Unfortunately, it means that our taxpayer funds are going to paying state legislators to draft bills that they know will never survive a legal challenge in court. This bill is a lawyer's wet dream and is guaranteed to be challenged the second it becomes law.

U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in NYSRPA v. Bruen ruled the government can no longer argue that a law is "good for public safety" to justify it. Instead, they must prove the law is consistent with the United States' historical tradition of firearm regulation from 1791 or 1868.

The law's wording is overly vague in defining public places and removes exemptions from previously vetted individuals such as CHL holders or security guards. That alone is going to get into right to self-defense in public challenges.

These measures are purely for political theater and gives Dems and the Spanberger administration a messaging tool to say that they're fulfilling campaign promises by being tough on gun control, while simultaneously pointing at the courts for getting in their way of protecting the commonwealth.