🚨MORE DETAILS: Applause for Lynchburg Commonwealth's Attorney Bethany Harrison, who is now the 16th Commonwealth's Attorney to take a stand to protect her constituents from Virginia's new unconstitutional "assault" firearms, standard-capacity magazines, & public carry bans.
Here is her letter to Lynchburg Police Chief Kennith Edwards, copied to the Virginia State Police & other LEOs:
Excerpts:
"I write to make my position clear on this legislation that will go into effect July 1, 2026. My office will not enforce these laws as it is my opinion they are unconstitutional based on the United States Supreme Court’s rulings in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, 567 U.S. 1 (2022), District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), and U.S. v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1934). Constitutional challenges to these bills have already been filed. I expect that no matter the ruling of our state courts, these challenges will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court." ....
"We will continue to enforce the laws in place to hold offenders accountable for their criminal acts no matter the weapon type used. We regularly prosecute offenders by seeking mandatory minimum and enhanced sentences for using weapons to commit crimes. The same legislators who voted for these bills to criminalize citizens for mere possession of a firearm seek to take away these enhanced punishments for our most violent and egregious offenses when the firearm is used to perpetrate the offense (HB 863). This leads me to believe that the passage of these laws is not about public safety but instead to further an ideology that fails to address the underlying reasons why a person would pick up a weapon and use it to harm others. Until we address those issues, we will continue to see offenders use any weapon at his or her disposal to hurt others. Our law-abiding citizens should not be left defenseless against those would do them harm. That is what this legislation will accomplish."
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