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NRA Notes Virginia Entering Dark Days
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Posted By: Mercedes44, 1/27/2026 8:03:40 PM

Virginia is the epitome of a swing state, at least over the last few years. From far left Democrats to conservative Republicans and back again, the state seems to swing like an unlatched screen door in a hurricane. Now the state has gone from Glenn Youngkin to Abigail Spanberger, and with her comes a litany of anti-gun proposals that Democrats in the Old Dominion State have long wanted to implement. And as NRA executive director John Commerford notes, this marks a change in the Second Amendment in Virginia.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: FunOne 1/27/2026 8:33:59 PM (No. 2061072)
The National Rifle Association should move their headquarters out of Virginia. Maryland is not an option, as it is also not firearm friendly. To remain close to Washington, DC, the best bet is the eastern panhandle of West Virginia--a very friendly firearms state.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 1/27/2026 8:54:09 PM (No. 2061079)
We already have a West Virginia - maybe it's time for the Commonwealth to now split into North Virginia and South Virginia, the former as a gun-free utopia of liberals and the latter for common-sense working folk who don't need to lock their doors at night.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Mushroom 1/27/2026 9:34:46 PM (No. 2061096)
IMHO the NRA is just another org that will never actually do anything but fund raise.
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