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Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League asked a Virginia court Thursday to hold the state in contempt after it began enforcing a universal background check previously blocked by a permanent injunction.<\/p>\n

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Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed HB 1525 into law on April 22 after the General Assembly concurred with her amendments directing the Virginia State Police (VSP) to enforce the law blocked by the injunction and adding an emergency provision. Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg issued a in October 2025 after the state\u2019s universal background check unconstitutional, leading to Thursday\u2019s contempt brought by the pro-Second Amendment organizations.<\/p>\n

The office of Democratic Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones confirmed in an email to attorneys representing the gun-rights organizations that \u201cthe Virginia State Police has resumed conducting background checks earlier this afternoon, pursuant to the newly enacted statute(s).\u201d (RELATED: Blue State Court Tosses Out Trigger Ban Tim Walz, Democrats Snuck Into Bill)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe General Assembly, the Governor, Defendant and now the Attorney General all believe they are free to enforce Section 18.2-308.2:5 irrespective of this Court\u2019s permanent injunction, simply because they passed a new law saying they could<\/em>,\u201d the motion states. \u201cBeyond the immediate and irreparable harm to countless Virginians caused by these actions, the Commonwealth ceases to have a functional system of government if Defendant and those directing him from above are permitted to simply ignore a court\u2019s clear directive.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A VSP spokesperson confirmed that the agency had \u201creinstated private sale background checks\u201d after receiving word from the attorney general\u2019s office that the new law \u201csuperseded\u201d the injunction.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if HB1525 somehow \u2018overruled by statute\u2019 this Court\u2019s injunction in a self-executing manner (it did not), the purported emergency effective date is a nullity because the enacted bill was not passed by a four-fifths majority in the General Assembly,\u201d the motion states.<\/p>\n

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Spanberger amended the HB 1525, which was intended to increase restrictions on minors carrying handguns and so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d to require enforcement of the \u201cuniversal background checks,\u201d while also declaring it emergency legislation. Virginia Civil Defense League President Phillip Van Cleave told the Daily Caller News Foundation that effort may not have been legal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSuch a thing is supposed to take a 4\/5 majority of the House and Senate to concur with emergency legislation and they didn\u2019t get that,\u201d Van Cleave said.<\/p>\n

The Virginia state Senate approved the amended version in a 21-18 vote, while the Virginia House of Delegates backed the altered measure by a 63-36 vote, both well below the 80% threshold, according to the state Legislature\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Jones did not respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.<\/p>\n

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