Virginia Bill On the Governor’s Desk Makes It a Crime to Carry a Wide Range of Firearms on “any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public”

Mar 15, 2026 | Gun Control Laws

It is unlawful for any person to carry a loaded  (i) semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is (a) equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine that will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition, (b) designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer, or (c) equipped with a folding stock or (ii) shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered on or about his person on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public in the Commonwealth.

SENATE BILL NO. 727, Offered January 19, 2026

Something between about 25 to 40 percent of all firearms sold have threaded barrels, with about 10 to 20% of standard duty handguns (over 50% of tactical/competition handguns) and 65 to 85% of rifles. About 80–95% of AR-15s rifles have threaded barrels. Relatively few handguns are sold originally with magazines holding more than 20 rounds (probably less than 5%). Among the handguns that are designed for a suppressor: Glock 17 Gen4 MOS Threaded Barrel, Glock 19 Gen4 MOS Threaded Barrel, Glock 21 Tactical Threaded Barrel, SIG P320 XCarry Legion TB, SIG P226 Tactical Operations TB, SIG P220 Combat TB, Smith & Wesson M&P 9 M2.0 CORE Threaded Barrel, and Smith & Wesson M&P 45 M2.0 Threaded Barrel.

This means that you won’t be able to take the vast majority of AR-15s to a shooting range. People will only be able to keep the guns that they already own at their home.

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