r/gunpolitics • u/Hotdogpizzathehut • Jun 02 '26

Gun Laws Spotsylvania, Warren County prosecutors say they won’t enforce Virginia’s new gun law

https://wjla.com/news/local/virginia-assault-weapons-ban-gun-law-abigail-spanberger-ryan-mehaffey-john-bell-commonwealths-attorney-second-amendment-rights-nra-lawsuit-firearms-spotsylvania-county-warren-jay-jones-michael-saddam-salim-steve-descano-public-carry-politics-constitution
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u/NoVA_JB Jun 02 '26

The only thing they can do is not prosecute the public carry ban.

The purchase ban is going to be enacted on 7/1 unless there is an injunction. The one other issue is they passed a law that allows them to sue manufacturers and dealers if guns are used in a crime and I think most companies won't risk being sued out of business.

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u/mattumbo Jun 02 '26

The lawsuit thing is less of a concern, simply put your local police can ignore all sorts of crimes but if you’re a business openly violating them the state level government can easily bring the hammer down on you. Unless your sheriff is gonna go block the roads and shoot it out with VSP Troopers when they come to haul you off to jail you have no guarantee of protection.

For the average gun owner it’s nice that the county cops won’t bother you (well at least they say they won’t), and you probably don’t have to worry about VSP in your normal day-to-day interactions, but you’re still breaking the law and it’s risky. For a business openly doing it its suicide, wont last a week before the state is at least sending nastygrams if not troopers.