Posted on 05/05/2026 12:11:57 PM PDT by Libloather
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the city of Denver, Colorado, "alleging that the City unconstitutionally bans certain constitutionally protected semi-automatic rifles."
"These laws unconstitutionally infringe on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms in common use for lawful purposes," according to the Justice Department.
"The Constitution is not a suggestion and the Second Amendment is not a second-class right," Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. "Denver's ban on commonly owned semi-automatic rifles directly violates the right to bear arms. This Department of Justice will vigorously defend the liberties of law-abiding citizens nationwide."
The 12-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado names the City and County of Denver, Colorado, and the Denver Police Department as defendants. It said Denver has an ordinance that makes it "a crime to carry, store, keep, manufacture, sell, or otherwise possess a so-called ‘assault weapon,’" but that the ordinance contains "politically charged rhetoric."
"The term ‘assault weapon' is not a technical term used in the firearms industry. Rather, as Justice Thomas has aptly noted, ’assault weapon' is a rhetorically charged political term developed by anti-gun publicists," the complaint reads. "In reality, the firearms the City calls ‘assault weapons’ include ordinary semiautomatic rifles possessed by millions of law-abiding Americans. Indeed, Americans own literally tens of millions of AR-15 style rifles, the paradigmatic ‘assault weapon’ covered by the Ordinance. As the Supreme Court has recently recognized, the AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America."
"When the City banned AR-15 style rifles with standard capacity magazines, it banned an arm in common use for lawful purposes by law-abiding citizens," the complaint added.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Dear FRiends,
We need your continuing support to keep FR funded. Your donations are our sole source of funding. No sugar daddies, no advertisers, no paid memberships, no commercial sales, no gimmicks, no tax subsidies. No spam, no pop-ups, no ad trackers.
If you enjoy using FR and agree it's a worthwhile endeavor, please consider making a contribution today:
Click here: to donate by Credit Card
Or here: to donate by PayPal
Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794
Thank you very much and God bless you,
Jim
Gun Control Advocates Can’t Define “Assault Weapon”
Gun control advocates’ definition of “assault weapon” varies depending on the source because they cannot collectively agree on how to define it.
City of Denver.
Deprivation of rights under the colorf law. How about suuing illannoy while you are at it?
” governor need a paddling”
Don’t go there, he’s a known butt goblin.
Illinois is worse. It’s impossible to own or possess some of the weapons at all, statewide. Colorado has some exemptions. Denver, IDK.
Exactly! Where’s the DOJ in helping us in Illinois???
It’s about time the fed start defending the constitution.
Isn’t that in the oath of office?
Bang their heads with a good hardwood paddle. When will they learn if not forced to?
Bang their heads with a good hardwood paddle. When will they learn if not forced to? Colorado is not a safe place to go for a law-abiding citizen.
Semi-auto rifles have been around since at least 1903. No one ever got scared of them till 1984 when the Democrats saw them as a “target of opportunity” to ban.
Before that year the claim was they ONLY wanted to register and ban handguns.”Rifles will not be affected!” till they were.
It seems they are scared of how the rifle looks. If they can get a ban to stick, they will be back for more, even as they tried to ban .50 cal single shot rifles in the 1990s.
Remember the 10 year ban under Bill Clinton! An ASSAULT RIFLE was declared by names, a pistol grip and if it had two of the following.
Flash suppressor,
Bayonet lug,
over 10 round magazine
folding or collapsible stock.
So when the law went into effect, the manufacturers changed the names to “Target Rifle” removed the offending items and those same bowdlerized rifles were for sale all through the ban.
Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
Oughta be a hangin’ offense! Like serving salsa made in New York City.
TRUMP'S DOJ DEMANDS COLORADO, "DROP THE 15-ROUND MAGAZINE LIMIT, NOW!" Big Timber Lodge - youtube - 10:59
Big Timber Lodge does a nice rundown on what the DoJ is doing and how CO pols are responding.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.