Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said "the Constitution is not a suggestion" and that "the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans."

Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said "the Constitution is not a suggestion" and that "the Second Amendment is a sacred right belonging to all Americans."

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche threatened lawsuits against four states that have gun restrictions similar to the Hawaii law that the Supreme Court struck down last week.

The Trump administration has sued California and Virginia over new laws in both states that restrict the sale of semiautomatic firearms.

California prohibited gun stores from selling certain handguns that can easily be made fully automatic. Virginia banned the sale and manufacture of certain semiautomatic firearms.