Two Injunctions Down. AG Jones Ran. PSA Ships Today.
Virginia's AR ban is dead on arrival — the Santolla ruling dropped July 21, Jones tried one last wriggle, the judge shut him down, and Palmetto State hit send.
- Two active federal injunctions — Crump v. Katz and Santolla v. Katz — block Virginia from enforcing its semi-auto and magazine ban; neither has been stayed.
- AG Jay Jones withdrew his state supreme court stay petition and is now attempting to pause litigation pending SCOTUS — plaintiffs are fighting that delay.
- The Santolla judge issued a clarifying order after Jones suggested partial enforcement remained possible, closing that loophole explicitly.
- SCOTUS cert in Viramontes v. Cook County and Grant v. Higgins puts every state-level 'assault weapons' ban on a national collision course — Virginia is the preview.
Virginia's gun-grabbers had one job: make the ban stick. They couldn't do it.
Two separate federal injunctions now block enforcement of Governor Spanberger's "assault firearms" and magazine capacity law. The first came out of *Crump v. Katz* — brought by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Gun Owners of America, and allied plaintiffs — dropped six days before the July 1 start date and kept most brick-and-mortar dealers selling without missing a beat. The second, *Santolla v. Katz*, backed by the NRA, landed July 21. That's the one that sent Palmetto State Armory straight back to the shipping dock.
**Two courts. Two losses. Zero enforcement.** That's the entire scorecard for Spanberger's signature gun grab.
Jones didn't go quietly. He petitioned the Supreme Court of Virginia for a stay of both injunctions — then quietly yanked that request the moment SCOTUS granted cert in *Viramontes v. Cook County* and *Grant v. Higgins*, the consolidated cases that could torch "assault weapons" bans coast to coast. Jones read the room and pivoted to asking courts to pause the Virginia litigation until SCOTUS rules. Plaintiffs in every related lawsuit told him no.
Then it got worse for him. Jones apparently floated the idea that the law might still be enforceable in *some* circumstances — a piece of legal sleight-of-hand so transparent that the *Santolla* judge issued a clarification specifically to bury it. Your Virginia AG, ladies and gentlemen: losing in court, then trying to re-litigate the loss through press releases and fine print.
**That move cost him the last inch of ground he was standing on.**
The result on the ground is simple: standard-capacity magazines — those holding more than 15 rounds — are back on shelves and headed to customers' doors. PSA ships today. Virginia gun owners who spent months watching a braindead ban crawl toward enforcement can now resupply without apology.
And the national picture is even bigger. *Viramontes* and *Grant* are bearing down on every "assault weapons" ban in the country. Jones knows it. That's why he retreated. That's why the stay request vanished. The whole house of cards is swaying, and the people who built it can see what's coming.
This is what the long game looks like. Sue early, win injunctions, hold the line, and let SCOTUS finish the job. VCDL, GOA, and NRA didn't wait for permission — they went to court, and Virginia gun owners are buying again because of it.
Watch *Viramontes*. Watch *Grant*. And if you want these injunctions to hold until SCOTUS delivers the kill shot, the organizations keeping AG Jones off your doorstep still need your support. This fight isn't over — it just started going our way.
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