2026年6月29日 美国东部时间12:04 / 福克斯新闻
助理司法部长哈米特·迪隆表示，她的办公室正在全面调查弗格森在弗吉尼亚州枪支商店指出的背景调查延误问题
作者：查尔斯·克赖茨，福克斯新闻
一名司法部高级检察官回应了一名弗吉尼亚州居民及前特朗普政府官员提出的担忧，此前一名法官临时叫停了一项原本将于周三生效的全面“攻击性武器”禁令，期间背景调查被指故意拖延。
这场争议发生之际，里士满成为最新一个民主党主导的州府，试图限制与第二修正案相关的活动。最高法院近期驳回纽约和哥伦比亚特区枪支法规的裁决，为保守派挑战类似法案提供了重要法律胜利。
在弗吉尼亚州的法律诉讼期间，批评者指责州警方故意拖延背景调查，以便在诉讼期间通过迂回方式执行该法律。负责民权事务的助理司法部长哈米特·迪隆回应称，她的办公室正在“全面调查”这起案件以及全国范围内的“抢枪闹剧”。
弗吉尼亚州基尔马诺克的一名居民与美国枪支拥有者协会一同提起诉讼，要求叫停里士满的新法案。该法案规定买卖“攻击性武器”将面临刑事处罚，批评者称这严重违反了第二修正案。
弗吉尼亚州7月1日攻击性武器禁令生效前枪支销量激增 由州长斯潘伯格签署签署
2026年5月18日，周一，弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格在里士满高地泉高中举行的法案签署仪式上发言。（迈克·克罗普夫/《里士满时报快讯》）
该诉讼将弗吉尼亚州北颈地区共和党友好的兰开斯特县的基尔马诺克枪支商店纳入其中，约翰·马丁法官因此裁定该禁令至12月31日暂停执行。
裁决发布后，联邦贸易委员会委员安德鲁·弗格森发推文称，他在当地枪支商店体验到了所谓的“大规模”背景调查延误。背景调查由弗吉尼亚州警察局负责。
弗吉尼亚州警察局局长杰弗里·卡茨上校既是斯潘伯格任命的官员，也是兰开斯特县诉讼案的被告方。
“弗吉尼亚州警察局正在大规模拖延背景调查，这是我见过的最公然侵犯我们权利的行为之一。这太离谱了，”弗格森说道。
“我们的警察正在协助激进左翼分子解除美国人的武装。”
当被问及这一指控时，弗吉尼亚州警察局表示不存在故意拖延的情况，并称过去一个月来枪支申请数量激增。
“枪支交易中心正处理大量交易。仅6月份该中心就处理了超过10万笔交易，日均处理量超过5000笔，”州警察局监察员马修·德姆莱因说道。
“该中心正全力以赴完成每一笔交易。”
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弗吉尼亚州公民防卫联盟——该案共同原告方——负责人菲利普·范·克利夫也表示，考虑到马丁法官的裁决，他并不认为弗吉尼亚州警察局是故意拖延背景调查。
“我不想对弗吉尼亚州警察局不公，”范·克利夫在推文中说道。“我不认为这些延误是故意的。”
“我只是认为弗吉尼亚州警察局及其计算机系统没有做好准备，应对州议会那些控枪蠢货制造的巨大交易量。”
另一位禁令批评者援引了《弗吉尼亚州法典》的一部分内容，该条款似乎规定，即使背景调查出现延误，枪支交易仍可照常进行。
如果枪支经销商已经履行了弗吉尼亚州警察局规定的所有程序，但警方在五个工作日内未给出回复，经销商可在不违反法律的情况下完成枪支销售或转让。
与此同时，州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格的发言人表示，弗吉尼亚州民众压倒性支持严格的背景调查制度，该法案将保障“老自治领州”的安全。
“民调多次显示，超过80%的弗吉尼亚州民众支持普及背景调查——包括大多数枪支拥有者和来自各个政治阵营的弗吉尼亚州居民。斯潘伯格州长签署这项广受支持的法案，旨在恢复合理的背景调查制度，帮助执法人员保护我们社区的安全，”该发言人说道，并承诺斯潘伯格将“继续采取合理措施，保护全州的执法人员、儿童和家庭免受枪支暴力威胁”。
鉴于弗格森等人的指控，福克斯新闻数字频道联系了司法部，询问正在采取或计划采取哪些行动。
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2025年9月29日，民权事务助理司法部长哈米特·迪隆抵达华盛顿特区司法部参加新闻发布会。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
马丁法官的裁决指出，禁令中规定的枪支特征缺乏合理依据，因为尽管手枪符合立法者所称的军用风格特征，但却被排除在外。
该禁令最初由众议院民主党议员丹·赫尔默（费尔法克斯）和参议院民主党议员萨达姆·萨利姆（邓恩洛林）起草。
据《法庭新闻服务》报道，范·克利夫还指出，民主党前州长蒂姆·凯恩在弗吉尼亚理工大学枪击案后设立的委员会曾发现，像新法案中规定的弹匣限制“对案件结果不会产生任何影响”。
代表州政府出庭的司法部长杰伊·琼斯在一份声明中表示：“枪支暴力是本州乃至全国暴力犯罪的主要诱因，而攻击性武器的设计初衷就是在数秒内造成最大程度的伤害。”
在2025年竞选期间，琼斯曾发送的短信被曝光，内容显示他曾设想枪击弗吉尼亚州前共和党众议院议长。
“州议会通过并由州长签署的攻击性武器禁令将拯救本州的生命，且符合《弗吉尼亚州宪法》，”琼斯说道。
斯潘伯格5月签署该法案时曾遗憾表示，州议会拒绝接受她提出的修改方案，该方案原本可以将常用的狩猎用枪支排除在外。
