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The probe, announced by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, seeks to determine if the delays breach the Second Amendment. The township has not responded.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:45:56.721Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-15T02:47:51.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T03:45:56.721Z","readTime":"2 min read","scores":{"trust":78,"critic":95,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust high: named Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon, DOJ press release, and two independent full reports corroborate the investigation.","critic":"Clear why the probe matters, quotes officials, notes lack of response, and outlines next steps.","hype":"Language is factual; no sensational exaggeration beyond standard headlines."}},"tags":["#SecondAmendment","#DOJInvestigation","#Pennsauken","#GunPermits","#HarmeetDhillon"],"entities":["Harmeet Dhillon","Pennsauken Township","Department of Justice","Nicole Roberts"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division launched an inquiry into Pennsauken Township’s firearm‑permit process.","Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the review will assess possible Second Amendment violations.","Applicants for a concealed‑carry permit must submit four references, a ten‑year address history and fingerprints.","Pennsauken’s mayor and the township have not issued a public comment."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The U.S. Department of Justice announced that its Civil Rights Division is investigating whether Pennsauken Township, New Jersey, unlawfully delayed the issuance of concealed‑carry permits. The investigation focuses on the township police department’s permitting system and asks whether the delays amount to a deprivation of the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the probe is intended to protect law‑abiding citizens from local actions that infringe on that right."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pennsauken’s official website lists the requirements for a concealed‑carry permit as four personal references, a ten‑year residential history and fingerprint submission. The township has not released a public statement about the DOJ’s announcement. Democratic Mayor Nicole Roberts did not answer a request for comment at the time of reporting."},{"type":"heading","text":"Discrepancies between reports"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Daily BS article added that the state’s gun laws are among the nation’s strictest, citing the NRA‑ILA, a detail absent from the U‑S‑News report. The Daily BS piece also referenced unrelated DOJ actions in Philadelphia, San Jose and Los Angeles, which the U‑S‑News story did not mention."},{"type":"pullquote","text":"I have directed the Civil Rights Division, through our Second Amendment Section, to defend law‑abiding citizens from local authorities who infringe on the right to safely carry legal firearms. Our investigation aims to discover if allegations of unconstitutional delays in firearm permitting are true, and if so, to fix it.","author":"Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights"},{"type":"heading","text":"Omissions"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left‑rated or centre‑rated outlets ran this story, leaving the perspective of those parts of the media absent from the coverage."}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"America First Report","url":"https://americafirstreport.com/trump-doj-launches-probe-into-new-jersey-city-over-egregious-firearm-permit-process","headline":"Trump DOJ Launches Probe Into New Jersey City Over ‘Egregious’ Firearm Permit Process","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:21:12.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Conservative Playlist","url":"https://conservativeplaylist.com/trump-doj-launches-probe-into-new-jersey-city-over-egregious-firearm-permit-process","headline":"Trump DOJ Launches Probe Into New Jersey City Over ‘Egregious’ Firearm Permit Process","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:21:12.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Conservative Playbook","url":"https://conservativeplaybook.com/trump-doj-launches-probe-into-new-jersey-city-over-egregious-firearm-permit-process","headline":"Trump DOJ Launches Probe Into New Jersey City Over ‘Egregious’ Firearm Permit Process","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T03:21:12.000Z"},{"sourceName":"U-S-NEWS.COM","url":"https://u-s-news.com/politics-justice-department-opens-investigation-into-pennsauken-gun-permit-delays-the-beltway-report","headline":"POLITICS: Justice Department Opens Investigation into Pennsauken Gun Permit Delays – The Beltway Report","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T02:47:51.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Beltway Report","url":"https://thebeltwayreport.com/2026/10/justice-department-opens-investigation-into-pennsauken-gun-permit-delays","headline":"Justice Department Opens Investigation into Pennsauken Gun Permit Delays","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T02:15:34.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Breitbart","url":"https://breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2026/10/14/trump-doj-investigates-new-jersey-town-for-allegations-of-egregious-unjust-delays-issuing-gun-licenses","headline":"Trump DOJ Investigating NJ Township over Possible Gun License Delays","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T23:17:04.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Daily Caller","url":"https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/14/doj-launches-probe-into-new-jersey-city-over-egregious-firearm-permit-process","headline":"EXCLUSIVE: Trump DOJ Launches Probe Into Blue City Over ‘Egregious’ Firearm Permit Process","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T20:19:47.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Bizpac Review","url":"https://bizpacreview.com/2026/10/14/exclusive-trump-doj-launches-probe-into-new-jersey-city-over-egregious-firearm-permit-process-1663336","headline":"Exclusive: Trump DOJ launches probe into New Jersey City over ‘egregious’ firearm permit process","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T12:32:34.504Z"},{"sourceName":"thedailybs.com","url":"https://thedailybs.com/2026/10/14/exclusive-trump-doj-launches-probe-into-new-jersey-city-over-egregious-firearm-permit-process","headline":"Exclusive: Trump DOJ launches probe into New Jersey City over ‘egregious’ firearm permit process","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-10-14T12:24:12.439Z"}],"analysis":{"distribution":{"percent":{"left":0,"centre":0,"right":100},"count":{"left":0,"centre":0,"right":8},"totalSources":9,"untracked":1,"rated":8,"observedAt":"2026-10-15T04:02:29.917Z"},"lifecycle":{"state":"developing","lastCheckedAt":"2026-10-15T04:45:23.022Z","closedAt":null,"checks":4,"changes":0,"reopened":false},"framing":{"left":[],"centre":[],"right":["All six right‑rated outlets highlighted the DOJ’s claim that Pennsauken may be denying citizens their Second Amendment rights through permit delays. 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