Gun policy in the General Assembly
Coverage of the 2026 Virginia session listed gun control among previously difficult issues that became impossible to ignore under the Democratic-led agenda, alongside labor and other priorities, as more than a thousand bills reached the governor. The topic remains a live state-level public-safety and rights debate.
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Sources
Williams Mullen legislative summary — https://www.williamsmullen.com/insights/news/legal-news/general-assembly-hot-topic-bills-end-2026-virginia-legislative-session
Other hot topics like gun control or collective bargaining, once extremely hard issues to grapple with, were now impossible topics to ignore. Out of the 2,366 bills introduced, a whopping 1,156 bills passed both chambers and made it to the Governor’s desk.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Pass far stronger gun-control measures including broad assault-weapon and permit restrictions
- Advance additional common-sense gun safety laws while preserving some owner rights
- Maintain current gun laws and focus enforcement on illegal possession and violent crime
- Ease recent restrictions and strengthen protections for lawful gun owners
- Roll back gun-control laws and expand constitutional-carry style protections statewide