2026-05-05T18:52:07.602Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：汉娜·拉比诺维茨
发布时间：2026年5月5日 美国东部时间下午2:52
美国司法部于周二起诉丹佛市，指控该市实施数十年的半自动武器禁令违反第二修正案。
这项颁布于近40年前的丹佛市条例限制使用容弹量超过15发的弹匣的枪支，包括任何经过改装后达到该标准的武器。周二提起的民事诉讼请求法官下令禁止该市及其警方执行这项武器禁令，并要求相关部门出台政策“纠正”侵犯民众权利的行为。
“守法的美国民众，无论居住在哪个城市或州，都不应仅仅因为行使第二修正案赋予的拥有武器的权利，就面临刑事处罚的威胁，而这类武器是数千万同胞都合法持有的。”司法部民权司司长哈米特·迪隆在一份声明中说道。
美国司法部已发誓要起诉全美各地违反其认定的宪法标准的枪支政策相关州政府和地方政府。司法部去年专门设立了第二修正案部门，负责牵头提起此类诉讼。
该司法部门此前已提起多起诉讼，其中包括针对华盛顿特区对AR-15式武器的限制措施的诉讼，还起诉了美属维尔京群岛警察局，指控其存在不合理的持枪许可审批拖延问题。
AR-15是美国广受欢迎的步枪型号之一。
迪隆早在4月底就曾向丹佛市发出潜在诉讼警告，称如果市政府官员同意停止执行禁令并承认该条例违宪，就可以避免诉讼程序。
市领导层拒绝了这一建议，称该条例在一定程度上推动了暴力犯罪率下降，并指出全美各地的法院此前已驳回过类似案件。
“你的要求毫无根据、不负责任，明显是对联邦政府权力的越界使用。”市检察官米科·布朗在周一的回信中说道，他还补充道，“废除一项已生效37年的常识性禁令，将攻击性武器重新带回我市社区，绝非解决之道。”
Justice Department launches court battle over Denver’s semi-automatic weapons ban
2026-05-05T18:52:07.602Z / CNN
By Hannah Rabinowitz
PUBLISHED May 5, 2026, 2:52 PM ET
The City and County Building in Denver.
David Zalubowski/AP
The Justice Department sued Denver on Tuesday, alleging that the city’s decades-old ban on semi-automatic weapons violates the Second Amendment.
Enacted nearly 40 years ago, the Denver ordinance restricts firearms with magazines over 15 rounds, including any weapons that have been modified to do so. The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday asks a judge to stop the city and its police department from enforcing the weapons ban and to implement policies that “correct” instances in which people’s rights were violated.
“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,” Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement.
The Justice Department has vowed to sue state and local governments across the country for gun policies it claims violate the Constitution. The DOJ established a Second Amendment Section last year to lead the charge in filing those cases.
The Justice Department division has filed other lawsuits, including one against Washington, DC, for its restrictions on AR-15-style weapons. The department has also sued the Virgin Islands Police Department for permitting delays it says are unreasonable.
The AR-15 is among the popular rifles owned in the US.
Dhillon first warned the city of a potential lawsuit in late April, writing that Denver could avoid the process if officials agreed to stop enforcing the ban and acknowledge it was unconstitutional.
City leaders rejected the notion, crediting the ordinance in part for a drop in violent crime and noting that courts across the country have previously rejected similar cases.
“Your request is baseless, irresponsible, and a clear overreach of the federal government’s power,” City Attorney Miko Brown said in a response letter dated Monday, adding that “reversing a common-sense ban that has worked for 37 years and bringing assault weapons back into the City’s neighborhoods is not one of them.”
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