Virginia Prosecutors Refuse to Enforce Spanberger’s Gun Ban — and They’re Dead Right

Summary

A growing number of Virginia Commonwealth's Attorneys, now 13, are refusing to enforce Governor Abigail Spanberger's new "assault firearms" ban, citing its unconstitutionality under both the Second Amendment and Virginia's state constitution. Prosecutors, including Leslie Fleet and Chapman L. Good, Sr., argue that the ban violates Supreme Court precedents like Heller and Bruen, which require firearms to be both "dangerous AND unusual" to be banned, a standard they believe AR-15s do not meet.