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July 21 — The Day the Whole State Is Considered Served
July 21, 2026. The onset date of the statewide Santolla v. Katz injunction — the day the notice runway ends and every law enforcement officer and every Commonwealth’s Attorney in Virginia is served and enjoined from enforcing the assault weapons ban. Built from the primary record: both Campbell letter opinions quoted verbatim, the copy teste mechanism, the Trump v. CASA irony behind § 8.01-620, the Grayson County patchwork hypothetical, what changes at the gun counter and what does not, the Attorney General’s three retreats (no appeal, stay withdrawn, delay request refused) capped by his own memo conceding the date, the full dated run from May 14 to onset, and the honesty box on what the record still does not show. The page itself is the day arriving: it opens at midnight, steps lighter through pre-dawn as the legal record is laid out, crosses a sunrise seam where the freeze becomes real life at the gun counter, and ends in full daylight. A breaking video companion.
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Court fights & verdicts
13Both Bans Fall — The Third Circuit Strikes New Jersey’s Gun Bans
July 17, 2026. The full Third Circuit — fifteen judges, en banc — struck down New Jersey’s "assault firearms" ban as to every semi-automatic rifle and reversed on the 10-round magazine limit, 10–4, in a 192-page decision with nine opinions. The first federal court of appeals in America to strike either ban, eight days after the Seventh Circuit upheld Illinois’s. The vote board seat by seat, what was struck versus remanded, how the en banc court went further than Judge Sheridan dared, the circuit scoreboard the dissent wrote for us, the DOJ amicus receipt, the 36-year timeline, and why nothing is legal in New Jersey yet. A breaking video companion.
Statewide — The Injunction Grows to Cover Every Agency in Virginia
July 8, 2026. Washington County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey L. Campbell announced he is extending his Santolla v. Katz injunction statewide, covering every law enforcement agency in the Commonwealth, effective July 21 — per VCDL's announcement, with the written order not yet public. The patchwork it fixes: six bound localities and a benched state police, while the Attorney General insisted the ban was 'in effect across most of the state.' Two county-accurate coverage plats (today vs. July 21), the full announcement verbatim, the 13-day notice runway and why it matters, what the order freezes, the 26-day survey line from one corner of the map to all of it, and the plat notes on what is still unverified. A breaking video companion.
Caetano 2.0 — The Stun Gun Case That Could Fix Every Arms Ban
July 7, 2026. FPC and SAF asked the Supreme Court to take Calce v. City of New York — the challenge to NYC’s stun gun and taser ban that the Second Circuit upheld in an unpublished order by flipping the burden of proof onto citizens. Ten years after a unanimous Caetano v. Massachusetts, the last electric-arms ban in America is still standing. Jaime Caetano’s story, the decade of lower-court defiance, the burden-flip trick that also props up AR-15 bans (including Virginia’s SB 749), why Wolford v. Lopez and the Viramontes cert grant make this the perfect vehicle, and the petition’s three questions presented. A breaking video companion.
DENIED — Richmond Loses the Consolidation Fight
July 6, 2026. A three-judge panel appointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia denied the Attorney General's bid to consolidate the four lawsuits against SB 749 into a single hand-picked courtroom. Every case stays where gun owners filed it — Crump in Lancaster, Santolla in Washington County, Curtis in Spotsylvania, Black in Fauquier. Why the venue fight was the whole war: the injunctions survive with the judges who granted them, the Glover/Martin split shows what one courtroom was worth, four independent legal theories stay four shots on goal, and the delay machine that froze Crump for 16 days is dead. The sixth blow against the ban in twelve days. A breaking video companion.
Promise Kept — The United States Sues Virginia
July 1, 2026. The day SB 749 was supposed to take effect, the Justice Department filed United States v. Commonwealth of Virginia (No. 3:26-cv-00610, E.D. Va.) — the Civil Rights Division's Second Amendment Section suing the Commonwealth and the State Police under 34 U.S.C. § 12601, the pattern-or-practice statute built for police consent decrees. The April 10 notice letter, the caption, the common-use receipts on pages 6–9, the Bianchi gambit timed one day after the SCOTUS cert grant, what the suit asks for and honestly does not touch, Richmond's response, and the seven-suit national campaign it belongs to. A breaking video companion.
The Question Is Granted — SCOTUS Takes the AR-15
June 30, 2026. The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the Second Amendment protects the AR-15, consolidating Viramontes v. Cook County (No. 25-238) and Grant v. Higgins (No. 25-566) for October Term 2026. The cases come from Illinois and Connecticut — but the answer decides Virginia. Why a common-use ruling kills SB 749 where the Crump injunction only freezes it, the Fourth Circuit trap, McDonald v. Katz as the Virginia vehicle, the verbatim questions presented, and what the case does not decide. A breaking video companion.
BLOCKED — Virginia’s Assault Weapons Ban Enjoined
June 25, 2026. A Lancaster County judge granted a statewide preliminary injunction in Crump v. Katz, barring the Virginia State Police from enforcing SB 749's assault-firearm ban, the 15-round magazine ban, and the SB 727 carry expansion — six days before they could take effect. Built on Article I, Section 13, with no Second Amendment claim, so the Fourth Circuit can't reach it. The win, the standing wrinkle, the State-Police-only catch, the quotes, and the road ahead. A breaking-wire video companion.
