Gun Owners of America, Gun Owners Foundation, Virginia Citizens Defense League, Virginia Citizens Defense Foundation, and gun rights journalist John Crump’s suit against Virginia’s new gun control laws is being heard this Friday.
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The case, Crump v. Katz, challenges SB749 and SB727, the sweeping bans on so-called “assault firearms” and standard-capacity magazines.
These laws target some of the most commonly owned firearms and magazines in America.
SB749 bans the sale, transfer, manufacture, purchase, and importation of many popular semi-automatic firearms and magazines holding more than 15 rounds.
SB727 goes even further by banning the public carry of firearms labeled “assault firearms” in public places, including streets, sidewalks, parks, and other places open to the public.
There is no exception for ordinary Virginians who simply want to exercise their right to bear arms for self-defense.
That is why GOA, GOF, VCDL, and VCDF are taking Virginia to court.
The lawsuit argues that these bans violate Article I, Section 13 of the Virginia Constitution, which clearly states that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
The complaint also exposes just how absurd and confusing these laws are.
Under the new magazine ban, the same magazine could be legal or illegal depending on what caliber someone says it is used for. As the lawsuit explains, the same magazine would become a Schrödinger’s “large capacity ammunition feeding device,” simultaneously prohibited when used with one caliber, while being perfectly legal when used with another.
This is what happens when anti-gun politicians write laws targeting guns they do not understand.
Worse, violations can result in Class 1 misdemeanor charges, firearm forfeiture, and other penalties that threaten law-abiding gun owners while doing nothing to stop criminals.
Virginia gun owners should not be turned into criminals for buying, selling, transferring, carrying, or owning the same firearms and magazines that Americans have lawfully used for decades.
