virginia's new governor is a crazy cat lady and she's turning the state inside out; 

 

Elections have consequences. Sometimes those consequences show up fast — like when one of the nation’s largest defense contractors decides it’s seen enough and heads for the exits barely a month after the new governor takes office.

That’s exactly what happened in Virginia this week. Boeing announced it’s yanking its Defense, Space & Security headquarters out of Arlington and heading back to St. Louis — the same division it moved to Virginia in 2022 when business-friendly Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin was making the Commonwealth an attractive place to build things that go boom in defense of this country. Youngkin’s gone now. Abigail Spanberger is in charge. Boeing didn’t need to wait for a second term to read the room.

And here’s the part that should have every Virginia gun owner sitting up straight: the same agenda that sent Boeing packing is the same one coming for your AR, your standard-capacity magazines, and anything else Democrats have decided you don’t need.

Spanberger wasn’t in office five minutes before Virginia Democrats came out swinging with roughly 40 gun-related bills this session. The crown jewel is House Bill 217 — a flat-out ban on so-called “assault firearms,” targeting semiautomatic centerfire rifles equipped with magazines over 20 rounds, folding stocks, or the ability to accept a suppressor. Violators face Class 1 misdemeanor charges. The legislature also advanced a 10-round magazine cap that would instantly criminalize thousands of law-abiding Virginians who currently own perfectly legal standard-capacity mags. They’re also pushing a $500 state tax on suppressors — right after the federal $200 NFA tax was zeroed out. Because nothing says “we respect your rights” like a punitive tax on a hearing protection device........more...........