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She didn't veto it. The Department of Justice told Governor Abigail Spanberger they would sue her ass if she touched that assault weapons ban. She sent it back with the ban fully intact anyway.Not a signature.Not a veto.An amendment. The ban is still the ban.The Department of Justice warned her in writing — certified mail, April 10, 2026, signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon — that signing SB749 would drag Virginia straight into federal court. She kept every single restriction intact and called it "clarity for law enforcement." Read that again.The DOJ didn't build an entire Second Amendment Section inside the Civil Rights Division to write letters nobody reads. They built it to file cases. And Spanberger just handed them one.Here's what she already signed into law — done, effective July 1, no vote needed:HB21/SB27 — The gun store lawsuit bill. Private citizens, the attorney general, and local prosecutors can now sue firearm manufacturers and dealers under vague "responsible conduct" standards. Designed to bankrupt the firearms industry through litigation. Signed April 10. Already law.HB40/SB323 — Ghost gun felony ban. Manufacturing, selling, or possessing an unserialized firearm is now a Class 5 felony — up to 10 years in prison. Signed April 10. Already law.HB19/SB160 — Closes the "intimate partner loophole" — prohibits anyone convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from possessing a firearm. Signed April 10. Already law.HB93/SB38 — New rules for how prohibited persons must transfer firearms. Signed April 10. Already law.HB110 — $500 fine and potential vehicle tow if your handgun is visible inside your own vehicle. Signed April 13. Already law.She didn't veto a single gun bill. Not one. She either signed it or sent it back with amendments. Zero vetoes.Here's what she amended and sent to the General Assembly — GA votes April 22nd:SB749/HB217 — The assault weapons ban. Core ban fully intact. According to former Delegate Tim Anderson who obtained the amendment text, the definition of "assault firearm" was not narrowed — it appears to have been expanded. Hunting shotgun carve-out added. That's it.HB229/SB173 — The hospital carry ban. She amended it to make it stricter — removed the existing written-permission exception that allowed certain individuals to carry. Zero path now exists to carry in a hospital providing mental health services.HB1525 — Raises the legal age to purchase certain firearms to 21. Amended and sent back.The NRA's Executive Director John Commerford called it "a desperate ploy to prop up her radical redistricting referendum by delaying action until after Election Day." His message to Spanberger: "We'll see you in court."Here's what her amendments did NOT change on SB749:The ban on semi-automatic centerfire rifles and pistols. Still the ban.The magazine ban over 15 rounds. Still the ban.The July 1, 2026 effective date. Still July 1.Your kids can't inherit your rifle. Still gone.What she protected: semi-auto shotguns for hunting.What she left on the table: your rifle, your pistol, your magazines, your inheritance.That's what three years of "I respect the Second Amendment" bought you. A duck gun exemption.And here's the move she made that nobody is talking about.She didn't sign the assault weapons ban clean because she wanted the plausible deniability. She didn't veto it because her donors, her allies, and her 2028 presidential resume all need this ban to become law. So she sent it back with amendments — the core ban fully intact, possibly expanded — and put the decision on the General Assembly.The General Assembly votes on those amendments April 22nd. Here's what that means:If they ACCEPT her amendments: ban is law. July 1. Your rifle is a relic.If they REJECT them: the original version comes back to her desk. She signs it or does nothing. Ban is still law.Either way, you lose. She engineered it that way.This is the same governor who stood at the State of the Commonwealth — on camera, on the record — and said "I respect the Second Amendment. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Same night she said "send them to my desk, I'm ready to sign."She told you exactly who she was. April 13th proved it.Silence is a choice. Inaction is a signature. She made neither — she made something worse. She built a mechanism that guarantees the outcome while keeping her fingerprints off the pen.These bills don't stop gun murders. They don't lock up violent criminals. The same legislature that passed SB749 killed SB78 — mandatory minimums for people who repeatedly commit crimes with guns — in the same session. Same committee. Same chair. Same room.They banned your rifle and protected repeat gun criminals in the same breath. That's not safety. That's a disarmament plan with a press release attached to it. That's the whole damn plan.Call your state delegate right now.📞 Find yours: whosmy.virginiageneralassembly.govFive words: Reject the amendments. Kill the ban.This isn't just a Virginia story. Every state watching Virginia just saw a governor walk straight through a federal lawsuit threat, sign five gun bills into law outright, and send the assault weapons ban back with the core ban fully intact — possibly expanded. If this works here, every trifecta state copies the playbook. Virginia is the test run. Your state is next unless you're paying attention right now.The Virginia Citizens Defense League and Gun Owners of America have been game-planning legal challenges since December 2025. The National Shooting Sports Foundation said they'll be standing on the courthouse steps the moment this becomes law. The DOJ has the lawsuit unit standing up cases across the country. This fight moves to the courts — but April 22nd is the last chance to kill it before it gets there.Every senator who voted YES on SB749 is on the ballot in 2027. Every delegate. Every name. Every vote is on this page. And Abigail Spanberger carries a record of signing five gun bills into law outright, amending three more to make them as strong or stronger, and zero vetoes — plus a DOJ warning she walked straight through — onto whatever debate stage she steps on in 2028.We'll be there when she gets there.If you're just finding this page — you have reading to do. The full breakdown of all the gun bills passed in one session. The senator who wrote SB749 told the committee on camera "this approach will gradually take them off the street" while sitting on $553,615 in donor money. The delegate who called your rifle "a big big pistol with a telescope." The gun store lawsuit bill. The concealed carry gutting. The home storage mandate. Every vote. Every name. Every dollar. Every receipt is here. Don't trust me — check it yourself.Share this post. Every gun owner you know needs to see what just happened before April 22nd.The amendment vote is eleven days away. We'll have every vote covered.#2a #SecondAmendment #Virginia #Virginiapoliticsolitics #ShallNotBeInfringed #DOJThe DOJ warned her. She signed five gun bills and sent the assault weapons ban back anyway. Was this a dodge — or was this the plan all along? Comment below.