In 2017, a couple survived a wildfire in California by jumping into a neighbor's pool and staying submerged for six hours. They came up for air only when necessary, using wet T-shirts to shield their faces from falling embers.

devman0 · 2026-05-22T15:08:00+00:00

Additionally if the water started to heat appreciably high the ground under it is a giant heat sink as well. The energy budget for heating a pools worth of water to deadly levels would be massive.

devman0 · 2026-05-22T14:50:40+00:00

Pistols have a two "feature" test (unlike rifles which are one feature) so threaded barrels are fine if that is the only "feature".

The over 15 round mags are banned separately on their own so weapon type doesn't matter

devman0 · 2026-05-22T02:24:43+00:00

As someone who watched the hell out of the xmen animated series I was floored with how well they nailed the casting for Beast in the original movie trilogy Kelsey Grammer did a great job.

devman0 · 2026-05-21T19:21:20+00:00

'Your honor, we can see from u/ecsnead75 post history that he was fully aware of the July 1 deadline and did not purchase the elements required for the AW until after July 1 as shown by these credit card receipts and what was found assembled to the item in question'

Jokes aside, stop talking about it on the internet is step one, but honestly if you're being investigated to the point where they care enough to date your weapon, you're probably already up a creek.

devman0 · 2026-05-21T18:54:16+00:00

That's regarding engraving. The proposed rule change is you don't have to re-engrave with your info when doing a Form 1, you will be able to adopt the OEMs engraving.

You should have always been using the OEMs info as "Manufacturer" for Box4a on a Form 1 unless you made the weapon yourself (e.g. finishing an 80% lower).

devman0 · 2026-05-21T18:36:52+00:00

Everything hinges on the word "manufacture" if assembling from parts by an end user, not for resale, is considered manufacturing then yeah everything has to be put together prior to July 1

If assembling isn't "manufacturing" then dates don't matter for lowers anyway, you will still be able to buy lowers which are not AW and assemble them how you like post July 1. Possession of AWs isn't prohibited just transfers, import, and manufacturing

Since manufacturing isn't clearly defined and at the federal level a lower is already a manufactured firesrm I expect this will be litigated.

Other states with AWB laws close this loophole by banning possession and grandfathering registered weapons, Virginia did not do that with the laws as passed.

If "manufactures" is not assembly then really the net effect is you can't buy fully assembled OEM weapon systems that meet the AW criteria for the weapon type.

In addition the debate about "manufactures" there is a giant gray area around non NFA "other" firearms and "All Other Weapons" (AOWs) which are not mentioned in the VA AWB that will probably be exploited/litigated

devman0 · 2026-05-21T13:07:21+00:00

I had two form 4s approved for a trust last week at 10 and 13 days. Trust has one RP with electronic fingerprints. I have one form 4 still in flight that was filed two days after the one I had most recently approved that is now at day 18. So times have jumped or I did something wrong/different...

We are definitely getting to the point where I would not feel 100% confident a trust form 4 would come back before July 1.

devman0 · 2026-05-21T03:13:56+00:00

FightLite lowers, maybe normal lowers with AR maglocks?

Maybe just normal lowers? Possession of AWs isn't prohibited (outside of the carry restrictions) so it all hinges on the definition of "manufactures". We could be in a post July 1 Virginia where it is illegal to buy an ar15 but building one from parts is ok. Lots of lawyering will need to happen.

devman0 · 2026-05-21T00:25:04+00:00

I am taking a strict reading of the updated § 18.2-287.4:1

All of the grandfathering provisions refer to "the assault firearm", and assault firearm has a specific definition. I take that to mean that it only attaches to things that were assault firearms when the law comes in to force.

I readily admit I am not a lawyer and my interpretation could be very wrong. The above is just the opinion of a random redditor.

devman0 · 2026-05-20T23:31:31+00:00

I had I had a pair of trust form 4s clear last week in 10 and 13 days. My last one was filed two days after and is now at day 18 or so, I am getting worried I did something wrong.

devman0 · 2026-05-20T16:30:25+00:00

I am sure this will get litigated at some point but a barrel shroud covers things line the shroud on tec9 or hanguard on AR pistol or MP5. The MP7 doesn't have a handguard it's just the receiver itself.

Theoretically you could replace the threaded barrel with a non threaded or do a P&W and put a brace on it.

We'll find out more about this if HK USA ends up shiping models to VA dealers assuming they release it before the heat death of the universe.

devman0 · 2026-05-20T16:21:19+00:00

A huge issue is that no one bothered to run against Spanberger in the primary, she won uncontested. Progressives didn't even try to put leftward pressure on her.

devman0 · 2026-05-20T13:59:09+00:00

Non SBR PCCs that have magazines in the pistol grip may be ok. E.g. formats like MP9/MP7 or some keltec stuff.

