The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Denver, Colorado, over the city’s 37-year ban on so-called “assault weapons,” arguing the ordinance violates the Second Amendment by criminalizing commonly owned AR-15-style rifles.
Only one day after Denver, Colorado, Mayor Mike Johnston cavalierly told reporters his answer to a Justice Department vow to bring legal action over the city’s long-standing ban on so-called “assault weapons” was “Hell, no,” the DOJ hit the Mile High City with a federal lawsuit.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, in announcing the lawsuit, stated, “I have directed the Civil Rights Division, through our new Second Amendment Section, to defend law-abiding Americans from restrictions such as those we are challenging in these cases. Law-abiding Americans, regardless of what city or state they reside in, should not have to live under threat of criminal sanction just for exercising their Second Amendment right to possess arms, which are owned by tens of millions of their fellow citizens.” READ MORE AT: https://www.ammoland.com/2026/05/doj-sues-denver-ar-15-assault-weapons-ban/?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=SocialSnap