How many times have we said it? No one — and we mean no one — sells more guns than anti-gun politicians. As the extent of the attack on gun rights being waged in Richmond after the election of a moderate (LOL) Democrat governor and full Dem control of the Virginia legislature become more apparent, Virginians drained their piggy banks and fired up their credit cards in anticipation of what they could see coming down the hoplophobic road.
Yesterday, Virginia’s “assault firearms” ban law took effect. And despite a couple of state court injunctions and a freshly minted lawsuit challenging the ban filed yesterday by the DOJ, Virginia’s embarrassingly violent attorney general claims that the ban is in place.
As a result of all of the above, Virginia’s been moving up the NSSF’s NICS check hit parade. They were almost totally absent in December. By March, they made an appearance in the handgun NICS check list and had jumped to number two in long guns (guess what kind of long guns they were mostly buying).
Finally, in June, as the 7/1 gun ban loomed, the state trailed only Texas (which has almost three times the population) in terms of long guns and had moved up to the third spot in both handguns and overall adjusted NICS checks.
Well done, Governor Spanberger.
The NSSF’s Mark Oliva had this to say about that . . .
This is what freedom looks like. Our right to keep and bear arms begins at the gun counter and states like Virginia and Rhode Island chose to throttle the Second Amendment rights of their citizens by ending the legal sale of the most-popular selling centerfire rifle in America – the modern sporting rifle – on July 1. Those citizens spoke with their wallets.
While overall background checks nationally were 11.7 percent higher than June 2025, Virginia saw a 241 percent increase over the same month last year, with 123,699 background checks for the purchase of a firearm. Likewise, Rhode Island had a 201 percent increase over June 2025 with 7,815 background checks completed. NSSF is encouraged that the U.S. Supreme Court is finally granting review to challenges against laws that restrict the sale of these commonly-possessed rifles and is confident that the day will come soon when these unconstitutional restrictions will be overturned.
ATF Makes SHOCKING Admission About Fingerprints.
The ATF has released a brand-new proposed rule that could significantly reduce paperwork for many gun owners. The agency is proposing major changes to fingerprint and photograph requirements for NFA applications and even admits that fingerprint cards are rarely used during the background check process.
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