In a letter addressed to the County Sheriff shared with 29News, Powhatan Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Cerullo said “significant” parts of that law are “facially” unconstitutional, citing, in part, the famous Heller ruling.“The provisions mentioned above place both my office and yours in an untenable position,” Cerullo wrote. “We can either honor our oath to preserve the Constitution, or enforce statutes which are clearly unconstitutional.”In a public letter, Pulaski Commonwealth’s Attorney Justin Griffith wrote that he will not take “law abiding citizens as of June 30 and criminalize that same behavior on July 1.”“The General Assembly just really overstepped,” van Cleave said. “What they passed in one year, other places would have probably taken a decade to do all of that. But they just crammed it down everybody’s throats.”
The state government says they expect prosecutors to enforce the laws whether they agree that the laws are constitutional or not.
UPDATE: Virginia State Police announce they have reinstated mandatory background checks on private sales of firearms, despite a court order requiring them to desist. GOA is suing them for contempt of court.
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When in the course of human events..........
You'd think the government of Virginia, of all places, would be aware of that particular document.
The obvious next step is to give the State gov. control over the county prosecutors.
In WA the some local sheriffs said they would not enforce various unconstitutional gun laws. The states response was to push through legislation forming a review board to make sure sheriffs met certain "qualifications". AKA make sure the minions fall in line.
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