Gun Laws — Virginians Prep for a Second Amendment Battle

Virginia has been trending blue for a long time, as both the D.C. suburbs of “NoVa” and the state’s minority population have grown. Add in the suburb-alienating Trumpist drift of the GOP — both nationally and in the southern part of the state — and sprinkle on the judicial demise of some heavy gerrymandering, and you wind up with Democrats in control of the entire state government. Less than a year after a wave of Democratic scandals that was so humiliating it has its own Wikipedia page, in fact.

This could mean big changes for the state that’s home to both the headquarters of the National Rifle Association and the “Nation’s Gun Show.” Already a number of far-reaching gun bills have been announced for January’s legislative session, and already red localities are threatening to defy them.

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Robert VerBruggen

Robert VerBruggen is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

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Virginia has been trending blue for a long time, as both the D.C. suburbs of “NoVa” and the state’s minority population have grown. Add in the suburb-alienating Trumpist drift of the GOP — both nationally and in the southern part of the state — and sprinkle on the judicial demise of some heavy gerrymandering, and you wind up with Democrats in control of the entire state government. Less than a year after a wave of Democratic scandals that was so humiliating it has its own Wikipedia page, in fact.

This could mean big changes for the state that’s home to both the headquarters of the National Rifle Association and the “Nation’s Gun Show.” Already a number of far-reaching gun bills have been announced for January’s legislative session, and already red localities are threatening to defy them.