Analysis: How Virginia is Defending its New AR-15 Ban in Court [Member Exclusive]
Summary
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D.) filed opposition on Monday to a preliminary injunction request in the case *Crump v. Katz*, defending the state's new AR-15 ban. The defense strategy reportedly uses a blend of historical gun-rights arguments and contemporary claims about the AR-15's popularity and dangerousness, despite the ban not yet being in effect.
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assault-weapon-ban
state-law
court-cases
ar-15
virginia
due-process
preliminary-injunction
