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Despite massive spending in the 2025 Virginia gubernatorial race, the gun-control organization backed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have left the state with far more modern semiautomatic firearms than there were prior to a short-lived ban.<\/p>\n

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Pro-Second Amendment organizations filed suit after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed SB 749, a ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d into law May 14, eventually securing court orders blocking the legislation. Following a decision by state courts to pause the litigation on Virginia\u2019s ban pending the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in Viramontes v. Cook County, a case challenging a similar ban on modern semiautomatic weapons, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) Litigation & Intelligence Coordinator Rob Romano summarized the outcome from the series of events in a Thursday post on X. (RELATED: Blue State AG Ignores 20 Years Of Supreme Court Rulings While Defending Semi-Auto Ban)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPretty funny how Everytown spent $1 million to get Spanberger elected so she could sign this ban, and now the end result will potentially be less than a month of it being in effect but significantly more of the guns and magazines in the state than if she vetoed it,\u201d Romano said.<\/p>\n

Everytown touted its $1 million ad campaign for Spanberger shortly after she defeated then-Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the 2025 gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n

When signing the bill, Spanberger claimed that the ban on modern semiautomatic firearms would \u201cprotect families.\u201d What happened instead is a classic example of unintended consequences, most of which end up on the positive side of the ledger for the Second Amendment community.<\/p>\n

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The court\u2019s orders blocking the law took effect on July 21, less than three weeks after the effective date of the ban. Despite the uncertainty of whether SB 749 would take effect on July 1 due to the litigation from pro-Second Amendment groups, including the National Rifle Association (NRA), Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and FPC, AR-15s and similar firearms that would be covered by the ban were flying off the shelves, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported in June.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re buying the living daylights out of ARs,\u201d Karen Ballengee, owner of Southern Police Equipment, said. \u201cThey\u2019re buying guns as fast as they can get their hands on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Background check totals appear to bear that out. The FBI reported carrying out over 73,000 background checks on the National Instant Check System in Virginia during May, more than twice as many as the total conducted in May 2025.<\/p>\n

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In an article published May 13, The New York Times noted that both the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle (which bears a resemblance to the M16 and M4 select-fire weapons used by the U.S. military) and semiautomatic rifles with cosmetic features or accessories that make them look like fully-automatic AK-47s are popular firearms owned by millions of civilians. Or, in simple language, lots of people use them for reasons that are perfectly legal. (RELATED: Pro-2A Groups Seize Momentum To Target Blue State\u2019s Onerous Mandatory Waiting Period)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The shorter phrase is that these guns are in \u201ccommon use.\u201d Per Heller and Bruen, firearms in common use for lawful purposes fall under the Second Amendment\u2019s protection; in other words, they can\u2019t be banned.<\/p>\n

In addition to the ban on so-called \u201cassault weapons,\u201d the bill Spanberger signed also outlawed standard-capacity magazines, setting an arbitrary limit of 15 rounds. That is also on hold pending the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Viramontes.<\/p>\n

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