{"id":2608758,"date":"2026-05-31T11:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-city-waves-white-flag-repeals-gun-free-zone-ordinance\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:43:18","slug":"blue-state-city-waves-white-flag-repeals-gun-free-zone-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-state-city-waves-white-flag-repeals-gun-free-zone-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue State City Waves White Flag, Repeals Gun-Free Zone Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-state-city-waves-white-flag-repeals-gun-free-zone-ordinance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Winchester, Virginia city council repealed an ordinance that had prohibited carrying firearms in city <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-members-want-natl-guard-to-go-home-new-theory-about-capitol-riots\/\" title=\"GOP members want Natl Guard to go home, new theory about Capitol riots\">parking garages<\/a>, and this led a judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the ban as moot. The Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League had sued in 2024 after the ordinance was passed in 2022, and they had already obtained an injunction in June 2024 preventing Winchester from enforcing the restriction for more than a year.The dismissal came after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-minneapolis-police-officers-left-after-getting-slammed-now-city-spending-millions-for-new-recruits\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Minneapolis Police Officers Left After Getting Slammed. Now ... Spending Millions For New Recruits.\">council voted<\/a> to repeal the ordinance on May 12, with the court citing the absence of any remaining ban. The article also notes that a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >similar legal challenge involving gun limits<\/a> in Roanoke parks is ongoing during finding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Winchester, Virginia, city council repealed an ordinance prohibiting firearms in parking garages, resulting in the Tuesday dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a pro-Second Amendment group.<\/p>\n<p>Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hyland-v-winchester\/cl24-complaint.pdf\">sued<\/a> the city in 2024 over a November 2022 ordinance that prohibited carrying firearms on city property. The pro-Second Amendment groups obtained an <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/hyland-v-winchester\/cl24-AgreedOrderToEnjoin20240611.pdf\">injunction<\/a> on June 11, 2024, barring Winchester from enforcing the ordinance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we almost immediately got an injunction, so that was in place for quite a while, for over a year,\u201d Gun Owners of America Senior Vice President Erich Pratt told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for over a year they\u2019ve not been able to enforce that ban and the trial, moved forward with discovery, etc., and in fact, we were getting close to where it was time to depose the Winchester police chief, but before we could get to that, I think, Winchester knew ultimately they saw the handwriting on the wall, and so they repealed their ordinance.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VICTORY<\/p>\n<p>GOF and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GunOwners?\">@GunOwners<\/a>, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VCDL_ORG?\">@VCDL_ORG<\/a>, have won our case against the City of Winchester, VA.<\/p>\n<p>When they banned firearms in City parking garages, we sued. Realizing they would be met with certain defeat, the City Council capitulated, voting to repeal the ordinance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4nKvsT6LNp\">pic.twitter.com\/4nKvsT6LNp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gun Owners Foundation (@GunFoundation) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GunFoundation\/status\/2059667339218391137?\">May 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The city council repealed the ordinance on May 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026.05.26_Hyland_Order.pdf\">according<\/a> to the order dismissing the case as moot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the judge did the right thing and that is, to throw it out for because now it\u2019s moot, you know, they\u2019ve repealed their ordinance and, so now there\u2019s no more ban on in the city parking garages,\u201d Pratt told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt added to the DCNF that a similar case involving parks is going on against the city of Roanoke, Virginia, which is currently in the discovery phase.<\/p>\n<p>About 600 violent crimes per week take place in parking garages, <a href=\"https:\/\/ecam.com\/security-blog\/parking-lot-crimes-and-the-need-for-robust-security\">according<\/a> to ECAM, a manufacturer of surveillance cameras for use in parking garages and other locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe inherent design of parking lots makes them susceptible to providing many spaces for lawbreakers to hide,\u201d ECAM said on their website. \u201cIf they spot someone coming, they can easily duck under a vehicle or somewhere in the lot with poor lighting. 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