The fight to reclaim our Second Amendment rights, in the states that have enacted laws infringing them, is playing out through a series of skirmishes and battles in our state and federal courts.

California, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Colorado—all states where Second Amendment freedoms have unceremoniously died or are withering. You can now add Virginia to that list. That’s right, the state of Virginia—once a firewall for the Second Amendment—is about to become a case study in what happens when gun owners sit out elections. With Democrats now controlling both of the state’s legislative chambers and the governor’s office, the Old Dominion has become ground zero for an aggressive gun-control agenda.

Your hands are shaking. Somebody was kicking in your back door, you dialed 911, but the police couldn’t get there quickly enough. A ...