Attorney General Miyares is attacking gun rights on multiple fronts.

Call his office at
(804) 786-2071, or tag him on X @JasonMiyaresVA

Attorney General Jason Miyares is continuing to fail Virginians when it comes to the Second Amendment.

Last month, Miyares advanced the antigun initiative by choosing to defend Virginia’s unconstitutional One Handgun a Month law, and failing to join twenty-six other Attorneys General filing an amicus brief to overturn Washington State’s magazine capacity restrictions.

Now, Miyares and his office is preparing to fight us on another front…

A circuit court ruled favorably on our behalf, declaring that the state’s so-called Universal Background Check law violated the rights of young adults and was inconsistent with the law. This joint victory for GOA and VCDL in Wilson v. Hanley is now being challenged.

Attorney General Jason Miyares and the Virginia State Police have filed a motion proposing an order that would limit the scope of the court’s decision. Their filing argues that the ruling should limit our pro-gun victory only to handguns, that it should exclude certain plaintiffs from relief, and that the state should continue enforcing Universal Background Checks for rifles and shotguns.

You can read this document and other filings by clicking here.

Our attorneys have called on the court to reject the state’s narrow interpretation and to enter GOA’s proposed final order, which permanently prohibits enforcement of the Universal Background Check law for all firearms anywhere in Virginia.

These actions by Jason Miyares and his office are unacceptable. It’s time to demand respect for the Court’s Ruling in Wilson v. Hanley, and demand respect for the Second Amendment.

You can call the Office of the Attorney General at (804) 786-2071, or tag Jason Miyares directly on X (formerly Twitter) with @JasonMiyaresVA.

Tell Jason Miyares to fully ACCEPT the court’s ruling, to STOP trying to limit the pro-gun victory and to REFUSE to appeal the decision.

The right to keep and bear arms is not a privilege that belongs to the government to manage. The Second Amendment is a promise of liberty that every Virginian deserves, and GOA will continue to stand firm against the Attorney General and his anti-2A actions.