The Daily Fuckup

The Justice Department filed two gun lawsuits on July 1, 2026, taking aim at separate state laws in California and Virginia. In California, the department is seeking to block the state’s newly enacted Glock Ban and stop enforcement of the Handgun Roster, which limits the handguns residents can buy. In Virginia, DOJ says a newly enacted law unlawfully bans the purchase and sale of ordinary semi-automatic rifles owned by millions of Americans.

The California complaint says the law would bar the retail purchase of common Glock-made handguns and similar models with comparable firing mechanisms. DOJ’s filing also challenges the Handgun Roster on Second Amendment grounds. The department framed both measures as unconstitutional limits on lawful firearm purchases.

Virginia’s case is different in scope but similar in posture. According to DOJ, the state law at issue unconstitutionally bans the purchase and sale of ordinary semi-automatic rifles. The department filed suit against the Commonwealth and the Virginia State Police and said the measure conflicts with the Second Amendment.

The two filings arrived the same day, but they target different state schemes and different legal theories. California’s case focuses on handgun access and the roster system that narrows which firearms can be sold. Virginia’s case attacks a newly enacted ban on semi-automatic rifles. Together, they put the department into parallel litigation over two of the country’s most contested state gun laws.