The Virgin Islands government didn’t get the memo that Bruen was decided.

Stephen Halbrook | 12.21.2025 9:41 PM

On December 16, Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice filed the complaint in U.S. v. Government of Virgin Islands in the District Court of the Virgin Islands.  The lawsuit was filed "to restore the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens" under 34 U.S.C. § 12601, which authorizes the Attorney General to sue a governmental authority engaging in a pattern or practice that deprives persons of rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States.

Under Virgin Islands ("VI") law, possessing or carrying an unlicensed firearm is an offense subjecting an individual to a term of "imprisonment of not less than ten years," and/or a fine "not less than $10,000 nor more than $15,000."

But to obtain a license to possess and carry a firearm, a person must "establish[] to the satisfaction of the Commissioner [of the Police Department] that he has good reason to fear death or great injury to his person or property, or … any other........

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