Well, that didn’t take long. As controversial Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D) signature on the state’s shiny new ban on so-called “assault firearms” was drying on Thursday, a powerful coalition of Second Amendment defenders announced a legal challenge.
The National Rifle Association (NRA), Firearms Policy Coalition, Second Amendment Foundation, and two private citizens filed suit to fight the sweeping ban.
Anti-2A lawmakers passed ban on most common firearms
Besides the prohibition on the nation’s most popular sporting rifles, Virginia’s anti-gunners targeted so-called “large capacity magazines.” These are quite standard, but those capable of holding more than 15 rounds of ammunition will be outlawed.
NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford said the battle against Old Dominion’s gun control regime is now at a new level.
“Throughout the legislative session, the NRA and our members fought Richmond’s radical gun control package tooth and nail,” Commerford explained. “We made it clear that this extreme anti-gun proposal, which bans the new purchase of commonly owned firearms and standard capacity magazines in the Commonwealth, is a blatant violation of Second Amendment rights and an affront to landmark Supreme Court cases.”
Gun rights groups promised a strong challenge—and they delivered
The bans take effect on July 1.
The complaint argues that these firearms and magazines are all “in all respects, ordinary.” Far from being “dangerous and unusual,” these ubiquitous weapons and magazines are not radical outliers that warrant panicked overreactions.
SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut blasted the pending law as “purposefully designed” to gut the very Constitution that lawmakers took a sacred oath to uphold.
He further noted that tens of millions of law-abiding Americans own these weapons and use them for lawful purposes. “Virginia has now joined the minority of radical states to ban these constitutionally protected firearms, and in doing so, joined the club of states we’re suing over it.”
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