Virginia’s background check law for private handgun sales is officially dead, and it took five years of courtroom trench warfare to get there. According to attorney Rachel Moss of Attorneys On ...

A Virginia judge has thrown out the state’s universal background check law – at least for now – handing a headline win to gun-rights groups and setting off a wider debate about how far states can go ...

Gun safety advocates at the Moms Demand Actions rally in Richmond on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Markus Schmidt/Virginia Mercury) With the clock ticking, Attorney General–elect Jay Jones filed a motion ...

Last month’s Virginia election of a new liberal governor, attorney general, and Democratic legislative super majority sparked a run on gun shops by many fearful of a new wave of attacks on Second ...

A bipartisan pair of senators announced an agreement Wednesday to expand background checks on commercial firearm sales, a compromise that could bolster the chances of a gun-control package passing the ...

The leftward transformation of Virginia since President Donald Trump was elected crescendoed over the weekend, with the governor signing into law protections for LGBT residents, gun background checks, ...

MCLEAN, Va. — Sen. Tim Kaine, of Virginia, says he supports a more comprehensive federal background check system to vet people wanting to buy guns in America. The Democratic vice presidential nominee ...