Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued the U.S. Virgin Islands, alleging that officials in the U.S. territory infringed on residents' gun rights by imposing onerous ownership requirements and allowing firearm permit applications to pile up.
The DOJ filed a complaint in the District Court of the Virgin Islands' St. Thomas and St. John Division on Tuesday against the territorial government, the Virgin Islands Police Department and Police Commissioner Mario Brooks.
"The territory's firearms licensing laws and practices are inconsistent with the Second Amendment," said Adam Sleeper, U.S. Attorney for the District of the U.S. Virgin Islands. In a news release.
"This lawsuit seeks to uphold the rights of law-abiding citizens to bear arms in the U.S. Virgin Islands," he added.
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