Unless VA requires a FOID card to buy a long gun, FFL to FFL will be the easiest, and he'll get it the quickest. Unless Pelosi decides it's a "weapon of war", LOL.
What does Pelosi and a card required in Illinois have anything to do with the OP’s question?
Seriously man, are you capable of making a comment anywhere on this forum without bringing some tinfoil hat crap into play?