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 ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Virginia and Virginia State Police, ...

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 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 ...

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