RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements after Governor Youngkin vetoed several significant gun safety policies for the second year in a row, including those to ban the sale and public carry of assault weapons, a ban on all rapid fire devices, bans on the carry of guns in hospitals and college campuses, the creation of a five-day waiting period to purchase a firearm, and measures to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. During this legislative session, gun sense lawmakers and gun safety advocates fought for this legislation to pass both chambers and sent dozens of gun safety bills to Governor Youngkin’s desk. 

Governor Youngkin did sign into law a few gun safety measures including measures to expand tax credits for secure storage devices, and to require the dissemination of secure storage information to parents or guardians when students are identified as a risk to themselves or others. Among the bills that were signed into law, three were sponsored by former Moms Demand Action volunteers-turned-state lawmakers, Delegate Atoosa Reaser and Senator Kannan Srinivasan. 

Ahead of the 2025 elections, gun safety advocates are doubling-down on their commitment to elect a gun-sense Governor and re-elect a gun-sense majority in the House of Delegates to finally see these bills enacted, and build on the victory of 2023, where voters flipped the House of Delegates and maintained a gun sense majority in the Senate – all while sending nine Moms Demand Action volunteers to the House of Delegates. 

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