At the time of passage, Spanberger claimed she wanted more protections for hunters in the bill, but Gallatin posited, “The last thing Spanberger wants to do is sign a law that would motivate the state’s Republicans and independent voters to show up en masse to vote against the gerrymandered map, given that the state is nearly evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.”
In fact, as legal eagle Jonathan Turley predicted, “The governor’s acknowledgment that the law covers common hunting models will likely be cited in Second Amendment challenges.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/127670-virginias-anti-gun-laws-under-fire-2026-05-19
