Virginia gun owners are watching a strange—and troubling—legal stunt unfold.
Attorney General-elect Jay Jones, who doesn’t take office until January 17, 2026, is already trying to act like Virginia’s top law-enforcement official. And his very first move is aimed directly at your gun rights.
Jones is attempting to revive the Universal Background Check (UBC) law—a law that the Lynchburg Circuit Court struck down UBC in late October after ruling it was deeply flawed and unconstitutional in practice.
But instead of waiting for his swearing-in, Jones had a Washington, D.C. law firm file a motion on December 1 asking the Virginia Court of Appeals for permission to file an appeal after he takes office.
The problem? He has no authority to do that. None. Zero.
As Philip Van Cleave of VCDL put it plainly in an alert to members, “until he is sworn in, Jay Jones has no more authority in Virginia than the man in the moon.”
Click the link to read the whole article: Jones Tries to Hijack Virginia’s Gun Laws
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