Spanberger Signs Four Virginia Gun Bills Targeting Liability, Ghost Guns, and Domestic‑Violence Loophole

Overview

• Spanberger signed four firearm bills Friday that create civil liability for negligent gun makers and sellers and ban untraceable “ghost guns.”
• One new law bars intimate partners convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing a firearm, which supporters say closes a long‑criticized gap.
• Another measure lets people who cannot legally possess a gun transfer it to a qualified third party who is 21 or older and does not live in the same home.
• Gun‑rights advocates and some Republicans condemned the liability law as an invitation to frivolous lawsuits and warned businesses could scale back sales in Virginia.
• A separate bill to ban certain assault‑style weapons and magazines over 15 rounds remains pending and would become law without action by April 13, with current owners grandfathered for items owned or bought before July 1, 2026.