Friday, February 20, 2026
This week, the House of Delegates passed House Bill 4106, expanding constitutional carry provisions to 18-20 year olds. A similar bill, Senate Bill 30, passed out of the Senate last week. Both bills are now pending in their respective Judiciary committees.
These bills are a critical enhancement of West Virginia's constitutional carry provisions, allowing all law-abiding legal adults to exercise their right to self-defense.
Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox for updates.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Today, February 17th is the legislative crossover deadline in Virginia, and any bills that have not left their chamber of origin by the end of the day are considered dead for the session.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the VA will no longer report veterans to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) solely because they have been assigned a fiduciary to assist them ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Today, Senate Bill 17, the omnibus gun control bill, was heard in the House Judiciary Committee and Senate Bill 261, expanding gun free zones around ballot drop boxes and polling places, was heard in the House Government ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Not too long ago, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker dismissed President Donald Trump’s assessment of over-the-top violent crime in Chicago as being rooted in “lies,” saying that “civilian law enforcement is how you fight crime,” and “[w]e’ve got ...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
The Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly continues to move forward with unconstitutional legislation banning commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines.
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