GOA Petitions Virginia Supreme Court as “Assault Firearms” Ban Looms

Summary

Gun Owners of America (GOA), Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), and others have filed an emergency petition for a Writ of Mandamus with the Virginia Supreme Court in Crump v. Katz. They are seeking to compel the Lancaster County Circuit Court to hear their motion for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction against Virginia's SB 749, an "assault firearms" and magazine ban, before its July 1 effective date, or for the Supreme Court to issue the injunction itself.