Minnesota Firearm News

A Democrat-controlled committee in the Virginia State Senate has advanced nearly a dozen gun control bills that would significantly restrict Second Amendment rights across the Commonwealth. The measures include bans on so-called “assault firearms” and standard-capacity magazines.

Virginia lawmakers are moving quickly to advance one of the most aggressive slates of gun control legislation the Commonwealth has seen in decades. Even before the 2026 legislative session officially begins, Democrats controlling the General Assembly have pre-filed nearly a dozen firearm-related bills, including proposals to ban so-called “assault firearms,” restrict standard-capacity magazines, impose a new state tax on suppressors, and expand civil liability for the firearm