Jones asks judges to delay weapons ban cases until SCOTUS rules

Virginia AG asks judges to delay all assault weapons ban cases until SCOTUS ruling

Virginia's attorney general has asked judges to delay the lawsuits against the state's assault weapons bans until the Supreme Court decides two similar cases.

Jones asks judges to delay weapons ban cases until SCOTUS rules

by Brandon Jarvis Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones is asking judges in the multiple lawsuits against the assault weapons ban for a delay until after the United States Supreme Court takes up two related cases. The ban, which went into law statewide on July 1, has been a complicated issue. A judge in Lancaster County first placed an injunction against the law in June, but it applied only to the Virginia State Police. Then, a judge in Washington…