Anti-Gun Territory In Paradise Shoots Itself In The Foot With Semi-Auto Ban

A federal appeals court ruling could wipe out a law the U.S. Virgin Islands passed in June — a win for gun owners in the tropical paradise who want to own modern semiautomatic firearms.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit struck down New Jersey’s ban on so-called “assault weapons” Friday, expanding a lower-court ruling to include many modern semiautomatic rifles and standard capacity magazines. The ruling will also likely lead to a similar ban passed by the Virgin Islands in June also being tossed out as the Caribbean territory is under the Third Circuit’s jurisdiction, Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) Director of Legal Research and Education Konstadinos Moros wrote in a Friday post to X.

“The Virgin Islands subplot became funnier,” Moros said. “They JUST passed an AWB , after I warned them in my testimony that the Third Circuit was about to rule on this issue so they should just wait, as they fall within that circuit. They ignored me. Now eat shit.”

Moros issued the warnings in testimony during a June 12 hearing held by the Virgin Islands Territorial Senate, while SAF sent a letter on June 10 noting that the Cheeseman case and the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision