On Friday, February 21, the 2025 Virginia legislative session adjourned sine die. This means the regular legislative session is completed for the year.
Unfortunately, the session did not adjourn before the gun-control majority, as expected, sent several gun-control bills to Governor Youngkin again. Last year, the governor vetoed all the bills that would crater and add further restrictions on firearm ownership to Virginia’s sportsmen and gun owners. It is now time for you to email Governor Youngkin and ask for his continued support of sportsmen and gun owners in the Old Dominion State by vetoing the below bills.
SB848 prohibits a person under the age of 21 from purchasing certain semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns.
SB880 prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic centerfire rifles or shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public.
SB891 / HB1607 imposes an arbitrary 5-day delay before a law-abiding citizen may take possession of a legally purchased firearm.
SB1134 requires a firearm(s) and ammunition to be stored in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet.
SB1181 bans law-abiding adults and persons under the age of 21 from owning certain semi-automatic rifles, shotguns, and pistols and places limits on magazine capacity.
SB1450 / HB1608 institutes new vague laws and restrictions on the already heavily regulated firearms industry. It also authorizes the attorney general or a district attorney to sue a member of the firearm industry by alleging violations and even potential violations of these laws to the extreme of allowing persons “likely to be harmed” to request equitable relief from a court.
There has never been a more important time in sportsmen’s history than now to be involved and engaged in protecting our way of life. Share this alert with your family and friends. Urge them to email Governor Youngkin asking him to VETO all bills that effect law-abiding sportsmen and gun owners. The extremists work tirelessly to destroy our rights, values and heritage, and we must work harder to ensure they are secure today, tomorrow and for the future.
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