The US Virgin Islands is obstructing individuals’ right to own firearms by “systematically delaying the processing of applications and imposing unconstitutional conditions” on licenses, the US Department of Justice said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The Virgin Islands, its police department, and Police Commissioner Mario Brooks are engaged in a coordinated effort to “nullify through unconstitutional, bureaucratic barriers a right that the Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly recognized,” according to the complaint filed in the US District Court of the Virgin Islands.
In order to lawfully possess a firearm in the Virgin Islands, a person must obtain ...
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