{"id":2609033,"date":"2026-06-01T11:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-organizations-slap-virginia-with-complaint-alleging-virginia-defied-court-orders-on-gun-control\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:36:52","slug":"pro-gun-organizations-slap-virginia-with-complaint-alleging-virginia-defied-court-orders-on-gun-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-gun-organizations-slap-virginia-with-complaint-alleging-virginia-defied-court-orders-on-gun-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Gun Organizations Slap Virginia With Complaint Alleging Virginia Defied Court Orders on Gun Control"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fpro-gun-organizations-slap-virginia-with-complaint-alleging-virginia-defied-court-orders-on-gun-control%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=2609033&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>Gun Owners of America adn the Virginia Citizens Defense League asked a Virginia court to hold the state in contempt after Virginia State police resumed enforcing a \u201cworldwide background check\u201d for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-house-gun-control-bills-perplexing\/\" title=\"McConnell: House gun control bills \u2018perplexing\u2019\">private gun sales<\/a> that had been blocked by a permanent injunction issued in October 2025.  <\/p>\n<p>The dispute centers on Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger\u2019s April 22 signing of HB 1525, which directed the state police to enforce the previously enjoined checks and included an emergency provision. The injunction was based on a court finding the universal background check unconstitutional.  <\/p>\n<p>Gun-rights groups argue the governor, legislature, and attorney general are ignoring the injunction by claiming the new law supersedes it. The motion also contends the emergency provision is invalid as it did not recieve the required four-fifths approval in both chambers.  <\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously occurring, a VSP spokesperson says the agency reinstated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmakers-push-to-loosen-gun-restrictions-in-several-states\/\" title=\"GOP ...makers push to loosen gun restrictions in several ...s\">background checks<\/a> after the attorney general\u2019s office advised that the new statute overrode the injunction, suggesting enforcement began despite the court order.  <\/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>Gun Owners Foundation and the Virginia Citizens Defense League asked a Virginia court Thursday to hold the state in contempt after it began enforcing a universal background check previously blocked by a permanent injunction.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/bill-details\/20261\/HB1525\">HB 1525<\/a> into law on April 22 after the General Assembly concurred with her amendments directing the Virginia State Police (VSP) to enforce the law blocked by the injunction and adding an emergency provision. Circuit Court for the City of Lynchburg issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/CL20000582-00-PO-156_Certified.pdf\">permanent injunction<\/a> in October 2025 after <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/cases\/Wilson-v-Col.-Hanley-Opinion-Letter.pdf\">declaring<\/a> the state\u2019s universal background check unconstitutional, leading to Thursday\u2019s contempt motion brought by the pro-Second Amendment organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The office of Democratic Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones confirmed in an  to attorneys representing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/war-of-words-between-ca-gov-newsom-and-nra-hits-fever-pitch\/\" title=\"War of Words Between CA Gov Newsom and NRA Hits Fever Pitch\">gun-rights organizations<\/a> that \u201cthe Virginia State Police has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >resumed conducting background checks earlier<\/a> this afternoon, pursuant to the newly enacted statute(s).\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING<\/p>\n<p>Virginia State Police says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-wave-of-portland-police-quit-amid-massive-spike-in-shootings-and-stabbings-fire-dept-responding-to-10-homeless-tent-fires-a-day\/\" title=\"Another Wave Of Portland Police Quit Amid Massive Spike In Shootings And Stabbings; Fire Dept. Responding To 10+ Homeless Tent Fires A Day\">universal background checks<\/a> on private gun sales are \u2018back in effect\u2019 despite a court order in our GOA &#038; VCDL case blocking enforcement.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GunOwners?\">@GunOwners<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VCDL_ORG?\">@VCDL_ORG<\/a>\u2018s motion for contempt will be filed tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L05i9HgMIz\">https:\/\/t.co\/L05i9HgMIz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GunOwners\/status\/2059814269592518767?\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe General Assembly, the Governor, Defendant and now the Attorney General all believe they are free to enforce Section 18.2-308.2:5 irrespective of this Court\u2019s permanent injunction, simply because <em>they passed a new law saying they could<\/em>,\u201d the motion states. \u201cBeyond the immediate and irreparable harm to countless Virginians caused by these actions, the Commonwealth ceases to have a functional system of government if Defendant and those directing him from above are permitted to simply ignore a court\u2019s clear directive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A VSP spokesperson confirmed that the agency had \u201creinstated private sale background checks\u201d after receiving word from the attorney general\u2019s office that the new law \u201csuperseded\u201d the injunction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if HB1525 somehow \u2018overruled by statute\u2019 this Court\u2019s injunction in a self-executing manner (it did not), the purported emergency effective date is a nullity because the enacted bill was not passed by a four-fifths majority in the General Assembly,\u201d the motion states.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger amended the <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/1214529.PDF\">original<\/a> HB 1525, which was intended to increase restrictions on minors carrying handguns and so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d to require enforcement of the \u201cuniversal background checks,\u201d while also declaring it emergency legislation. Virginia Civil Defense League President Phillip Van Cleave told the DCNF that effort may not have been legal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a thing is supposed to take a 4\/5 majority of the House and Senate to concur with emergency legislation and they didn\u2019t get that,\u201d Van Cleave said.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia state Senate approved the amended version in a 21-18 vote, while the Virginia House of Delegates backed the altered measure by a 63-36 vote, both well below the 80% threshold, <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/bill-details\/20261\/HB1525\">according<\/a> to the state Legislature\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>Jones did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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