The Department of Justice on Wednesday sued the Commonwealth of Virginia over its recently approved assault weapons ban, asserting that the Second Amendment barred such restrictions.

Virginia is one of a handful of states that have enacted such restrictions on the commonly owned semiautomatic rifles.

"In summary, SB749 infringes the right of law-abiding Virginians to purchase and sell AR-15 style rifles and therefore violates the Second Amendment," the suit reads. Thus, Defendants have acted and will continue to act in blatant disregard of the constitutional rights of the citizens of Virginia."

The filing came one day after the Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to AR-15 bans in Connecticut and Illinois.

In May of this year, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon spoke to "Just the News, No Noise" and predicted that the Supreme Court would ultimately rule that AR-15s are constitutionally protected.

"We intend to make sure they do that," she said at the time.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.