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The Justice Department says the Virgin Islands cannot erase years of alleged Second Amendment abuses by replacing its former may-issue licensing system with Act 9113. A July 29 filing details unauthorized firearm restrictions, licensing delays, warrantless home-inspection demands, and new gun-control provisions DOJ says remain unconstitutional.
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The Justice Department says Act 9113 effectively bans standard-capacity AR-15 rifles and criminalizes common magazines already protected under the Third Circuit’s Cheeseman ruling.
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Gun Owners of America is challenging a U.S. Virgin Islands licensing system that recognizes no out-of-state permits, generally blocks nonresidents from applying and carries a ten-year minimum sentence for unauthorized firearm possession.
The Department of Justice has slammed another police agency for dragging its feet on issuing gun permits, this time in the Virgin Islands…
The Justice Department accuses the defendants of systematically violating the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens through unconstitutional policies and practices related to firearm licensing.
The legislature of the U.S. Virgin Islands is considering making their extreme firearms laws even more restrictive. The Virgin Island laws have yet to be challenged as infringements of rights protected by the Second Amendment rights in the Courts.
The homicide rates in the U.S. Virgin Islands are among the highest in the world. The islands also have some of the most restrictive gun laws in the United States.
