2026年5月25日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 福克斯新闻
弗吉尼亚州 Commonwealth 检察官瑞安·梅哈菲表示，新的枪支禁令“直击民兵制度的核心”
海军陆战队退伍军人检察官拒绝执行“违宪”的斯潘伯格枪支禁令
海军陆战队退伍军人、弗吉尼亚州斯波茨维尔县检察官瑞安·梅哈菲谈到了他对弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格签署的新枪支禁令的强硬立场。
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独家报道： 海军陆战队退伍军人、弗吉尼亚州检察官瑞安·梅哈菲正对他认为是民主党州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格签署的“违宪”新枪支禁令采取强硬立场。
斯潘伯格因进步政策议程受到批评，民调支持率持续下滑，她于上周签署了一项新法案，禁止未来销售和制造“突击武器”，包括多款半自动步枪、手枪和霰弹枪。该法律还禁止未来销售容弹量超过15发的弹匣。
此举立即遭到许多弗吉尼亚州民众的反对，并引发了第二修正案是否遭到违反的新担忧。但斯波茨维尔县检察官梅哈菲并未选择抗议，而是明确划下红线，断然拒绝执行该禁令。
该法案将于今年7月美国独立250周年纪念日前生效，梅哈菲已致信斯波茨维尔县警长罗杰·哈里斯，告知他该禁令“违宪，无法合法执行”。
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弗吉尼亚州民主党州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格的最新针对第二修正案的举措引发了共和党人的愤怒，还可能招致司法部起诉。（盖蒂图片社）
斯潘伯格办公室发布的一份声明称，突击武器禁令是“保护家庭、社区和为其服务的执法人员的关键一步”。
斯潘伯格表示，她签署该法案成为法律“是因为旨在造成最大伤亡的枪支不应出现在我们的街道上”。
她补充道：“尽管州议会没有采纳我专门为某些常用于狩猎的枪支留出例外的修正案，但我将与提案议员合作，澄清这一措辞。”
对此，梅哈菲在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，该法律“直击弗吉尼亚州民兵制度的核心”。
梅哈菲认为，第二修正案不仅是对个人自由的保障，也是对社区通过“纪律严明的民兵”进行自卫能力的保护。
他解释道：“我们的建国者在起草建国文件时，小心翼翼地确保人民的终极权利得到保护，以捍卫自己和社区。因此，宪法分析的关键在于，这项武器是否与纪律严明的民兵的保存或效能存在合理关联。”
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梅哈菲认为，弗吉尼亚州的历史传统和法律先例要求公民拥有枪支以保卫公共利益，他说：“第二修正案并不意味着你可以拥有核武器，但它确实允许你拥有基本的步兵武器。”（斯宾塞·普拉特/盖蒂图片社）
梅哈菲辩称，在弗吉尼亚州，历史传统和判例法不仅允许公民拥有枪支，甚至要求他们配备基本步兵武器用于共同防御。梅哈菲表示，在建国先贤的时代，标准装备是火枪和20发弹药。如今，美国军方的基本步兵武器是配备30发弹匣的M4A1卡宾枪。
他笑着说：“第二修正案并不意味着你可以拥有核武器，但它确实允许你拥有基本的步兵武器。”
“这类武器是第二修正案所保护的核心。不一定是核弹头，而是你可以拿出来组成火力小组或连队，以捍卫自己和社区的步枪。”
梅哈菲并非唯一持此立场的人。除了他所说的社区“压倒性积极”的回应外， Smyth 县检察官、空军退伍军人菲利普·布莱文斯也拒绝执行该法案，称其违宪。该禁令还面临包括全国步枪协会（NRA）、枪支政策联盟和第二修正案基金会在内的持枪权利组织的诉讼。
布莱文斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“最终，法院将继续处理这些问题，我尊重司法部门的作用。但作为斯密斯县选举产生的检察官，我将继续毫无歉意、毫不犹豫地坚守我认为宪法所要求的立场。”
“我的立场并非基于政治，而是基于对宪法的忠诚，”他继续说道，“《权利法案》要么有意义，要么毫无意义。”
“作为检察官，我宣誓支持并捍卫美国宪法和弗吉尼亚州宪法。这一誓言并非视情况而定，也不会因政治、头条新闻或任何一方的压力而改变。”
梅哈菲相信，他和在此问题上支持他的人最终将获胜。
“无论是在美国宪法还是弗吉尼亚州宪法中，第二修正案都是国家的最高法律，”他解释道，“因此，无论州议会通过什么法律，都无法凌驾于宪法之上。”
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尽管他的立场为他带来了大量关注，但梅哈菲强调：“我最渴望的就是光荣地履行我的职责，成为当选代表我的选民的优秀公仆，维护他们的权利。”
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“这就是我正在努力做的事情，”他补充道，“我希望任何政府官员都能像我一样，忠于宪法，履行作为人民公仆的职责。”
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Marine vet prosecutor refuses to cross constitutional line on Spanberger ‘assault weapon’ ban
May 25, 2026 6:00am EDT / Fox News
Commonwealth Attorney Ryan Mehaffey said the new Virginia gun ban ‘is striking at the core of the militia system’
Marine vet prosecutor refusing to enforce ‘unconstitutional’ Spanberger gun ban
Marine veteran and Spotsylvania, Virginia, Commonwealth Attorney Ryan Mehaffey discusses his hardline stance against a new Gov. Abigail Spanberger-signed gun ban.
