The Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday rebuffed Gov. Spanberger's proposed changes to a bill that will heavily regulate popular semi-auto firearms in the state. 

Spanberger, a Democrat with an anti-gun track record, sent SB 749/HB 217 back to lawmakers last week with amendments that would have made the already bad bill even worse. 

Lawmakers didn't take the bait and sent the original measure back to Spanberger for consideration.

"The SB 749 'Assault Weapons Ban' was passed over for the day. Meaning it heads back to the Governor who can sign, veto, or let it become law in the next 30 days," said House Delegate Wren Williams, a Republican who opposed the bill. "Basically, the Dem-controlled legislature just put the bills back on the Governor’s desk and said, 'your move, Gov.'"

The controversial bill, approved along party lines by the Democrat-controlled state legislature on March 31, would arbitrarily outlaw the future sale of popular firearms such as the AR-15 and magazines capable of holding more than 15 cartridges.

Second Amendment groups are prepped for the bill to become law. 

"Our lawsuit is ready to file when the dust has settled," said Gun Owners of America on Wednesday.
 

Other Anti-2A measures approved

However, the Assembly did concur with Spanberger's amendments to HB 1525, a bill that will ban ownership of popular semi-auto firearms to adults under age 21. Among the changes would be an emergency clause that would make HB 1525 law upon the governor's signing rather than in July. 

Meanwhile, SB 727/HB 1524, with Spanberger's amendments adopted, stands to make it a crime to carry any rifle or handgun with a magazine that holds more than 15 rounds in public. As detailed by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, this includes "any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, public right-of-way, or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public in the Commonwealth. There is no exemption for CHP holders."