Despite pending legal challenges at the state and local level, Arlington prosecutors still consider Virginia’s new assault weapons ban the law of the land.
“Yes, we plan to prosecute cases under the assault weapons ban if they are brought to us by the police,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti told ARLnow, taking a position that tracks with the view of Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones.
A ban on sales and manufacturing of assault firearms was approved by Virginia legislators to go into effect on July 1, but currently faces a lawsuit from the Trump administration as well as four separate lawsuits in Fauquier, Washington, Lancaster and Spotsylvania counties…