VCDL has inside information on a few of the gun-control bills that are going to be introduced in January. Democrat gun-controllers are intentionally delaying the introduction of bad gun-control bills, as they are hoping to keep gun owners from showing up in large numbers at Lobby Day. They do NOT want that massive and embarrassing 2020 rally to happen again, so they want gun owners to feel complacent, like nothing bad is going happen, since only two gun-control bills have shown up so far. 

We must NOT fall into that trap!

Gun-control is not about fighting crime. Let me be crystal clear, government wants to take away our guns, one way or the other. It’s death by a thousand cuts. Here are a few of the bad bills that are coming in January:

• AR-15 ban with magazine limitations. This is about taking away our guns by definition

• Red Flag law expansion, likely to allow more people to abuse red flag laws against gun owners. This is about taking away our guns, either temporarily or indefinitely, depending on the judge

• Permit to purchase (click image above to watch their planning session). This is about discouraging gun ownership and/or reducing gun sales through red tape, time, and cost:
• To be introduced in both the House and the Senate in the first week of the General Assembly session in January
• The quiet part said out loud: the goal is to greatly reduce the number of gun owners and to discourage the purchase of any firearms. The lies we are told: this is to reduce crime, gun-trafficking, shootings by police (!?), and suicides
• The permit is required to purchase a firearm
• It will need to be renewed every 5 years
• The permit will likely not be made available to anyone under 21
• It will require fingerprints, run by either the Virginia State Police or local police, even on renewals
• The permit requires the applicant to take a government approved training course taught by a government approved instructor
• The training will most likely be longer and more involved than the training to get a concealed handgun permit
• The training will require live fire. The live fire component alone will increase the cost of the training and greatly limit the availability of classes, since many ranges don’t allow the range to be used by instructors that are not employed by the range
• There will likely be a $50 fee for the privilege of having a purchase permit
• Application can take up to 45 days to be processed!
• The law will likely go into effect on January 1, 2027
• NICS background check will still be run when you purchase a firearm, and there will likely be a five-day waiting period on purchases.
• A person who needs to buy their first gun in an emergency won’t be able to do so for at least a month, if not two months
• Poor people will be priced out of the market, as they will have to pay for fingerprinting, the permit fee, and training, which will be expensive due to the live fire training requirement and associated reduction in available instructors.

For information on VCDL’s 2026 Lobby Day, click here: https://vcdl.org/lobbyday