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Virginia is one step closer to enacting an assault weapons ban.

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Virginia Democrats poised to ban assault weapon sales www.courthousenews.com/virginia-dem ...

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-- Courthouse News (@courthousenews.bsky.social) Feb 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM

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a salt wepons is for ----ies

#1 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-03-11 08:14 PM | Reply

Interesting how hard AR pistols are targeted. Can't say I disagree with that and I will be surprised if SCOTUS takes meaningful action against it.

But there are other parts that I think could be struck down based on previous decisions.

#2 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-11 08:21 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Interesting how hard AR pistols are targeted. ...

Interesting? Yes.

Frightening? More so.



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-11 08:24 PM | Reply

Frightening that AR pistols are heavily targeted in this bill?

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-11 09:22 PM | Reply

In other news, the RCMP were supposed to stop by today to pick up some guns, but it looks like they got caught up in the snow event.

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-03-11 09:26 PM | Reply

@#4 ... Frightening that AR pistols are heavily targeted in this bill? ...

thx for calling out my comment. I erred. I should have been more verbose.

When I said, "frightening" I was thinking more of the political ramifications of the bill, and not the use of the gun ramifications.

When it comes to gun-control, sometimes I get too tied up in the politics of the matter,

fwiw, my view is that I am not against the ownership of guns by US citizens. But I also want such ownership to be based upon sanity.

And that sanity seems to be what our laws have trouble with.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-11 09:51 PM | Reply

AR pistols is for ----ers ban them ----------ers

#7 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-03-11 09:55 PM | Reply

thx for calling out my comment.

Didn't really call it out as I wasn't sure what you meant.

What political ramification do you find frightening?

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-11 10:10 PM | Reply

AR pistols is for ----ers ban them ----------ers

#7 | Posted by john_savage2

Say what you really mean...

Strangely enough, I know multiple people who own them that are very much not that class of people and I regularly leave the range I shoot at because hick as white boys show up with them and start spraying and praying with mag dump after mag dump.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-11 10:17 PM | Reply

@#8 ... What political ramification do you find frightening? ...

Republicans (and their financiers, a.k.a.the NRA) exploiting it as a reason for gaining votes.

A lot of what the Republicans have been doing regarding guns of late is frightening to me.

And when the NRA is involved...

Well, do I need to bring up Maria Butina, and the videos?

But, that's likely a different thread...


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-03-11 10:31 PM | Reply

I'm still not sure I follow.

You think such focused targeting will result in a significant windfall for the Repubs in November and beyond?

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2026-03-11 10:40 PM | Reply

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