Responding to Paul, the Honorable Ken Cuccinelli, senior fellow for Homeland Security and Immigration Center for Renewing America, noted that the proposed “assault firearms” ban exempts government officials and employees – but by doing so, acknowledges the “utility of the guns in question, which gets to the Supreme Court’s judge of historical utility of a particular weapon.” “The law itself acknowledges that and yet denies it to ordinary citizens,” he added.
Cuccinelli’s assessment mirrored the opinion of the US Department of Justice, which warned it would pursue legal action if Gov. Spanberger attempts to ban constitutionally protected guns. “The Second Amendment protects the rights of law-abiding citizens to own and use AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles for lawful purposes,” Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon explained in a letter to Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones, a Democrat.
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