GOA, VCDL Warn Virginia Officials Against Enforcing Enjoined Universal Background Check Law as Court Considers State’s Effort to Dissolve Injunction

Summary

Gun Owners of America (GOA) and the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) issued a joint warning to Virginia officials against enforcing the state's universal background check law, which remains under a statewide permanent injunction from the *Wilson v. Hanley* case. The warning comes as Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones seeks to dissolve this injunction, with a hearing scheduled for June 3, 2026, at the Lynchburg Circuit Court before Judge Frank Patrick Yeatts.