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Justice Department warns Glendale, California, of lawsuit over concealed carry fees

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Breitbart News, The Epoch Times and Townhall report that the Justice Department sent a letter dated October 28, 2026, to the mayor, police chief and city attorney of Glendale, California. The letter, from Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, says the city raised its initial concealed carry license application fee from $100 to $1,078 and its renewal fee from $50 to $826. Including other fees, the department says an initial license costs about $2,000 and a renewal about $1,300. The letter says a lawsuit will be filed unless the city immediately stops enforcing the fees. The department gave the city until November 4 to respond.

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The Justice Department sent Glendale a letter dated October 28, 2026, warning that it will sue unless the city stops enforcing its concealed carry fees.
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Breitbart News, The Epoch Times, Townhall
The letter says Glendale raised its initial concealed carry application fee from $100 to $1,078 and its renewal fee from $50 to $826.
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Breitbart News, The Epoch Times, Townhall
Harmeet Dhillon said that with all other fees added, an initial Glendale license costs about $2,000 and a renewal about $1,300.
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The Justice Department gave Glendale until November 4 to respond before a lawsuit is filed.
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The Epoch Times, Townhall
Dhillon said the fees violate the Second Amendment and cited a Supreme Court ruling on the permissible level of licensing fees.
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Glendale’s concealed carry fees are unconstitutional.
Townhall states this in its own voice. The Justice Department letter, as reported, says the fees violate the Second Amendment and cites a Supreme Court ruling. The supplied coverage does not include a response from Glendale.

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All three right-side outlets report that the Justice Department has warned Glendale, California, of a lawsuit over concealed carry fees. They tell it as a federal challenge to fees that the letter calls unconstitutional and cost-prohibitive.

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Headlines present the letter as a federal challenge to fees the letter calls unconstitutional, with Breitbart and Townhall stressing cost and deadline in sharper terms than The Epoch Times.
This City Loaded verb“Wants to Charge”The phrase attributes an intention to the city and presents an estimated total as a charge for carrying a firearm, which the fee is not.More neutral: Has set fees of about $2,000 forDisagree with this highlight? $2,000 to Carry a Firearm. Harmeet Dhillon Just Put Them on Notice.
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egregiousunconstitutionalWants to Charge

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egregiousMore neutral: high
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…CA, that a lawsuit is coming if the city does not cease enforcement of its egregious concealed carry license fee.
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unconstitutionalMore neutral: that the Justice Department says are unconstitutional
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The Justice Department plans to sue the city of Glendale, California, over its unconstitutional concealed-carry permit fees.
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Wants to ChargeMore neutral: Has set fees of about $2,000 for
The phrase attributes an intention to the city and presents an estimated total as a charge for carrying a firearm, which the fee is not.
This City Wants to Charge $2,000 to Carry a Firearm.
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TownhallFar Right
This City Loaded verb“Wants to Charge”The phrase attributes an intention to the city and presents an estimated total as a charge for carrying a firearm, which the fee is not.More neutral: Has set fees of about $2,000 forDisagree with this highlight? $2,000 to Carry a Firearm. Harmeet Dhillon Just Put Them on Notice.
The Justice Department plans to sue the city of Glendale, California, over its Absolutist framing“unconstitutional”The outlet states a contested legal conclusion in its own voice as if it were settled.More neutral: that the Justice Department says are unconstitutionalDisagree with this highlight? concealed-carry permit fees.
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The Epoch TimesFar Right
DOJ Warns It Will Sue California City Over $2,000 Carry Permit Fees
The department has given the city until Nov. 4 to comply with its terms, or face a lawsuit.
10 hr agoRead at The Epoch Times (opens in a new tab)
Breitbart NewsFar Right
Trump DOJ to Glendale, CA: Lawsuit Coming If the City Doesn't Immediately Halt $2,000 Concealed Carry License Fees
The DOJ informed Glendale, CA, that a lawsuit is coming if the city does not cease enforcement of its Loaded modifier“egregious”The word judges the fee as outrageous before the facts of its justification are weighed.More neutral: highDisagree with this highlight? concealed carry license fee.
11 hr agoRead at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)

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Justice Department warns Glendale, California, of lawsuit over concealed carry fees

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DOJ Warns It Will Sue California City Over $2,000 Carry Permit Fees

Trump DOJ to Glendale, CA: Lawsuit Coming If the City Doesn't Immediately Halt $2,000 Concealed Carry License Fees

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