{"id":132340,"date":"2020-08-05T12:26:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T16:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=132340"},"modified":"2020-08-05T12:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T23:08:02","slug":"virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png\" alt=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\" class=\"wp-image-132341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png 1000w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va-400x240.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va-150x90.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va-768x461.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><em>Virginia gun owners held a massive (peaceful) rally in Richmond to protest new gun control laws. (Photo: VCDL)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia Governor Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in full effect, and the state\u2019s new \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate the firearms from a man deemed to be suicidal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 45-year-old man in the town of Winchester was forced to surrender two semi-automatic pistols and a pump action shotgun after making what police said were a number of suicidal statements, local media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winchesterstar.com\/winchester_star\/guns-taken-in-1st-local-case-involving-virginias-new-red-flag-law\/article_ae737bef-9901-50f5-ac90-35281902d72d.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\" title=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law enforcement will hold the firearms for 180 days, after which time they can request another hearing to keep the firearms in their possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, pointed out in an interview with GunsAmerica that the state already had a law intended to deal with suicidal individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, red flag didn&#8217;t do anything that existing Temporary Detention Order wouldn&#8217;t have done,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Temporary Detention Order would actually get the person some help, where the red flag doesn&#8217;t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/virginia-senators-want-to-take-state-gun-control-reforms-to-federal-level\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\" title=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\">Virginia Senators Want to Take State Gun-Control Reforms to Federal Level<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Winchester man was taken to a local hospital after someone saw him leaving a store in an \u201cagitated state\u201d and holding some kind of ammunition feeding device, local media reports. When police found him, he was searching through his trunk for what police said was a gun. When police tried to seize the firearm, he became angry and made statements including &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to say I&#8217;m going to kill myself, but I&#8217;ll speed up death,&#8221;&nbsp;&#8220;I&#8217;m on the fast track to death&#8221; and&nbsp;&#8220;I wake up crying every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next day a judge ordered the man to surrender his firearms. The man didn\u2019t attend the subsequent hearing at which the judge ordered his firearms be held for 180 days.<br \/><br \/>Van Cleave said that the red flag law has been used in at least one other instance in Fairfax County involving a man who stabbed people at a local church. He also said his group is watching a case of a \u201cfraudulent red flag,\u201d but he declined to comment further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/virginians-need-to-rally-to-stop-local-gun-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\" title=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\">Virginians Need to Rally to Stop Local Gun Bans!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Winchester was one of only a handful of towns and counties in Virginia that refused to become a Second Amendment sanctuary following the Democratic takeover of the state legislature. The surrounding county voted to become a sanctuary, as did the nearby town of Berryville. In total, 147 counties, towns, and cities in Virginia are Second Amendment sanctuaries, accounting for about 94 percent of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a January 14 meeting of the Winchester City Council, members voted on a party-line 5-4 vote to strike down a resolution making Winchester a Second Amendment sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m of the opinion that I cannot support a Second Amendment Sanctuary City simply because I can&#8217;t ask for our law enforcement and our administration not to uphold laws that the State has required on us,\u201d Councilor John A. Willingham <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/winchesterva.civicweb.net\/Portal\/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&amp;Id=181\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\" title=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Governor Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in full effect, and the state\u2019s new \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate the firearms from a man deemed to be suicidal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":132341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,7,25,593,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-132340","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-gunsamerica-authors","9":"category-current-events","10":"category-jordan-michaels","11":"category-this-week","12":"tag-buzz","13":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in effect, and the state\u2019s \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate a man&#039;s firearms.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virginia Governor Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in full effect, and the state\u2019s new \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate the firearms from a man deemed to be suicidal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-05T16:26:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-06T23:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jordan Michaels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jordan Michaels\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Jordan Michaels\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad\"},\"headline\":\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-05T16:26:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-06T23:08:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":542,\"commentCount\":21,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/va.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Buzz\",\"News\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2nd Amendment - R2KBA\",\"Authors\",\"Current Events\",\"Jordan Michaels\",\"This Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/va.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-05T16:26:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-06T23:08:02+00:00\",\"description\":\"Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in effect, and the state\u2019s \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate a man's firearms.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/va.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/va.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\\\/Digest\",\"description\":\"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GunsAmerica\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/image-3.png\",\"width\":286,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"GunsAmerica\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/gunsamerica\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/gunsamerica_official\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/GunsAmerica\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad\",\"name\":\"Jordan Michaels\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jordan Michaels\"},\"description\":\"has been reviewing firearm-related products for over six years and enjoying them for much longer. With family in Canada, he's seen first hand how quickly the right to self-defense can be stripped from law-abiding citizens. He escaped that statist paradise at a young age, married a sixth-generation Texan, and currently lives in Tyler. Got a hot tip? Send him an email at jordan@gunsamerica.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gunsamerica.com\\\/digest\\\/author\\\/jordanmichaels\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms","description":"Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in effect, and the state\u2019s \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate a man's firearms.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms","og_description":"Virginia Governor Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in full effect, and the state\u2019s new \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate the firearms from a man deemed to be suicidal.","og_url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/","og_site_name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","article_published_time":"2020-08-05T16:26:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-06T23:08:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jordan Michaels","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gunsamerica","twitter_site":"@gunsamerica","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jordan Michaels","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/"},"author":{"name":"Jordan Michaels","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad"},"headline":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms","datePublished":"2020-08-05T16:26:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-06T23:08:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/"},"wordCount":542,"commentCount":21,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png","keywords":["Buzz","News"],"articleSection":["2nd Amendment - R2KBA","Authors","Current Events","Jordan Michaels","This Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/","name":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png","datePublished":"2020-08-05T16:26:27+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-06T23:08:02+00:00","description":"Ralph Northam\u2019s anti-gun agenda is in effect, and the state\u2019s \u201cred flag\u201d law was implemented this week to confiscate a man's firearms.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va.png","width":1000,"height":600,"caption":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/virginia-uses-red-flag-law-for-the-first-time-to-confiscate-firearms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Virginia Uses Red Flag Law for the First Time to Confiscate Firearms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","name":"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest","description":"Gun Reviews, Industry News, and Product Reviews for Rifles, Pistols, Revolvers, Shotguns, Optics, and Ammunition. Looking to purchase a firearm online? Look no further than GunsAmerica.com, America&#039;s premier destination for buying and selling firearms.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#organization","name":"GunsAmerica","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-3.png","width":286,"height":156,"caption":"GunsAmerica"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/x.com\/gunsamerica","https:\/\/instagram.com\/gunsamerica_official\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GunsAmerica"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/#\/schema\/person\/a21614cb8c2dd3512bbbaa26c54521ad","name":"Jordan Michaels","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f81df18ddebffa16bb3f970d2470b3d03f289289973794fc43a03aa6180dae9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jordan Michaels"},"description":"has been reviewing firearm-related products for over six years and enjoying them for much longer. With family in Canada, he's seen first hand how quickly the right to self-defense can be stripped from law-abiding citizens. He escaped that statist paradise at a young age, married a sixth-generation Texan, and currently lives in Tyler. Got a hot tip? Send him an email at jordan@gunsamerica.com.","url":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/author\/jordanmichaels\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/va-150x90.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186931,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132340\/revisions\/186931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132340"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=132340"},{"taxonomy":"hunt365","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hunt365?post=132340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}