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Without any authority, Jay Jones is coming for your gun rights!

And the Clown Show Begins!

Jay Jones isn’t even in office, but he’s already

trying to take away your gun rights!

Jay Jones won’t be sworn in as Virginia’s next Attorney General until January 17, but he thinks he can already usurp the authority of the sitting Attorney General, Jason Miyares!

This deals with the Universal Background Check (UBC) law that VCDL and GOA got struck down in a legal victory back at the end of October. The Commonwealth had until December 1st to file an appeal, but Miyares did not do so.

Jay Jones, represented by a Washington, D.C. law firm, filed a motion on December 1st for an extension of the deadline to file an appeal. He is hoping the Virginia Court of Appeals will let him file the appeal after he is sworn in.

Let me be clear: until he is sworn in, Jay Jones has no more authority in Virginia than the man in the moon. The reason Jones needs an outside law firm to file the motion is because he is not currently the Attorney General and has no staff to handle the complex filing required by the Court of Appeals. An empowered Attorney General would have the necessary staff to do this. Regardless, he had no standing to file motions on behalf of the Commonwealth on December 1st. Having done so is a flagrant usurpation of the power of the sitting Attorney General, whose term in office has not yet expired.

Some people should never get within a mile of power, as they are likely to abuse that power. Here is an example of just that, with Jay Jones chomping at the bit to push gun control down our throats.

Jason Miyares is probably not taking all this well and hopefully he will put Jones in his place. Certainly, we would hope the Court of Appeals will see through this ruse and reject the motion.

VCDL’s lawyers are filing a response with the Court.

Here is a video that Gilbert Ambler and I made on Jones overstepping his bounds:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxYpjx176bs

Gilbert Ambler made a separate video for his YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6owCCRVcOxc&t=33s

As soon as there is any more news on this, we will let you know here, on VA-ALERT.