{"id":2610593,"date":"2026-06-04T11:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-groups-score-huge-federal-court-win-over-virginia-governor\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:45:17","slug":"second-amendment-groups-score-huge-federal-court-win-over-virginia-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-groups-score-huge-federal-court-win-over-virginia-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Amendment Groups Score Huge Federal Court Win Over Virginia Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fsecond-amendment-groups-score-huge-federal-court-win-over-virginia-governor%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=2610593&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>A Virginia judge upheld an injunction blocking the state\u2019s \u201cuniversal background check\u201d law, even after gov. Abigail Spanberger signed an amended bill into law in April. The injunction originally came from a permanent court order issued in October 2025, and pro-second Amendment groups had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-lawmakers-interview-nick-shirley-over-minnesota-fraud\/\" title=\"House lawmakers interview Nick Shirley over Minnesota fraud\">argued state officials<\/a> were improperly enforcing the measure despite that order.  <\/p>\n<p>VCDL leader Philip Van Cleave said the court did not find state officials or others in contempt, but the judge still kept the injunction in place. VCDL also argued that lawmakers effectively tried to \u201coverride by statute\u201d and that the emergency provision Spanberger\u2019s bill relied on could not take immediate effect because it did not meet the required four-fifths vote threshold in the Virginia General assembly.  <\/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>A Virginia judge reaffirmed an injunction blocking the state\u2019s \u201cuniversal background check\u201d law Wednesday, days after pro-Second Amendment groups sought to hold state officials in contempt when they started enforcing the measure.<\/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 that added an emergency provision directing the Virginia State Police to enforce the law blocked by a <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.gunowners.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/CL20000582-00-PO-156_Certified.pdf\">permanent injunction<\/a> issued in October 2025. Virginia Citizens Defense League President Philip Van Cleave provided an update Wednesday about the organization\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2026\/05\/28\/scoop-2a-organizations-slap-virginia-with-complaint-alleging-state-defied-court-order-gun-law\/\">request<\/a> for a contempt citation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Major breaking news! VCDL, GOA, the Constitution, and Virginia gun-owners had a huge victory in court today! A judge has kept the permanent injunction against Universal Background Checks in place! R.I.P Universal Background Checks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Van Cleave VCDL (@VCDL_ORG) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VCDL_ORG\/status\/2062251746475364805?\">June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMajor breaking news! VCDL, GOA, the Constitution, and Virginia gun-owners had a huge victory in court today!\u201d Van Cleave <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VCDL_ORG\/status\/2062251746475364805\">posted<\/a>. \u201cA judge has kept the permanent injunction against Universal Background Checks in place! R.I.P. Universal Background Checks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Cleave later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VCDL_ORG\/status\/2062256984884121976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a> that the judge declined to hold any of the Virginia officials in contempt.<\/p>\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 May 28 motion filed by VCDL said. \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>\u201cEven if HB1525 somehow \u2018overruled by statute\u2019 this Court\u2019s injunction in a self-executing manner (it did not), the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >purported emergency effective date<\/a> is a nullity because the enacted bill was not passed by a four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-supreme-court-says-voter-id-amendment-may-be-invalid-because-of-racial-gerrymandering\/\" title=\"NC Supreme ... Says Voter ID Amendment May Be Invalid Because Of Racial Gerrymandering\">-fifths majority<\/a> in the General Assembly,\u201d the motion added.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Senate approved Spanberger\u2019s amended version by a 21-18 vote, while the Virginia House of Delegates backed the altered measure by a 63-36 vote, <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/bill-details\/20261\/HB1525\">according<\/a> to the Legislature\u2019s website. Both votes fell well below the required 80 percent threshold for emergency legislation to take effect immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Spanberger did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>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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