Spanberger’s costly and unconstitutional assault on the Second Amendment

Published January 30, 2026 5:00am ET



Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has four years to mess up Virginia with left-wing policies, but she has not wasted any time. Within her first week in office, she has signed an avalanche of fringe, progressive executive orders, seeking to remake the swing state into dark-blue California. The state’s Democratic Party has another target in its sights: the Second Amendment.

Much of the proposed new legislation is unconstitutional. If passed, it would also turn law-abiding citizens into criminals overnight and cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

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