Gun Rights Groups Sue Over Renewed Virginia Handgun Limit Law

  • Source: Guns & America
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The newly Democrat-led Legislature in Virginia earlier this year brought back a limit on handgun purchases, which was initially passed decades ago in part to cut down gun trafficking from Virginia to other states, especially in the Northeast. But it’s being challenged before it can even take effect.

Valerie Trojan, a Virginia resident; Brothers N Arms Inc., a licensed firearms dealer; and three gun rights groups — Gun Owners of America, Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners Foundation — filed suit on June 12 in Goochland County Circuit Courtin opposition to the law, which makes buying more than one handgun per month a misdemeanor unless an exemption applies. (The suit states Trojan and Brothers N Arms are located in Goochland.)

The lawsuit, filed against Virginia State Police Superintendent Gary Settle, seeks to remove the limit. VSP will administer the law and oversee applications to purchase more than one handgun in a 30-day period. According to the suit, that will impair Trojan’s “constitutionally protected right to obtain firearms” by having her “engage in the same often delayed and time-consuming background check,” among other things.

In a June 15 press release on the Gun Owners Foundation website, Senior Vice President Erich Pratt (who is also senior vice president for Gun Owners of America) said, “Gov. Northam wants a repeat of this failed law, which was previously repealed in 2012. … In the past eight years, Virginia was ranked as one of the safest states in the country. This shows that the radical push for gun control has nothing to do with reducing crime, but rather is about implementing a disarmament agenda.”
Source: Guns & America
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