JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Following a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice over Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt released the following statement:
“After their disastrous arguments in the Missouri Supreme Court last week, the Biden Department of Justice has now filed yet another partisan lawsuit that seeks to attack Missourians’ Second Amendment rights.
Unfortunately, the Biden DOJ has used this lawsuit as a pretext for them to pull the plug on our successful and innovative federal-state crime fighting partnership, the Safer Streets Initiative.
Since I launched the Safer Streets Initiative in 2019, we’ve filed over 650 charges against nearly 390 defendants with a conviction rate of roughly 98%.
My Office has fought to continue the initiative, but this initiative has been suspended solely because of the Biden Administration’s actions.
Time and again, the Biden Administration has put partisan politics ahead of public safety.
Make no mistake, the law is on our side in this case, and I intend to beat the Biden Administration in court once again.”