{"id":1666,"date":"2026-06-13T06:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:07:29","slug":"pro-second-amendment-group-warns-virgin-islands-it-faces-legal-perdition-over-proposed-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1666","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Second Amendment Group Warns Virgin Islands It Faces Legal Perdition Over Proposed Gun Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p>A top official with the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) warned lawmakers in the Virgin Islands Friday that gun control bills being debated there could be thrown out in court.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1664\">Democratic Primary Race Features Perfect Example Of Anti-American Left<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAF sent Democratic Territorial Senate President Milton Potter a letter Wednesday that warned pending court cases could declare proposed provisions, including bans on standard capacity magazines and modern semiautomatic firearms, unconstitutional on Second Amendment grounds. SAF Director of Legal Research and Education Konstadinos Moros echoed the warnings in testimony Friday. <strong>(RELATED: These Local Prosecutors Are Taking The Fight To Democrat Governor\u2019s Semi-Auto Gun Ban)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to discuss why this bill is wrong on substance, but I know they won\u2019t agree anyway, so I suggest a more practical point: they should slow their roll until they get pending SCOTUS and 3rd Circuit rulings which will cover a lot of what the bill would do,\u201d Moros posted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy risk an expanded DOJ lawsuit and the legal fees accompanying that, instead of just waiting a little bit to see what the courts say in controlling cases?\u201d Moros continued.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p>Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced litigation against the Virgin Islands Police Department in December 2025, accusing the agency of imposing \u201cunreasonable conditions\u201d and using a \u201cgood cause\u201d standard the Supreme Court invalidated in the June 2022 Bruen decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe territory\u2019s firearms licensing laws and practices are inconsistent with the Second Amendment,\u201d U.S. Attorney Adam Sleeper for the District of the U.S. Virgin Islands said in the release. \u201cThis lawsuit seeks to uphold the rights of law-abiding citizens to bear arms in the U.S. Virgin Islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=1662\">New Bill Would Fleece Pro-Lifers For \u2018Emotionally Harming\u2019 Abortion Doctors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pro-Second Amendment groups, including SAF, filed suit to block similar legislation after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB 749, which banned so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d <strong>(RELATED: Red State Ends Legal Fight With NRA By Conceding Gun Law Violates Second Amendment)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p>Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas observed in a footnote in his dissent in Carhart v. Stenberg that the term \u201cassault weapons\u201d is a politically-motivated euphemism used to mischaracterize semi-automatic firearms with features that give them a superficial similarity to firearms capable of fully-automatic operation to gain support for legislation restricting or banning them.<\/p>\n<p>In an\u00a0article published May 13, The New York Times\u00a0noted\u00a0that both the AR-15 rifle (which bears a resemblance to the M16 and M4 select-fire weapons used by the U.S. military) and rifles with cosmetic features or accessories that make them look like fully-automatic AK-47s are popular firearms owned by millions of civilians. Under the Supreme Court\u2019s rulings in\u00a0Heller\u00a0and\u00a0Bruen, firearms in common use for lawful purposes fall under the Second Amendment\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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