Spanberger Just Signed Two Unconstitutional Gun Bills—Virginia Fights Back

On April 23rd, Governor Spanberger signed HB1525 and SB727/HB1524 into law, pushing Virginia further down the road toward the kind of gun control that courts across the country are busy striking down. She didn't campaign on gutting the Second Amendment — but that's exactly what she's doing in office.

HB1525 and the companion bills SB727/HB1524 represent the latest wave of Richmond Democrats weaponizing state law against lawful gun owners. The NRA-ILA has already flagged these bills as unconstitutional — and given the post-Bruen legal landscape, that's not just rhetoric. Federal courts have been obliterating laws just like these coast to coast, from Newsom's California to Hochul's New York to Pritzker's Illinois. Spanberger just volunteered Virginia for the same legal buzzsaw.

Here's what makes this sting even harder: Virginia has a proud gun culture, a massive active-duty and veteran population, and a Second Amendment Sanctuary movement that swept across the commonwealth just a few years ago. Spanberger isn't representing those Virginians — she's running over them. The NRA-ILA is already mobilizing, and legal challenges are the next logical step under the Bruen standard that Justice Thomas delivered to protect exactly this kind of overreach.

The fight isn't over — it's just moved to the courtroom. With Kash Patel at the FBI and Todd Blanche serving as Acting AG, the federal appetite for backing unconstitutional state gun grabs has evaporated. Virginia gun owners have allies, and Spanberger's ink isn't the last word on this.