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Published 6/24/2026
VCDL UPDATE 6/24/26
Bad News on UBC's
AWB Changes on monday?
- Bad News: Inexplicably the Lynchburg Judge Removed His Injunction on Universal Background Checks, Effective July 1
- Possible Last-Minute Changes to AWB on Monday?
- Virginia's 2A Freedom Ride This Sunday, VCDL President to Speak
- Article on Five AWB Lawsuits in Progress in Virginia
- Audio From Meeting: Frederick County Republican CA, Ross Spicer, Not Happy About Being Called Out for Siding With Jay Jones
- Reminder: SMLPSA is Having a Defensive Pistol Benefit Match for VCDL on July 19!
- Loudoun County is Non-Committal on Enforcing the AWB and AW Carry Prohibition
- Article: Democrats' Latest Backdoor Gun Ban
- Chicago Has Every Gun Law Democrats Ever Wanted and Juneteenth Weekend Violence Just Proved None of It Works
- For A Laugh: The Babylon Bee on X: "We Asked AI To Simulate If The US Had A Second Civil War"
1. Bad News: Inexplicably the Lynchburg Judge Removed His Injunction on Universal Background Checks, Effective July 1
VCDL and GOA were unpleasantly surprised when Judge Yeatts removed his injunction on Universal Background Checks (UBCs) this morning, effective on July 1.
So, if you want to do private sales of some firearms, NOW is the time to do so.
This is NOT over, but UBCs will be around for a while until we can get them struck down permanently.
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Tomorrow, Thursday, the VCDL/GOA temporary injunction request for the AWB and AW carry prohibition is being heard in Lancaster County.
2. Possible Last-Minute Changes to AWB on Monday?
Word has it that the Governor is going to call a special session of the General Assembly on Monday to make some amendments to bills that have already been signed into law. One of the bills to be amended is rumored to be the AWB.
What changes will be made one day before that modified bill becomes law? (Leave it to the gun-controllers to make changes this late in the game.)
We don’t know. We’ll be watching on Monday to see what happens and let you know as soon as we know.
3. Virginia's 2A Freedom Ride This Sunday, VCDL President to Speak
This Sunday, June 28, there will be a 2A Freedom Ride. I have been invited to speak at the beginning of the ride (at the Harley dealership in Ashland) and at the end of the ride (at the Harley dealership in Midlothian).
I expect I’ll be seeing lots of holstered handguns!
Details on the event are here:
https://www.2aride.com/
4. Article on Five AWB Lawsuits In Progress In Virginia
Virginia Gun Ban Faces Five Lawsuits as July 1 Deadline Nears
https://www.ammoland.com/2026/06/virginia-gun-ban-five-lawsuits-july-1/
5. Audio From Meeting: Frederick County Republican CA, Ross Spicer, Not Happy About Being Called Out For Siding With Jay Jones
This is some of the audio from a recent meeting of the Frederick County Republican Committee. Commonwealth Attorney, Ross Spicer, was asked to defend his joining with “Two Bullets” Jay Jones on an application to the Virginia Supreme Court to consolidate four different AWB lawsuits and have them tried in Richmond.
A furious Spicer, who was allowed to dominate the “discussion” by the committee chair, didn’t address that issue. Instead he deflected as to why he wasn’t announcing that he wouldn’t prosecute the new unconstitutional AWB and AW carry prohibition laws.
I have the video, but it was too large to upload, so I have just uploaded the audio portion:
6. Reminder: SMLPSA Is Having a Defensive Pistol Benefit Match for VCDL On July 19!
The Smith Mountain Lake Pistol Shooting Association (SMLPSA) is having a Defensive Pistol match to benefit VCDL on July 19, starting at 10am for session one and 2pm for session two. Location:
W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center
775 Hermitage Rd
Wirtz, VA 24184
The match is a defensive pistol “IDPA-style” match. SMLPSA has its own rule book, which is posted online on the registration page. (The rules are very similar to IDPA with a few minor changes: concealment garments are optional; no appendix holsters; all scoring on paper is limited - no make-up shots; and one or two other differences. The goal is to keep the rules simple and keep the stages fun without getting too complicated.)
Match Fee is $30 per shooter with $20 going to VCDL and $10 going to 4H to cover expenses.
There are going to be two sessions, a morning (10am-1pm) and an afternoon (2-5pm). Self-squadding is available on practiscore with a limit of 15 shooters per squad. Online registration is strongly encouraged, and a waitlist will be available. Due to the size of the range and time constraints there will be a limit of 30 shooters per session.
