Update on Virginia MSR, Standard-Capacity Magazine Sales

NSSF^® is urging member businesses to be aware that Virginia’s statewide ban on the sale of Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) and standard-capacity magazines has been enjoined from enforcement by all law enforcement agencies across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The decision was handed down by Judge Jeffrey Campbell of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, in Washington County, on July 7, 2026, and the injunction will go into effect on July 21, 2026, to allow copies of the order to be delivered to all law enforcement officers.

Pending any further actions by courts considering challenges and preliminary injunctions to Virginia's ban on the sale of MSRs and standard-capacity magazines, firearm manufacturers, distributors and retailers will be able to conduct the sale and transfer of these arms beginning July 21.

Two courts, including Judge Campbell and Lancaster County Circuit Judge John Martin, previously issued preliminary injunctions, which were limited in scope. The injunctions blocked enforcement by Virginia State Police and several named counties. The injunctions did not apply across Virginia and did not prevent enforcement by certain other authorities. That left many firearm retailers in a state of confusion, unsure of whether or not they could legally transfer MSRs after the July 1 deadline passed.

Judge Campbell’s decision expands his preliminary injunction to apply to all law enforcement agencies across the Commonwealth.

According to Bearing Arms, Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has already appealed this decision, and NSSF will continue to closely monitor developments.

NSSF is supporting plaintiffs in Black v. Hook, in Fauquier County, Virginia, that also challenges this law as a violation of the Second Amendment and Virginia’s Constitution.