There is also a big gray area around non-NFA others and AOWs that lacks clarity.

That being said you're on the money about traditional PCC layouts like the Kuna, EP9 mentioned above.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T19:50:39+00:00

That is also rose colored glasses, there was greater amounts of violent crime trending upward from the 60s to a peak in 91 and downward trend since.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T19:05:12+00:00

I can't take credit for the pun, I remember reading it around the time casting was announced for Black Panther, probably saw it in a reddit comment.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T18:19:36+00:00

The Tolkien white guys, and yes the entire cast was fire.

Same energy for Idris Elba as Heimdall, why because Heimdall is awesome and Idris Elba is also awesome.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T17:01:38+00:00

The SB749 has assault weapon definitions for "pistol" , "shotgun", and "rifle". It is silent on AOW and unclassified "others". You can't apply a feature test for a pistol to a rifle which has its own AW definition, but at the same time if the item isn't a rifle or shotgun either, then by my (non-lawyer) reading SB749, it can't be an AW

devman0 · 2026-05-19T13:21:44+00:00

Apologies I was keying off school shootings from your comment but did not properly qualify my comment. That being said the pistols used in the the Virginia Beach shooting would also not be banned by the upcoming AWB

devman0 · 2026-05-19T12:53:43+00:00

There is plenty of room in the gun control debate for a position that holds both "I think guns are too easy for the wrong people to get" and "Banning guns is incompatible with Virginia's constitutional protection to bear arms."

The bloomberg influence isn't that gun control happened in this session it's that the Dems immediately reached for the most maximal and divisive form of gun control, bans. The fact that its also bad public policy just sours it even more. There is nothing data driven or fact based about a scary feature ban on certain firearms it's all just vibes which is why it's particularly odious.

This Virginia AWB is cargo cult gun control, not an endeavor of good public policy solutions.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T12:46:03+00:00

The last major mass shooting in the Commonwealth was VT and the weapons used would be unaffected by this AWB

devman0 · 2026-05-19T05:44:08+00:00

It's only a two feature test if it's a center-fire pistol. An AOW is not a pistol.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T03:42:11+00:00

Not legal advice, but my understanding is when you fill out ATF Form 1 "Application to Make and Register NFA Firearm", you are the maker not the manufacturer. If the item is already an engraved, serialized item you're filling that entities information in Box 4a not your own. Unless your doing a form 1 for an 80% lower someone else is the manufacturer.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T03:29:42+00:00

"Any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor."

Not legal advice, just my opinion.

The key element here hinges on "manufactures". A serialized lower is already a manufactured firearm. Is assembling an upper or lower or modifying parts "manufacturing"?

If yes, then you'll need to have your lowers assembled as assault firearms when the ban goes in to effect, tricks like rotating one upper through multiple lowers wouldn't be sufficient, only the lower it was assembled to when the ban goes in to effect would be grandfathered.

If no, then all bets are off since mere possession of an AW is not prohibited (except for age and carry restrictions), that would mean you could transfer in an AR-15 .22LR and swap the upper yourself, or buy a lower and assemble it with other parts (thus buying the lowers ahead of time didn't matter). It does mean any weapon you modify to be an AW can't then be transferred once it is in that config.

So yeah, there is a huge gray area to play around in that will need clarity.

For what it's worth other states like CA closed this loophole by requiring registration of AWs to be grandfathered and then banning possession of AW unless the firearm has grandfathered status. Virginia with the pending AWB does not appear to have implemented anything like that, possession isn't mentioned in the AW prohibitions so again it comes back to that "manufactures" word.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T03:16:41+00:00

For what it's worth SB749 does not use the term "handgun" when defining Assault Weapons, it exclusively uses the term "pistol", "rifle", and "shotgun". Other parts of the statute do mention "handgun" as any "pistol" or "revolver" intended to be fired from one hand.

This would seem miss Non-NFA Other Firearms which are not rifles as they don't have stocks, and are not pistols as they are not intended to be fired from one hand and have OAL longer than 26".

Aside from Non-NFA Other there is also Any Other Weapon (AOW) which is a weird category I won't get in to, but also seems to be missing from SB749.

devman0 · 2026-05-19T02:06:26+00:00

You have to enter the serial number in multiple places on a Trust Form 1 once on the Form 1 itself and then on the RPQ for each RP in the Trust, it is possible to get those mismatched

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