User:Mattmgc/Gun laws in Virginia

Historians trace Virginia's first experience with gun control laws back to the First General Assembly of Jamestown on July 30th, 1619. During this five day meeting, Virginian officials voted in a gun control enactment which regulated the sale of firearms to Native American Indians. In fact, each period of American history brought with it it's own series of gun control regulations in Virginia. More recently, in the fallout of the Virginia Beach Mass Shooting in the summer of 2019, Governor Northam's Democrat controlled State Congress seeks to pass sweeping gun control legislation. In February 2020, Northam's Assault Weapons Ban failed in the Virginia State Senate. Though, Virginia Democrats have promised to vote on new gun control legislation in the following months.

Pre-Colonial:

Colonial:

Pre-Civil War:

Post-Civil War:

NFA:

The period of the National Firearms Act's passage in 1934, many additional state gun laws were passed; Virginia itself passed a ban on automatic weapons during the same year