Following the Virginia Beach shooting, Governor Ralph Northam called for a special session to address gun violence. Although 2019 saw intense debate, the majority of proposed reforms were delayed until the 2020 legislative session, where the following measures were eventually signed into law:
Before the 2020 reforms took place, Virginia was characterized by the following regulations: virginia gun laws 2019
: Local governments had limited authority to regulate firearms in public spaces or government buildings. The 2019 Turning Point Following the Virginia Beach shooting
: Requiring owners to report lost or stolen guns within 48 hours. virginia gun laws 2019
: There were no state-level limits on the number of handguns an individual could purchase in a month (the previous one-per-month law had been repealed in 2012).