Virginia Just Restarted Its Gun Crackdown. There’s One Problem.

A Virginia court already declared the state’s universal background check law unconstitutional and handed down a permanent injunction last fall.

Virginia State Police started enforcing it again anyway.

So gun-rights groups went back to court. On May 28, 2026, Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League asked a Virginia court to hold the state in contempt.

Their argument is simple. A new statute does not get to overrule a standing court order just because the legislature wishes it so.

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🚨BREAKING🚨

GOA along with @VCDL_ORG and @GunFoundation filed a motion against Virginia for violating a court order which previously halted universal background checks in the state.

Gov. Spanberger and AG Jay Jones think they’re above the law. They’re not.

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