The match will consist of 6 stages. The total round count has yet to be determined but will be close to 100 rounds (it’s recommended to bring 150, but I’m not taking any chances and will bring 200!).
Sportsman’s Warehouse in Roanoke has kindly offered to sponsor the match and will have prizes to give out.
To register for the match, click here:
7. Loudoun County Is Non-Committal on Enforcing the AWB and AW Carry Prohibition
8. Article: Democrats' Latest Backdoor Gun Ban
This harebrained idea will probably show up in Virginia at some point if not struck down in the courts. (The entire Virginia House and Senate are up for grabs in 2027):
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/democrats-latest-backdoor-gun-ban/
9. Chicago Has Every Gun Law Democrats Ever Wanted and Juneteenth Weekend Violence Just Proved None Of It Works
Chicago Has Every Gun Law Democrats Ever Wanted and Juneteenth Weekend Violence Just Proved None of It Works
Two gunmen in a red SUV rolled through Princeton Park and opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating Juneteenth.
Thirteen went down – in a city with an assault weapons ban, a red flag law, a 72-hour waiting period, and eight more gun control laws on the books.
Now Pritzker is refusing Trump's help – and you need to hear what this governor said just months ago.
The Drive-By That Lit Juneteenth on Fire
More than 100 shell casings were recovered at 95th and Wentworth after those two shooters finished.
The victims ranged from 17 to 47 years old.
No arrests were made.
That wasn't the first shooting of the weekend – and it wasn't the last.
At 5:15 Friday afternoon, a 29-year-old was shot multiple times from a passing vehicle on South Michigan Avenue and died at the hospital.
By 8:55 p.m., a 33-year-old in Little Village was found shot and transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Before 10 p.m., a man with a gunshot wound to the chest was discovered in Austin and later pronounced dead.
Around 10:50 p.m., a 50-year-old in Grand Crossing was found shot in the chest – dead at the hospital.
At 12:15 a.m. Saturday, a 37-year-old was fatally shot in the neck in Bridgeport.
By the time the weekend closed out, at least 27 people had been shot and five were dead in a city that the political left holds up as proof that gun control works.
The Governor Who Told Trump to Stay Out
President Trump saw what happened and said exactly what every conservative in America was thinking.
"Lots of Killing going on in Chicago," he wrote on Truth Social Sunday morning.
"Why isn't Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make Chicago a safe City in ONE MONTH, in ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!!"
Trump pointed to Washington, D.C. – where he deployed federal resources and called it a model – as the standard Illinois refuses to meet.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche went further, publicly slamming Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker for turning down federal assistance while his constituents bled in the streets.
Pritzker's response was to keep refusing.
This is the same governor who last fall stood outside Trump Tower and told the president, "You are neither wanted here nor needed here."
This is the same governor who went on Jimmy Kimmel's show dressed in a Kevlar vest to mock the idea that Chicago was dangerous.
Standing downtown in body armor, Pritzker joked that Chicagoans were being "forced to eat hot dogs with ketchup."
Democrat Gun Control Doesn't Stop Criminals
Here is the part Democrats will never answer.
Chicago has an assault weapons ban, a high-capacity magazine ban, a red flag law, a 72-hour waiting period, a FOID card requirement, a concealed carry license mandate, a gun storage law, and a public transit carry ban.
Illinois is ranked second in the country for the strength of its anti-gun laws – and Chicago buries the state baseline under even more restrictions.
The city runs its own assault weapons ban on top of the statewide ban, with Cook County adding a third layer on top of that.
Possessing a firearm in Illinois requires a government-issued FOID card.
Carrying one requires a separate concealed carry license.
Between buying a gun and taking it home, there is a mandatory 72-hour wait.
Armed self-defense is banned entirely on public transit.
None of it stopped two men from loading up in an SUV and shooting thirteen people in Princeton Park.
The guns doing the killing in Chicago are not clearing background checks or waiting periods.
They are illegal guns – and criminals, by definition, do not follow gun laws.
Democrats have spent four decades running this experiment with Chicago as the lab.
The results are in.
Trump offered a solution.
Pritzker said no.
Twenty-seven people were shot this Juneteenth weekend in the most gun-controlled city in America.
That is the Democrat Party's record on public safety – and it is written in blood on the streets of Chicago.
10. For a Laugh: The Babylon Bee on X: "We Asked AI To Simulate If The US Had A Second Civil War"
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