The Sixteen — Prosecutors Who Refuse the Ban
Sixteen elected Commonwealth's Attorneys have refused to enforce Spanberger's assault weapons ban. An engraved honor roll by name, a live Virginia map that ignites county by county in the order they declared, the law that makes the refusal lawful (§ 15.2-1627 misdemeanor discretion), what it costs them, and the 2020 sanctuary lineage. From Spotsylvania's Ryan Mehaffey to Lynchburg's Bethany Harrison.
Six Fronts vs. Virginia's Assault Weapons Ban
Every lawsuit against SB 749 / HB 217. McDonald v. Katz (Cooper & Kirk · SCOTUS vehicle), Crump v. Katz (GOA/VCDL · stayed and fighting it), Santolla v. Katz (NRA · the June 25 hearing), Black v. Hook (NSSF · right-to-hunt), and the unreported Curtis v. Katz (Cuccinelli). Plus the pending DOJ case, the AG's consolidation freeze, the 15-prosecutor rebellion, and the four-vote SCOTUS signal.
WE WON. — Scott v. McDougle, 4-3 STRIKE
May 8 verdict brief. SCOVA voted 4-3 to throw out the Democrats' mid-decade redistricting amendment. Kelsey wrote the majority. The April 21 referendum is null and void. The 2020 commission map governs 2026. Why we won, in plain English.
Scott v. McDougle: The Forecast (called it)
May 7 forecast brief. Called Strike 60 / Uphold 35. The 4-3 strike came in on Scenario A. Justice-by-justice reads, four paths to a strike, scenario probabilities, and the keystone McCullough vote.
Denver AR-15 Ban: Mile High Stand-off
DOJ filed in D. Colo. on May 5. Denver's 37-year-old DRMC § 38-130, Article XX home rule, Robertson v. Denver, SB21-256, and the federal complaint that just landed. Day 01 case file.
Louisiana v. Callais: Race Out
SCOTUS struck down Louisiana's congressional map 6-3 on April 29. Maps, the holding, the four new Section 2 tests, the 2A angle through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Gun bans
2Maryland Glock Ban
SB 334 is on Governor Moore's desk. The cruciform trigger bar ban that outlaws every Glock, who gets exempted, the penalties, and the legal fight ahead.
Illinois Glock Ban
HB 4471 passed committee 9-5 and is on Second Reading. Civil fines, no possession ban, and the spring session ends May 31. The cruciform trigger bar ban explained.
Legislation & votes
4An Emergency With an Effective Date
June 26, 2026. One day after a court froze Virginia's public-carry 'assault firearm' ban, Gov. Spanberger returned the state budget with Amendment 14, a single line on page 862 that would delay that same ban to July 1, 2027. The maneuver, the document word for word, the 24-hour timeline, the mechanism that lets a budget reset a criminal law's clock, and what the date confesses. The General Assembly votes June 29. A breaking video companion.
Virginia Legislation Tracker
Track all 18 gun control bills on Governor Spanberger's desk. Assault weapons ban, red flag expansion, ghost gun ban, and more.
Spanberger's Gun Bills: 7 Concurred, 2 Rejected
April 22 reconvened session recap. Seven of Spanberger's nine gun-bill amendments cleared on party-line Senate votes. HB 217/SB 749 and HB 229/SB 173 were passed by for the day. Every roll call, every next step.
Kentucky Veto Override
Kentucky's legislature crushed Beshear's gun vetoes. HB 78 and HB 312 overridden with massive supermajorities.
Reference & trackers
3Where Virginia Actually Stands — July 1, 2026
July 1, 2026. The day both of Virginia's assault-firearm bans were supposed to take effect — and neither one is operative. The sale ban (SB 749) is enjoined by Crump v. Katz; the carry ban (SB 727 / HB 1524) was pushed to 2027 by the June 29 budget vote. A plain-language status board on what a Virginia gun owner can actually buy, own, carry, and sell today, why 'on the books' isn't the same as 'binds you,' who the injunction really binds, the other 2026 laws that did switch on, and what's still in flux. A video scroll-through companion.
Virginia Gun Laws 2026 — Master Reference
Every 2026 Virginia gun law, verified line by line against the enrolled text. The 19 laws effective July 1, the assault-firearm feature test, the 15-round magazine cap, what's grandfathered, the five bills with other dates, and the three lawsuits. Built as a video scroll-through companion.
Virginia Gun Law Tier List
Rank Spanberger's 2026 anti-gun package from most to least dangerous. Interactive tier list.
Federal
2VACATED: Texas v. ATF Kills the Engaged in the Business Rule
June 12, 2026 final judgment. Kacsmaryk vacated Biden's backdoor universal background check rule under the APA — erased for everyone, not just plaintiffs. The presumption machine, the two-year fight, the DOJ's surrender, the 15 blue states denied in a footnote, and why vacatur beats rescission.
ATF: New Era of Reform
Zero Tolerance is dead. Pistol brace rule formally repealed. NFA tax dropped to $0. But the frames-and-receivers rule survived. 34 actions, 5 categories, full case file.