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(The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0The U.S. Justice Department sued California and Virginia Wednesday over new gun laws that went into effect the same day.\n<\/p>\n
Both states used their Democratic trifectas \u2013 a Democratic governor and both legislative chambers under Democratic control \u2013 to pass more restrictive gun laws earlier this year that went into effect on July 1.<\/p>\n
California enacted a glock ban and added to its \u201chandgun roster,\u201d a list that limits the types of handguns citizens can purchase there. Virginia enacted a law that bans the purchase and sale in the state of most kinds of semiautomatic rifles and magazines that can hold more than 15 rounds. Multiple studies and surveys indicate that the glock is one of \u2013 if not the most \u2013 popular handguns in the country, and the AR-15, included in the Virginia ban, is one of the most popular rifles.\n<\/p>\n
The DOJ has alleged that the new state laws are unconstitutional.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Constitution is not a suggestion, and the Second Amendment is not a second-class right,\u201d Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.\n<\/p>\n
Blanche called California\u2019s new laws a \u201cblatant trampling\u201d of American rights.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOn April 10, I promised Governor Spanberger that we would sue Virginia if she signed this unconstitutional weapons ban into law,\u201d Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the department\u2019s Civil Rights Division said in a statement. \u201cLaw-abiding Americans should not have to live under threat of criminal sanction for simply exercising their Second Amendment right to possess firearms owned by millions of their fellow citizens.\n<\/p>\n
Virginians who already own the firearms included in the new ban can keep them, but the purchase, sale, or manufacture of the outlawed guns are forbidden from July 1 on.\n<\/p>\n
The lawsuits come on the heels of two recent Supreme Court rulings favoring broader gun rights.\n<\/p>\n
Last week, the court\u00a0slapped down<\/strong>\u00a0a Hawaii law that would have made it difficult for gun owners with concealed-carry permits to carry their firearms most places. It required gun owners to obtain permission before entering most private property open to the public with their concealed-carry. Private property open to the public includes banks, restaurants, arenas or stadiums, grocery stores and most places individuals venture outside of the home.\n<\/p>\n The court\u2019s conservative majority held that the law violated both the Second and Fourteenth Amendments.\n<\/p>\n The court also\u00a0unanimously ruled<\/strong>\u00a0earlier in June that government couldn\u2019t categorically bar drug users from owning firearms was unconstitutional.\n<\/p>\n \n This article was originally published at The Center Square. Photo Credit: artas\/Getty Images via Canva Teams.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (The Center Square) \u2013\u00a0The U.S. Justice Department sued California and Virginia Wednesday over new gun laws that went into effect the same day. Join the community of Monthly Ministry Partners and help IFA provide prayer resources to other intercessors. Both states used their Democratic trifectas \u2013 a Democratic governor and both legislative chambers under Democratic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5080,2149,2943,7759,1624,2517],"class_list":["post-30189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-prayer","tag-california","tag-doj","tag-gun","tag-restrictions","tag-sues","tag-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How are you praying about Virginia and California\u2019s new laws? Share your prayers and scriptures below.<\/h4>\n