Today, Gun Owners of America and the Virginia Citizens Defense League won another major victory in our fight against Virginia’s unconstitutional Universal Background Check law.
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In Wilson v. Hanley, Judge Yeatts made it crystal clear that his statewide permanent injunction remains fully in effect and that Virginia law enforcement is expected to comply with that order. The court rejected efforts to undermine the injunction and reaffirmed that Virginia’s Universal Background Check scheme remains blocked.
Together with VCDL, we also sent an open letter to Virginia law enforcement officials and officers that they must not enforce unconstitutional universal background checks.
This victory is the latest chapter in a fight that GOA and VCDL have been waging since 2020. Last year, we secured a permanent injunction against Virginia’s Universal Background Check law after proving that the law violated the constitutional rights of law-abiding Virginians. Today, the court refused to let anti-gun officials erase that win.
The message from the court is simple: government officials do not get to ignore constitutional rights when they disagree with them.
This victory belongs to every Virginia gun owner who stood with GOA and VCDL during this fight. While Governor Spanberger, Attorney General Jay Jones, and anti-gun politicians continue their attacks on the Second Amendment, we will continue fighting back in the courts—and winning.
There is still more work to do. But today, we celebrate a major win for freedom, a major win for the Constitution, and a major win for Virginia gun owners.
You can help support our legal efforts by donating to the GOA Litigation Fund!
Thank you for standing with Gun Owners of America.
