The Virginia General Assembly reached its important crossover deadline on February 4, signifying the date by which legislation must pass out of its chamber of origin or be deemed dead for the session.
Unfortunately for gun owners in Virginia, more than 20 anti-gun measures have survived the deadline and are still in play as the General Assembly continues its ongoing debate over various legislative proposals. It’s clear that Virginia Democrats are determined to see some anti-gun bills signed into law in 2025, and it’s up to Virginia gun owners to fight tooth and nail to ensure that these gun-ban advocates do not succeed.
Senate bills now under consideration in the House that deal with gun owners’ age include Senate Bill 744 and Senate Bill 848. SB 744 increases the age to 21 a person who is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or household member to transfer a gun to. SB 848 would restrict young adults between 18 and 21 years of age from being able to purchase certain semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns.
Another Senate measure, Senate Bill 880, would greatly expand gun-free zones in the state. If approved, it would prohibit carrying a rifle or shotgun on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public.
Yet another measure, Senate Bill 881, takes aim at those wishing to make their own firearms. As the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action pointed out in a state alert, the bill would “end the centuries-old practice of individuals building lawful firearms for personal use without government interference by prohibiting the manufacture of firearms without serial numbers.”
Additionally, Senate Bill 891 would implement a five-day waiting period for a lawful gun purchaser to take possession of a legally purchased firearm after passing the background check. As we’ve pointed out before, there is no evidence that waiting periods reduce suicides, homicides or mass shootings.
Turning to some of the more egregious House bills now in the Senate, House Bill 1607 is this year’s version of an “assault weapons” ban. The measure would outlaw certain semi-automatic firearms manufactured after July 1, 2025, including many semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns.
Another measure, House Bill 1622, would endanger firearm industry members with frivolous lawsuits by eroding the protections afforded to them via the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). This legislation would be costly to the industry, resulting in a higher price for Virginians to exercise their Second Amendment rights.
Yet another bill, House Bill 1660, would redefine the meaning of “trigger activator.” Under the new law, the phrase would mean a “conversion kit, tool, accessory, or device designed to alter the rate of fire.” According to NRA-ILA, this vague and ambiguous definition could be broadly interpreted to implicate many common firearm accessories, including any trigger upgrades and modifications.
Lastly, HB 1797 would endanger Virginians’ right to carry a firearm for self-defense. As NRA-ILA put it, “This could impact the ability of Virginia’s Concealed Handgun Permit holders to carry their firearms in other states as they travel.”
ATTENTION: Veterans 2A Rights Under Attack! Act Now! (bill submitted to protect Veterans 2A Rights)
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but, but, but, I thought Trump.
DOGE ing the issue.
Veterans and Social Security recipients are no longer needed.
The Dems simply can’t help themselves. They are now conducting lawfare on those mouth breathing, gun owning Trump voters through “legislative reprisals”.
… and we should respond in like kind to what they’ve advised their adherents to do – IGNORE “their” laws.
Virginia will be in trouble when they get another Dem governor.
It’s always been all semi-auto arms, then all other arms will be targeted.
It would be good if Virginians examined their State Seal closely, paying special attention to the condition of the tyrant, and tried to live up to their SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS motto.
It’s amazing that nobody sees that which is so clear on that flag.
Breaking! Major Ruling – Illinois: State Required Permission Slip For Firearm Ownership Ruled UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
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It’s about time. Thanks for the heads’ up.
This Is One Of The BEST UNCONSTITUTIONAL Back Hands We Have Seen In A WHILE.
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Pubs should bail on Virginia as fast as they can. Take their congressional districts with them. Shrink Their power the way they are in CA and NY.
Let them pass their laws, then just overturn them on the federal level. It is the 2nd amendment afterall.
Oh, that’s the one that says guns and shall not be infringed isn’t it?
Yes the one we have at least a century’s worth of bullshit infringements to untangle.
No surprise really. NoVa, Richmond and Newport News have all the money and most of the votes. These are supposed to be some of the highest earning and most educated zip codes in the country but they are full of idealistic people who think their nice neighborhoods don’t require self protection.
Clean the guns, load the mags, another mentally ill deranged wokie left-winger, Dr. Steve Caudle, is coming for you: Preacher Calls for Violence in Response to DOGE ‘Stealing’ Social Security.
“Misinformation and violent rhetoric about DOGE is spilling out into pulpits across the nation:
‘No one likes violence, but sometimes violence is necessary. When Elon Musk forces his way into the U.S. Treasury and threatens to steal your personal information and your Social Security check, there is a possibility of violence.
Sometimes the devil will act so ugly that you have no other choice but to get violent and fight.’
Dr. Steve Caudle
Greater Second Missionary Baptist Church
Chattanooga, TN”
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(wow, this guy is a lunatic. No one is stealing “personal information and your Social Security check” and Elon didn’t force his way into the U.S. Treasury and threaten anything. All of that from this nut case preacher is a lie, its repeating the same lie the Democrats have been telling)
Dollar Store pastor calls on flock to inflict violence on supporters of Musk and Trump’s audits.
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Spouting conspiracy theories and calls to violence to churchgoers.
They burned a bunch of kids alive at Waco for less.
With Trump’s purge of Wash D.C. Deep State refuse/Bolshevik bureaucrats and the inevitable crippling of taxpayer-funded Beltway NGOs there will be many reliable Democratic voters in Northern Virginia who find themselves unemployable, without the means to pay their exhorbitant rents/mortgages, these parasites will migrate back to where they came from ie. California, N.Y., N.J. Massachusetts etc. (Blue States) and Virginia will return to being a “Red State” thus we may not have to worry about such legislation.
Best part is we wouldn’t even notice the assholes coming back as they would just replace the migrants.
Maybe they could take the illegals’ job of picking corn and strawberries in NYC so our groceries will stay super cheap like they were under Biden. I’m told by informed Dems that is how it works.
Wait you expect them to actually work over here? What do you think they are replacing?
I’ve been assured by very serious people that they are hard at work making us all very rich. I just never realized that NYC was a major farming hub.
Lol gotcha mixed responses on my part. I was referring to a lot of the losses my state had (especially recently educated) going into fed.gov work that are likely to be downsized replacing the various illegals self and …….assisted deporting in doing nothing while collecting a check from somewhere as opposed to kinda working (remotely) and collecting a check from fed.gov. No way could I see them working in agriculture…….which is mostly legal temp work visa anyway.
Oh and NY is all know kinds of farmland once you get north of Poughkeepsie……. even a bit before.
All kinds of farmland yeesh
I thought the “migrants” flocked to NYC and Chicago to work the farms so we can all be rich. I can’t wait to cash in someday.
I mean they farmed votes.
As a Va resident, I’m embarrassed to admit that we could easily be a red state if our gun owners, conservatives, and Repubs would manage to vote. The voter turn-out for non-prez elections is pathetic.
Youngkin only won because some women turned on Democrats due to that tranz school rape coverup (boy in girl’s bathroom policy).
This applies everywhere: R’s will win when they get a strong rural turnout and they break the hold Dems have on young or single women due to effective propaganda.
If you don’t vote, don’t complain about the result.
So glad I didn’t retire in Virginia after military service. Even though I love the states history, the battlefields and museums, and the civil war enactments it’s all wonderful.
And even that can all be lost if this political leftist situation continues.