Virginia anti-gun bill coming back 2024

[Racer Doug14]

Get ready to go to the Virginia capital again

 

[adit]

Youngkin will not sign an anti-gun bill.

 

[Afrikeber]

Not happening in the state of Virginia, regardless of Northern Virginia.

 

[Fushigi Ojisan]

Not happening in the Commonwealth of Virginia, regardless of Northern Virginia.

FIFY

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[Ponder_MD]

Virginia is pretty screwed. Youngkin (rightly) rode the wave of parental rights to victory but voters have short memories and are easily distracted by the next "crisis" or sometimes they think the war has been won in a single election so they stay home.

I don't see anyone on the bench ready to carry Youngkin's visions forward. Winsome Sears is great but she's been awfully quiet. I predict Virginia will go solidly blue at their next gubernatorial election.

 

[mpollan1]

Virginia is pretty screwed. Youngkin (rightly) rode the wave of parental rights to victory but voters have short memories and are easily distracted by the next "crisis" or sometimes they think the war has been won in a single election so they stay home.

I don't see anyone on the bench ready to carry Youngkin's visions forward. Winsome Sears is great but she's been awfully quiet. I predict Virginia will go solidly blue at their next gubernatorial election.

I agree with your prediction. In normal times, with the sad state of affairs both domestically and abroad, everything would be flipping red. But alas...

 

[KingClown]

I agree after the next election VA will be MD lite and work towards unseating MD, NY, and CA as the bluest of the blue

 

[Sundazes]

Not happening in the state of Virginia, regardless of Northern Virginia.

Cant the write the bill in a way if the gov doesn't veto it or signs it, it becomes law?

 

[adit]

Cant the write the bill in a way if the gov doesn't veto it or signs it, it becomes law?

All bills work that way in VA.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/article5/section6/#:~:text=If%20the%20Governor%20does%20not%20act%20on%20any%20bill%2C%20it,in%20which%20the%20bill%20originated.

 

[AssMan]

I don’t think this passes and even if it does, Youngkin will certainly veto.

Still, the writing is on the wall here in VA.


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[RennBaer]

2026 with the new governor will be the pivotal year for VA gun rights. I'm not optimistic, but I hope that I'm wrong.

 

[whistlersmother]

2026 with the new governor will be the pivotal year for VA gun rights. I'm not optimistic, but I hope that I'm wrong.

We might have a decision on the MD AWB by then, but I doubt it.

And the HQL and carry restrictions, too.

 

[davsco]

Still, the writing is on the wall here in VA.

yep, ain't getting any better. really here or anywhere else.

 

[ChannelCat]

The Marxists took over the legislature in Virginia not by pushing gun bans, but by extolling the virtues of abortion. The gun haters came out of the woodwork after the fact, and (I'm not sure if they have the votes to override the good governor's veto.

 

[MattFinals718]

I don’t think this passes and even if it does, Youngkin will certainly veto.

Still, the writing is on the wall here in VA.


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There's no way it'll ever pass. I was a VA resident the last time we went through this same BS charade (late-2019/early-2020), back when Northam was still governor. At the time, I was in a panic - so much so that I went out and bought my second AR-15 in the space of a 1-year period. And it was all much ado about nothing. If VA couldn't pass an AWB then, when the state had both a Democrat-run legislature and Governor, there's even less chance it passes now. If you told me this was being proposed here in MD, I'd say the odds were at least 50-50, but in VA, basically nil.

Also, at the risk of stirring the pot: I think that as a country, we're well past the point where being a blue state alone is enough to get significant new gun control laws passed. Not when the trend of the last few years is that gun ownership has grown so much amongst both women and minorities - the Democrats' key voting blocs. That's going to be a recurring problem for the Democrats in all states, even those led by a Gavin Newsom or a Wes Moore.

 

[rbird7282]

I don’t think this passes and even if it does, Youngkin will certainly veto.

Still, the writing is on the wall here in VA.


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Part of the problem is Republicans keep running lousy candidates and Younkin needs to stop with the "if we get a few more seats we'll be able to enact our full agenda" (obviously not an exact quote).
While his base wants to hear that, the voters in the middle don't and they're the ones that matter the most