WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice sued Virginia and California on Wednesday over new laws restricting the sale of certain types of firearms, saying the partial bans on sales were unlawful under ...

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia on Wednesday over a proposed “assault weapons” ban signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) that was previously meant to take effect the same ...

The Justice Department sued California and Virginia over state gun restrictions, targeting assault weapons bans and semiautomatic pistol laws.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the lawsuit is an attempt to protect Virginians’ Second Amendment rights. He said the constitutional amendment “is not a second-class right” and suggested he ...

The move comes as the Supreme Court sets up another key Second Amendment case on assault weapons for its next term.

RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging Virginia's new assault weapons ban, the latest legal battle over the law after a state judge temporarily ...

The Justice Department sued Virginia on Wednesday to try to block state Democrats’ new law banning the sale and purchase of so-called assault weapons, including some of the most popular semiautomatic ...

The Trump administration has sued Virginia over its newly enacted assault weapons ban, arguing the law violates the Second Amendment and accusing the state of “besmirching” the Constitution and ...

The U.S. Justice Department sued California and Virginia Wednesday over new gun laws that went into effect the same day. Both states used their Democratic ...

The lawsuits accuse the states of unconstitutionally banning assault weapons and pistols that can be easily modified into machine guns.