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For more than 30 years, federal law technically provided a way for certain Americans prohibited from possessing firearms to ask for their federal firearm rights back. There was just one rather significant problem. For most individuals, the process was effectively unavailable. Well, that begins changing today! On September 21, 2026, the Department of Justice's final rule establishing a new Federal Firearm Rights Restoration process under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c) officially takes eff

During the 2026 General Assembly session, lawmakers passed SB 115, which became Chapter 879 after Gov. Abigail Spanberger approved it on April 13. The law rewrites how Virginia will recognize concealed carry permits from other states and, beginning July 1, 2027, replaces our current broad-recognition system with one requiring another state's permit laws to pass a new “substantially similar” test.

Over the last couple of days, I've spent a lot of time digging through the Washington County, VA case, Santolla v. Katz (Case No. CL26-1139), reading the court documents, comparing statements from the Attorney General's Office... which are limited... and Senator Bill Stanley, and trying to answer one question that kept nagging at me: If Judge Campbell's Letter Opinion directed the plaintiffs to draft an "Order Granting Preliminary Injunction," why does everyone keep pointing

Courts have less ambiguity to defer to, agencies have less room to expand authority, and future administrations have fewer levers to pull without Congress.

As Earle-Sears put it: “Jay Jones fantasizes about murdered little children… and my opponent Abigail Spanberger urges her supporters to fill their hearts with violent hate. ‘Let your rage fuel you,’ she says. Words have meaning.”