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Gov. Abigail Spanberger\u2019s ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d has only been law for a few hours and it\u2019s already facing a slew of legal challenges.<\/p>\n

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The Virginia Democrat\u00a0signed the legislation, SB 749, into law Thursday despite the General Assembly rejecting her amendments to the bill, claiming that the gun ban would \u201cprotect families.\u201d The National Rifle Association announced its federal and state litigation with a post on X and a press release, with the Second Amendment Foundation and Firearms Policy Coalition following suit Thursday. (RELATED: Pro-Second Amendment Orgs Planning To Inflict Legal Pain On Blue State Over \u2018Terrifying\u2019 Anti-Gun Bill)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Trump administration also plans to sue over the ban, with Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon announcing the legal move late Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs promised, we are taking Abigail Spanberger to court. Throughout the legislative session, the NRA and our members fought Richmond\u2019s radical gun control package tooth and nail,\u201d NRA-ILA Executive Director John Commerford said in a statement. \u201cWe made it clear that this extreme anti-gun proposal, which bans the new purchase of commonly owned firearms and standard capacity magazines in the Commonwealth, is a blatant violation of Second Amendment rights and an affront to landmark Supreme Court cases.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cInstead of listening to these factual concerns from their constituents, progressive politicians sided with Michael Bloomberg and his gun-grabbing groups,\u201d Commerford continued. \u201cThe NRA will not sit idly by while progressive politicians strip the rights of law-abiding citizens, and our world-class legal team is locked, loaded, and ready to shoot down this outrageous gun-control law.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Firearms Policy Coalition announced its suit on behalf of two members in a Thursday night post on X. Their specifically called out the origin of the term \u201cassault weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe banned semiautomatic firearms, including AR-style rifles, other similar semiautomatic rifles, and semiautomatic pistols and shotguns, like all other semiautomatic firearms, fire only one round for each pull of the trigger,\u201d FPC said. \u201cThey are not machine guns.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In addition to the ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d the bill Spanberger signed also outlaws standard-capacity magazines, setting an arbitrary limit of 15 rounds. \u201cAssault weapons\u201d is a euphemism that gun-control advocates use to gain support for banning certain semi-automatic firearms with features that provide a cosmetic similarity to firearms capable of fully-automatic operation.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night, Virginia joined a minority of states thumbing their nose at the Constitution and the Second Amendment rights of its residents by enacting a ban on \u2018assault weapons\u2019 and restricting magazine capacities to no more than 15 rounds,\u201d SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut said in a statement. \u201cSAF will relentlessly pursue this issue until the Supreme Court finally addresses the constitutionality of these bans that have adversely affected millions of Americans for years, and now, our friends in Virginia. It is time the end-run around the constitutional protections of the Second Amendment that legislatures have been using come to an abrupt end.\u201d (RELATED: You\u2019ll Never Guess The Gun Corporate Media\u2019s Worrying About Now)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese bans are an afront to the Constitution and an insult to the intelligence of Virginians who were fed lies and misrepresentations by their elected officials,\u201d SAF founder Alan Gottlieb also said. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to fast track this case to the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department of Justice sued the city of Denver over a similar ban on May 5 and filed litigation seeking to throw out Colorado\u2019s magazine ban May 6.<\/p>\n

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