左：弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格；右：一家枪支商店。（迈克·克罗普夫/盖蒂图片社；查利·特里巴洛/盖蒂图片社）
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“我签署这项法案成为法律，因为那些旨在造成最大伤亡的枪支不应出现在我们的街道上。我们采取这一举措是为了保护家庭，支持每天都在努力保护我们社区安全的执法人员，”她说道，并补充称她将与萨利姆和赫尔默合作，澄清法案措辞，以安抚狩猎爱好者。
福克斯新闻数字频道联系了弗吉尼亚州共和党少数派议员以获取更多评论。众议院预计将于周一晚些时候召开会议，可能会讨论这一议题。
作者在宾夕法尼亚州阿伦敦出生并长大，自2013年起在福克斯新闻纽约和华盛顿分社工作。
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June 29, 2026 12:04pm EDT / Fox News
Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon said her office is ‘all over’ background check slowdowns flagged by Ferguson at VA gun stores
By Charles Creitz, Fox News
A top DOJ prosecutor responded to concerns raised by a Virginia resident and fellow Trump administration official over alleged slow-walking of background checks after a judge temporarily blocked a sweeping “assault weapons” ban that otherwise was set to take effect Wednesday.
The uproar comes as Richmond becomes the latest Democrat-run capital to pursue restrictions on Second Amendment-related activities. The Supreme Court’s recent rulings against New York’s and the District of Columbia’s gun laws have given conservatives major legal victories in their efforts to challenge similar measures.
Amid Virginia’s legal fight, critics accused state police of intentionally slow-walking background checks to effectively backdoor-enforce the law while it is litigated. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon responded that her office is “all over this” case and other instances of “gun-grabbing nonsense nationally.”
Joined by Gun Owners of America, a Virginia resident seeking to purchase firearms from a dealer in Kilmarnock, Virginia, sued to block Richmond’s new law imposing criminal penalties for selling or purchasing “assault firearm[s],” which critics said is a sweeping violation of the Second Amendment.
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks during a ceremonial bill signing event at Highland Springs High School in Richmond, Virginia, Monday, May 18, 2026.(Mike Kropf/Richmond Times-Dispatch)
The inclusion of the Kilmarnock gun store established legal standing in GOP-friendly Lancaster County in Virginia’s Northern Neck, where Judge John Martin blocked enforcement of the law through Dec. 31.
