On May 14th, Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB 749 into law. Starting July 1st, Virginia will prohibit the sale, purchase, manufacture, and transfer of commonly owned semi-automatic firearms, including the AR-15, AK-pattern rifles, and any semi-automatic with standard features like a pistol grip or collapsible stock. Magazines with over 15 rounds are banned, too.
-Alan Gottlieb, Founder, Second Amendment Foundation
We filed suit the moment Spanberger signed the bill.
The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by co-plaintiffs, filed McDonald v. Katz in federal court on May 14. Our legal argument is straightforward: these firearms are ordinary semi-automatic firearms in common use by millions of law-abiding Americans. They are protected by the Second Amendment. They cannot be banned.
Anti-gun politicians know exactly what they're doing. They call it a "targeted" ban. They say they're only going after "assault weapons." But the definition they wrote covers America's most popular rifles, shotguns, and pistols. Every semi-auto with a pistol grip. Any firearm with a collapsible stock. Tens of millions of legally owned guns.
This is the playbook: chip away state by state until there's nothing left to protect.