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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:02 PM 11 hrs ago

Justice Department sues Virginia, California over gun laws

Source: CBS News

The Justice Department announced Wednesday that it had filed lawsuits against two states for what the department alleged are "unconstitutional" restrictions on sales of certain types of guns.

In Virginia, the department is targeting a law that banned the sale of automatic weapons. In California, it is suing over a newly enacted law that restricts the sale of some firearms with a trigger that could be modified into a "machinegun-convertible pistol." The California law went into effect on July 1.

In a statement, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that "the Constitution is not a suggestion" and "the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans, even those in California."

The DOJ said its Virginia suit, filed against both the state and the state police, alleges that the state's law "unconstitutionally bans the purchase and sale of ordinary semi-automatic rifles owned by millions of Americans."

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/justice-department-sues-virginia-california-161410194.html

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Justice Department sues Virginia, California over gun laws (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 11 hrs ago OP
Oh, Todd: sheshe2 11 hrs ago #1

sheshe2

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1. Oh, Todd:
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 08:16 PM
11 hrs ago

Well, if Constitution is sacred:

In a statement, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that "the Constitution is not a suggestion" and "the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans
Does the U.S. Constitution Grant Citizenship to Those Born in the U.S.?


Then so is the 14th Amendment with you all trying to reverse it.

The U.S. Constitution, through the Fourteenth Amendment, grants citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction, regardless of their parents’ nationality or immigration status legalclarity.org+1


You can't have it both ways you putz!
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