In another blow for gun-control advocates, a judge in Virginia has blocked the enforcement of a so-called assault weapons ban.
According to the Courthouse News Service, “Washington County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Campbell held that the bans on the sale, purchase, manufacturing and transfer of high-capacity semi-automatic weapons and magazines holding more than 15 rounds violate a 1971 provision of the Virginia Constitution enshrining the right to keep and bear arms.”
A statement from the NRA said, “This is a major victory, but our work is not complete; we will not rest until this unconstitutional measure is struck down in its entirety and added to the long list of gun control laws the NRA has removed from the books for good.”
Campbell – who previously served as a Republican in the House of Delegates – seemed empathetic to the law's supporters, who argued the bans are necessary to curb gun violence. “The court finds this analogy inapplicable in as much as the subject firearms herein are not defined as automatic weapons,” Campbell wrote.
The ruling comes four days after a judge in Lancaster County, Virginia, issued a preliminary injunction blocking Virginia State Police from enforcing the bans.
Minority Leader for the House of Delegates, Terry Kilgore, welcomed the ruling. “This is no longer hypothetical,” Kilgore said. “Two courts have now looked at this law and found the same problem: you cannot ban arms commonly owned by law-abiding Virginians and call it constitutional.”
It appears that those in the Commonwealth of Virginia can still enjoy a great day on the range with their preferred weapon and equipment – such as an AR-15 with a Magzipp speed loader – for now.
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