The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed two separate lawsuits against the states of Virginia and California over their recently created laws that the department alleges present an unconstitutional ban on common firearms.
In its complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the DOJ said Virginia’s law effectively criminalizes the purchase of AR-15-style rifles, which it said are the most popular rifles in the country. The department noted that tens of millions of Americans across the country own the semi-automatic rifles.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Virginia lawsuit is an attempt to protect Virginians’ Second Amendment rights. He said the constitutional amendment “is not a second-class right” and suggested he would file similar challenges in other jurisdictions….
DOJ Sues Virginia, California Over Firearms Bans
