📄 PROOF I WAS CLEARED — AND STILL DENIED

This letter, dated February 2, 2023, is from the California Department of Justice. It confirms that I — David Phillip Vallejos — was not prohibited from possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm under state or federal law.

✅ I passed the background check

✅ I met all the training and documentation requirements

✅ I received formal DOJ clearance that I am eligible for a CCW

Yet despite checking every legal box, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department still denied me — not for any disqualifying reason, but based on arbitrary rules and subjective judgment that directly violate the Supreme Court’s ruling in NYSRPA v. Bruen (2022).

The Constitution doesn't grant sheriffs or local officials the power to deny fundamental rights based on their personal opinions or secret criteria. The Bruen decision made it crystal clear: no one should have to prove “special need” or “moral worthiness” to exercise a right.

This is exactly why I filed VALLEJOS v. ROB BONTA and CHAD BIANCO — not just for myself, but for every California resident who’s been quietly denied a right that “shall not be infringed.”

This letter is proof the system is rigged — and that rights are being gatekept in violation of the highest law in the land.