Virginia Gov. Spanberger Pushes Assault Weapon Ban Tweaks

The bill's sponsor expects the tweaked definitions of what constitutes an 'assault weapon' to sail through the Democrat-controlled legislature. Spanberger's amendments reportedly adjust the language targeting commonly-owned semi-automatic rifles — firearms owned by millions of law-abiding Americans.

This is the same playbook we've seen in states like California and New York: politicians exploiting vague terminology to ban as many firearms as possible while pretending they're being 'reasonable.' The term 'assault weapon' remains a political invention designed to frighten uninformed voters.

Virginia gun owners should be flooding their representatives' offices before Wednesday's vote. Once these bans pass, history shows they only expand — never contract. The Commonwealth that gave us the Second Amendment may soon be treating its citizens like subjects.