VA. (WSET) — Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed into law on Thursday a ban on the sale of assault firearms and high-capacity magazines, making Virginia the 11th state to enact an assault weapons ban.
The new law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to import, sell, manufacture, purchase or transfer an assault firearm, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such a violation from purchasing, possessing or transporting a firearm for three years.
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The ban does not apply to firearms that are antique, have been rendered permanently inoperable or are manually operated by bolt, pump, lever or slide action.
The law goes into effect on July 1, 2026.
