The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department over allegations that it improperly revoked permits to carry firearms by relying on a discretionary “good cause” standard.
The inquiry, announced Tuesday by the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, will examine the department’s policies and practices for issuing and revoking licenses to carry firearms, as well as its enforcement of Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearms Act.
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