The Staggering Pace of Virginia Gun Control

[rangerrebew]

The Staggering Pace of Virginia Gun Control
By Tom Knighton  | 6:29 PM | March 24, 2026
   
 
Despite all outward appearances these days, Virginia is, at heart, a purple state. Most of the state is fairly libertarian or conservative, while there are a few urban enclaves, especially around the District of Columbia, where they're anything but.
 

And while the Democrats basically cleaned up in last year's elections, the reality is that people were looking at issues like affordability, which is what Gov. Abigail Spanberger and company ran on.

Instead of addressing that right off the top, they started with gun control. We all know this. I'm not breaking news here.

What really didn't register, at least for me, was the pace of it passing. To say that a headline reading, "Virginia legislature passes 15 anti-gun laws in just 60 days," was like a smack across the face to wake me up is putting it mildly.

https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2026/03/24/the-staggering-pace-of-virginia-gun-control-n1231975

[DefiantMassRINO]

Revolutionaries move swiftly to consolidate power and eliminate their potential enemies.

[Fishrrman]

Good luck on getting much (any?) of these new laws repealed.

There are numerous AR-15 bans in a number of states (including mine, CT, where you can't even buy .22LR ammunition without a state-issued ID/permit). Offhand, I can think of New York (the SAFE Act has yet to be seriously challenged), Massachusetts, Connecticut, now Virginia.

There has NEVER been a serious challenge to any of these laws.
When is such a challenge going to happen?

Where's that "well... we're waiting!" guy...?

[Smokin Joe]

What will ever vex me is the way that when the Left takes power they wast no time bulldozing rights, but the GOP can't keep up with its own shadow sitting still. Charlottesville, NoVA, and the eastern part of the State down near Norfolk (unions from the shipyards?), and DelMarVa. Most of the State, geographically speaking, is conservative. It is the high population urban enclaves which speak through sheer population density, Democrat government, and maybe even some shenanigans.