""The Constitution is not a suggestion and the Second Amendment is not a second-class right," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement on Tuesday. "Denver's ban on commonly owned semi-automatic rifles directly violates the right to bear arms.""
""Our answer is hell no," Mayor Mike Johnston said. "No, we will not roll back a common sense policy that has kept weapons of war off of these city streets for 37 years.""
The Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Denver and its police department to challenge an assault weapons ban in place since 1989. The administration argues that the ban infringes on the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Denver officials, including the mayor and police chief, rejected calls from the Department of Justice to repeal the ordinance, emphasizing the importance of the ban for public safety. The lawsuit also threatens to challenge a statewide ban on large-capacity ammunition magazines enacted after a mass shooting in 2012.
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