After more than two years of litigation, a coalition of Second Amendment groups and advocates have reached a settlement with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department over its policies and practices related to our right to bear arms. As Second Amendment Foundation Director of Legal Research and Education Kostas Moros pointed out, the lawsuit achieved several significant victories even before today's settlement. “This case was ambitious from the start, tackling several different obstacles Californians and visitors faced when trying to exercise their Second Amendment right to carry. AdvertisementAs SAF acknowledges (and as California resident Moros well knows), there is still plenty of work to be done in the Golden State before the Second Amendment is on a firm footing. When the CRPA lawsuit was first filed, though, it was taking upwards of 22 months to get a response from the sheriff's department.