Despite considerable backlash from its conservative, rural constituents, Virginia’s Democratic-controlled legislature has decided to pursue a gun control-focused agenda.

Just last week, the state Senate advanced three bills that would restrict gun rights. SB 70 establishes a mandatory background check for any transfer of firearms, including private sales. SB 69 institutes a “one gun a month” law, limiting citizens to one handgun purchase within a 30-day period with certain exceptions. And SB 35 allows local governments to ban the possession of firearms in public spaces during certain events, such as protests. Democrats also advanced a bill that would establish a red flag law, allowing law enforcement to petition courts for the right to confiscate weapons from those deemed harmful to themselves and/or others. Though a ban on “assault-style” weapons has not yet been passed, the legislature could be heading in that direction.