'Congregants have a right to protect themselves': Trump DOJ sues U.S. county over gun ban in churches
'The nation has no tradition of banning firearms in places of worship'
By
Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation
August 4, 2026
The Department of Justice (DOJ)Monday filed suit against Montgomery County, Maryland, over a law prohibiting carrying firearms within 100 yards of multiple locations, including churches.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon posted a letter sent to the Washington, D.C.-area county Thursday, warning that the provisions barring firearms from thousands of locations — even those that granted permission for people to carry firearms — run afoul of the Second Amendment. In the complaint filed with the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, DOJ attorneys took aim at the provisions barring the carrying of firearms in many locations, notably churches, citing the Supreme Court's decision in Wolford v. Lopez, which invalidated a similar law in Hawaii.
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"Congregants have a right to protect themselves and their community," Dhillon told the Daily Caller News Foundation. "The Second Amendment doesn't stop at the church door."
https://www.wnd.com/2026/08/congregants-have-right-protect-themselves-trump-doj-sues/
