{"id":87183,"date":"2026-07-01T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/justice-department-sues-virginia-california-over-gun-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:33:03","slug":"justice-department-sues-virginia-california-over-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/justice-department-sues-virginia-california-over-gun-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department sues Virginia, California over gun laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it had filed lawsuits against two states for what the department alleged are &#8220;unconstitutional&#8221; restrictions on sales of certain types of guns.<\/p>\n<p>In Virginia, the department is targeting a law that banned the sale of automatic weapons. In California, it is suing over a newly enacted law that restricts the sale of some firearms with a trigger that could be modified into a\u00a0<em>&#8220;<\/em>machinegun-convertible pistol.&#8221; The California law went into effect on July 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that &#8220;the Constitution is not a suggestion&#8221; and &#8220;the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans, even those in California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ said its Virginia suit \u2014 which is against both the state and the state police \u2014 alleges that a new law &#8220;unconstitutionally bans the purchase and sale of ordinary semi-automatic rifles owned by millions of Americans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Virginia law makes the commercial purchase of AR-15-style rifles a crime,&#8221; the Justice Department said in a news release. &#8220;The AR-15 rifle is the most popular rifle in America. Virginia&#8217;s enforcement of the new ban is a pattern or practice of conduct by the commonwealth&#8217;s law enforcement officers that deprives the citizens of Virginia of their constitutional right to buy and sell arms protected by the Second Amendment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The department said in a separate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-sues-california-halt-glock-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> that its suit against California seeks to halt the state&#8217;s Glock ban and prevent enforcement of California&#8217;s &#8220;Handgun Roster,&#8221; which limits what legal firearms can be legally purchased. It characterized both the ban and the roster as unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-ar-15-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Supreme Court said it will consider<\/a><\/span> in its next term whether the Second Amendment guarantees the right to have AR-15-style rifles. It will hear two cases challenging local and state laws outlawing AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles. One involves an ordinance in Cook County, Illinois, and the other centers on a Connecticut law.<\/p>\n<p>In two separate rulings last month, the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-hawaii-gun-law-wolford-v-lopez-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Supreme Court struck down a law in Hawaii<\/a><\/span> that restricted guns on private property that is open to the public and the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-drug-users-gun-law-us-v-hemani\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">high court sided with a Texas man<\/a><\/span> who challenged the federal ban that barred certain drug users from having firearms.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS 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