Court battles leave Virginia’s new assault weapons ban in legal limbo

By: Markus Schmidt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: July 8, 2026

Words: 1,487

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined more than two dozen local officials, clergy members and lawmakers in Petersburg Tuesday to discuss gun violence prevention as Virginia’s new assault weapons ban — barely a week old — remains tied up in a series of legal challenges that have essentially stalled enforcement across the commonwealth.

The one-hour roundtable at Good Shepherd Baptist Church came as several firearms restrictions signed into law earlier this year by …

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