West Virginia Code § 61-7B-8

Attorney General authorized and directed to challenge unconstitutional
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federal actions related to firearms.
Whenever any federal statute, presidential executive order, agency order, federal law, rule,
or regulation is determined by the Attorney General of this state to infringe upon the right to
keep and bear arms affirmed under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States, the Attorney General shall commence and prosecute legal challengees to the federal
action. In exercising and discharging the duties required by this section, the Attorney
General shall pursue all available appeals in the courts of the United Strates, and he or she
may expend the public moneys necessary for these purposes. The Attorney General may
solicit the participation in these efforts of attorneys general of the other states of the United
States and join actions brought by attorneys general of other states or other persons seeking
to protect such rights. t

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