{"id":5966,"date":"2026-10-15T07:27:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/doj-investigates-new-jersey-gun-permit-delays\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T07:27:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:27:38","slug":"doj-investigates-new-jersey-gun-permit-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/doj-investigates-new-jersey-gun-permit-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ Investigates New Jersey Gun Permit Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Federal civil rights investigation examines whether Pennsauken Township Police Department unlawfully delays firearm permits, potentially violating the Second Amendment. PENNSAUKEN, N.J. \u2013 October 15, 2026 (STL.News) DOJ \u2013 New Jersey \u2013 Gun Permit \u2013 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a federal civil rights investigation into the Pennsauken Township Police Department in New Jersey over allegations that excessive delays in processing firearm permits may violate the constitutional rights of residents seeking to purchase or carry firearms. The investigation, announced Wednesday, October 14, 2026, will examine whether the township\u2019s firearm licensing procedures improperly prevent eligible applicants from exercising<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/doj-investigates-new-jersey-gun-permit-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal civil rights investigation examines whether Pennsauken Township Police Department unlawfully delays firearm permits, potentially violating the Second Amendment. PENNSAUKEN, N.J. \u2013 October 15, 2026 (STL.News) DOJ \u2013 New Jersey \u2013 Gun Permit \u2013 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5968,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/5968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}