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EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Mehaffey, a Marine veteran and Virginia prosecutor, is taking a hard-line stance against what he believes is an “unconstitutional” new gun ban signed by Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger.
Spanberger, who has been slipping in the polls amid criticisms of her progressive policy agenda, signed a new bill last week banning the future sale and manufacture of “assault weapons,” including many semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns. The law also bans the future sale of magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds.
The move caused immediate backlash from many Virginians and raised new Second Amendment violation concerns. Rather than protest, however, Mehaffey, who serves as the commonwealth attorney for Spotsylvania County, is drawing a line in the sand and flatly refusing to enforce the ban.
With the bill set to take effect this July ahead of America’s 250th anniversary of independence, Mehaffey sent a letter to Spotsylvania Sheriff Roger Harris, instructing him that the ban is “unconstitutional and cannot be lawfully enforced.”
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Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger is drawing Republicans’ ire and a potential Justice Department lawsuit on her latest moves against the Second Amendment.(Getty Images)
A statement released by Spanberger’s office called the assault weapons ban a “critical step toward protecting families, communities, and the law enforcement officers who serve them.”
Spanberger remarked she signed the bill into law “because firearms designed to inflict maximum casualties do not belong on our streets.”
She added that “while the General Assembly chose not to adopt my amendment that specifically carves out certain firearms frequently used for hunting, I will work with the patrons to clarify this language.”
In response, Mehaffey said in an interview with Fox News Digital that the law “is striking at the core of the militia system that existed in Virginia.”
According to Mehaffey, the Second Amendment is not just an assurance of personal freedoms, but also a safeguard for a community’s ability to defend itself through a “well-regulated militia.”
“Our founders were careful to make sure when they drafted our founding document, that the ultimate right of the people was preserved to defend themselves and to defend their community,” he explained. “So, the linchpin of the constitutional analysis is going to be does this instrument have some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a regulated militia.”
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Mehaffey argues that Virginia historical tradition and legal precedent requires citizens own firearms for the public defense, saying, “The second amendment may not mean that you are allowed to have a nuclear weapon, but what it does allow you to have is a basic infantry weapon.”(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Mehaffey argues that in Virginia, historical tradition and case law precedent not only allow citizens to own firearms but even require them to arm themselves with the weapons of a basic infantryman for common defense. In the Founding Fathers’ time, Mehaffey said the standard issue was a musket and 20 rounds. Today, the basic infantry weapon in the U.S. military is the M4A1 carbine equipped with a 30-round magazine.
“The second amendment may not mean that you are allowed to have a nuclear weapon,” he laughed. “But what it does allow you to have is a basic infantry weapon.”
“That sort of weapon is the core of what’s protected by the Second Amendment. Not necessarily a nuclear warhead, but a rifle that you can take out and form either a fire team or a company to defend yourself and to defend your community.”
Mehaffey is not alone in his stance. In addition to what he characterized as the “overwhelmingly positive” response from his community, Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney Phillip Blevins, an Air Force veteran, has also refused to enforce the bill, arguing it is unconstitutional. The ban is also facing lawsuits from gun-rights groups, including the NRA, Firearms Policy Coalition and Second Amendment Foundation.
Blevins told Fox News Digital that “ultimately, courts will continue to address these issues, and I respect the role of the judiciary. But as the elected Commonwealth’s Attorney for Smyth County, I will continue to stand for what I believe the Constitution requires, without apology or hesitation.”
“My position is not based on politics. It is based on constitutional fidelity,” he continued, adding, “The Bill of Rights either means something, or it does not.”
“As Commonwealth’s Attorney, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Virginia. That oath is not situational, and it does not change based on politics, headlines, or pressure from either side of an issue.”
Mehaffey believes he and those standing beside him on this issue will ultimately prevail.
“The Second Amendment is the supreme law of the land, both in the U.S. Constitution and the analog in the Virginia Constitution,” he explained. “So, whatever law is passed by the General Assembly is not going to have the ability to supersede the Constitution.”
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Marine veteran and now Spotsylvania, Virginia, Commonwealth Attorney Ryan Mehaffey with his wife, Lucie.(Courtesy of Spotsylvania Commonwealth Attorney Ryan Mehaffey)
While he has gotten a lot of personal attention for his stance, Mehaffey emphasized that, “I want nothing more than to fulfill my office with honor and to be a good servant to the people that elected me to represent them and to stick up for their rights.”
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“That’s what I’m trying to do,” he continued, adding, “I would expect any government official to remain faithful to the Constitution and to discharge their duties as servants of the people in the same way that I have.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger for additional comment.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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