After the ruling, FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson tweeted that he encountered what he called an “en masse” delay in background checks after visiting his local gun store. The checks are handled by the Virginia State Police.
The top cop at VSP, Col. Jeffrey Katz, is both a Spanberger appointee and listed the defendant in the Lancaster case.
“The Virginia State Police is is delaying background checks en masse in one of the most flagrant violations of our rights that I’ve seen. This is outrageous,” Ferguson said.
“Our police are aiding radical leftists to disarm Americans.”
When asked about the allegation, VSP suggested there was no intentional slow-walking and said troopers have seen a spike in applications over the past month.
“The Firearms Transaction Center is seeing a large number of transactions. The center has processed over 100,000 transactions in June alone and have been averaging over 5,000 transactions a day,” said Matthew Demlein, an ombudsman for the state police.
“The center is working diligently to complete each transaction.”
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Philip Van Cleave — whose Virginia Citizens Defense League is a co-plaintiff in the case — also said he was not convinced VSP was intentionally holding up background checks in light of the Lancaster decision.
“I don’t want to be unfair to the Virginia State Police,” Van Cleave tweeted. “I’m not convinced that the delays are intentional.”
“I just don’t think VSP and their computer system is geared up to handle the immense volume that the gun-control idiots in the general assembly have created.”
Another critic of the ban shared a section of the Code of Virginia that appeared to allow firearm transfers to proceed despite background check delays.
If a dealer fulfills the requirements laid out by VSP but police do not respond within five business days, the dealer may complete the sale or transfer of the firearm without violating the law.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Virginians overwhelmingly support stringent background checks and that the law keeps the Old Dominion safe.
“Polls have repeatedly shown that more than 80 percent of Virginians support universal background checks — including a majority of gun owners and Virginians from every part of the political spectrum. Governor Spanberger signed this widely supported law to restore commonsense background checks and help law enforcement officers keep our communities safe,” the spokesperson said, pledging that Spanberger will “continue to take commonsense steps to protect law enforcement officers, kids, and families across the Commonwealth from gun violence.”
Fox News Digital reached out to DOJ to determine what actions are being taken or planned, given allegations from Ferguson and others.
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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon arrives for a news conference at the Justice Department on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Martin’s ruling stated that the firearm characteristics identified in the ban lack a rational basis because handguns are excluded despite fitting the lawmakers’ stated military-style rationale.
The ban was originally authored in the House by Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax, and in the Senate by Sen. Saddam Salim, D-Dunn Loring.
In comments reported by Courthouse News Service, Van Cleave separately noted that a commission set up by Democratic then-Gov. Tim Kaine following the Virginia Tech massacre found that gun-magazine limits like those focused on in the new law would have “made no difference in the outcome.”
Attorney General Jay Jones, arguing for the state, said in a statement that “gun violence is the key driver of violent crime in this commonwealth and nation, and assault weapons are designed intentionally to inflict maximum damage in a matter of seconds.”
During his 2025 campaign, text messages surfaced showing Jones had envisioned the shooting of the former Republican speaker of the Virginia House.
“The assault weapons ban passed by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor will save lives in the Commonwealth and is compliant with the Constitution of Virginia,” Jones said.
When she signed the law in May, Spanberger lamented that the legislature declined to accept her proposed changes that would have carved out commonly used hunting firearms.
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, left; a gun shop, right.(Mike Kropf/Getty Images; Charly Triballeau/Getty Images)
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“I am signing this bill into law because firearms designed to inflict maximum casualties do not belong on our streets. We are taking this step to protect families and support the law enforcement officers who work every day to keep our communities safe,” she said, adding that she would work with Salim and Helmer to clarify the law’s language to assuage hunters.
Fox News Digital reached out to Virginia’s Republican legislative minority for additional comment. The House was expected to go into session late Monday, where the subject could come up.
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