An emergency ban or prohibition should have an immediate problem that needs to be addressed. Where is the problem this is supposed to solve? As to date, there have been no shootings in State agency buildings. Banning weapons of any variety seems to be superfluous pandering by the Governor to some unspecified demographic; it does NOT address any need by the state of Virginia. I oppose ANY regulation that has no need to be on the books.

 This ban also shows the current Governor's disdain for following set procedure. He has no authority to make a ruling such as this. The power for this action resides with the General Assembly and as such should originate there, where there is accountability. The General Assembly even tried to vote this regulation down, but the Governor doubled down on his mistake and vetoed the bill from the General Assembly to remove his ill-advised regulation.