On the Issues
No job is more important for Virginia’s Attorney General than ensuring the safety and well-being of our communities. That means both working closely with law enforcement and local prosecutors to ensure they have the support and resources needed to go after violent criminals and drug dealers, while leading the way in the Attorney General’s office to crack down on domestic violence and crimes against seniors and fight back against the opioid crisis.
We also must prioritize getting illegal guns off our streets – a fight I’ve focused on both in the Virginia Legislature – where we expanded background checks and passed a red flag law to get guns out of the hands of domestic abusers – and as an Assistant Attorney General fighting to hold ghost gun manufacturers accountable for putting untraceable weapons on the street.
At the same time, we will continue to make Virginia a more just state for all its citizens and communities. I’ll work to build closer ties and trust between law enforcement and the neighborhoods they serve, to allow police to do their jobs more safely and achieve better results targeting criminals. We’ll create an expanded network of Attorney’s General satellite offices throughout our state to better receive community feedback and input into how best to keep people safe, and expand resources for law enforcement training so they are fully prepared to do their critically important jobs.