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Here Are 12 Bills Democrats Just Passed To Trample Gun Rights in Virginia

Some gun-rights activists are blaming immigrants, but the real culprits are Virginia Democrats.

Jack Nicastro | 3.11.2026 3:28 PM

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Democrats have introduced 18 bills in the Virginia General Assembly to restrict gun rights since January. Twelve have already cleared both chambers—10 are before Gov. Abigail Spanberger and two more are awaiting enrollment before heading to her desk. Not one is cosponsored by a Republican.

On the Governor's Desk

1. Imposition of Civil Liability on the Firearms Industry

Senate Bill 27 allows anyone who has been injured as a result of the firearms industry not imposing "reasonable controls" on the sale of firearms to sue gun manufacturers. The bill defines "reasonable controls" as procedures that prevent the sale of firearms to people whom the firearm industry "has reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk of using a [firearm] to harm themselves or unlawfully harm another."

2. Red Flag Laws Expanded

House Bill 901 expands Virginia's red flag laws by permitting immediate family members, intimate partners (including individuals "who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person"), school administrators, and licensed medical professionals, among others, to petition a judge for an emergency substantial risk order to prohibit the person subject thereto "from purchasing, possessing or transporting a firearm for the duration of the order." The issuance of such orders is not limited to recent acts of violence directed at others, but "evidence of recent or ongoing abuse of controlled substances or alcohol." Just last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in U.S. v. Hemani as to whether federal laws conditioning gun ownership on abstention from unlawful drug use violate the Second Amendment. 

3. Prohibition on Plastic Firearms

House Bill 40 outlaws the knowing manufacture, transfer,........

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