>SAN CARLOS, CA \u2013 The Calguns Foundation has filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven California residents today against Attorney General Kamala Harris, the California Department of Justice, and DOJ Bureau of Firearms Chief Stephen Lindley. The case challenges the DOJ\u2019s policy of requiring some firearm purchasers to prove their legal standing to take possession of acquired firearms and forcing them to wait beyond the statutory 10-day waiting period.<\/p>\n<p>One plaintiff in the case, Daniel Schoepf of Long Beach, California, was denied his fundamental right to keep and bear arms for self-defense even after DOJ told him that he was legally eligible to purchase and possess firearms.<\/p>\n<p>In 1984, Schoepf was detained in Los Angeles County for having two tablets in his pocket that were later discovered to be common, non-prescription pills. The detectives subsequently released Schoepf and no charges were filed. In 2006, DOJ firearms section Program Manager Steve Buford sent Schoepf a letter stating that he was eligible to purchase and possess firearms; however, in 2012, DOJ reversed that position and instructed Schoepf\u2019s local firearms dealer to hold back delivery of Schoepf\u2019s gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know I\u2019m not alone in this, that DOJ is wrongly denying many Californians their Second Amendment rights just like they are mine,\u201d said Schoepf. \u201cI\u2019m not a criminal and certainly not a disqualified convict but am a law abiding citizen with my Second Amendment rights fully intact. They left me no choice but to fight this injustice in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past year, the DOJ has been directing California gun dealers to delay the release of firearms to people eligible to possess them \u2013 sometimes indefinitely,\u201c said Jason Davis, attorney for The Calguns Foundation. \u201cThe DOJ simply has no legal authority to justify their policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ claims that these delays are primarily due to lack of information in their criminal history databases. In a July 2011 Los Angeles Times article, assistant attorney general Travis LeBlanc said the DOJ\u2019s criminal records database system was \u201cshoddy,\u201d with the \u2018guilty\u2019, \u2018not guilty\u2019, or \u2018case dismissed\u2019 disposition information missing for about 7.7 million of the 16.4 million arrest records entered into the database over the last decade \u2013 and presumably much more for older cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn essence, the DOJ is relying upon their improperly-maintained database to deny the fundamental rights of individuals,\u201d said Gene Hoffman, Chairman of The Calguns Foundation. \u201cThat policy is entirely unacceptable and we look forward to putting an end to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attorney for plaintiffs in the lawsuit, Victor Otten, agrees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur clients follow the law and so should the DOJ,\u201d said Otten. \u201cThe DOJ is gleefully enforcing a policy that deprives my clients of their civil rights. The arrogance of the Department to think that it can abrogate the Constitution and statutory duties set by the Legislature is very unsettling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case really underscores the value of our DOJ Watch program,\u201d said Brandon Combs, Executive Director of The Calguns Foundation. \u201cAttorney General Harris\u2019s hostility towards some civil rights predictably resulted in a shift away from former Attorney General Brown\u2019s correct application of the law &#8211; and we are here to hold her accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is entitled Schoepf, et. al. vs. Kamala Harris, et. al. A copy of the complaint may be viewed or downloaded at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cgf_dros-delay-complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.calgunsfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/cgf_dros-delay-complaint.pdf<\/a>.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2013\/04\/obama-calls-californian-kamala-harris-best-looking-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The description of California AG Kamala Harris<\/a> in the title comes from President Obama&#8217;s inappropriate remarks made recently.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CalGuns Foundation on behalf of itself and seven individual Californians is suing California Attorney General Kamala Harris over&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[515,492,767],"class_list":["post-2372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-calguns-foundation","tag-gun-rights","tag-kamala-harris"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9050,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372\/revisions\/9050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}