(Shirleen Guerra, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Justice sued the Commonwealth of Virginia and the Virginia Department of State Police Wednesday, saying the state’s new law restricting the future sale and purchase of certain semiautomatic firearms violates the Second Amendment.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, asks the court to declare portions of Senate Bill 749 unconstitutional and issue preliminary and permanent injunctions blocking enforcement of those provisions.
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