Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Virginia

My question is concerning owning a handgun legally in the common wealth of Virginia.

I am a former government employee and I would like to legally own a handgun. My question is, even though I have gone through a background check by the government and still hold a valid security clearance, I moved back how because of financial reasons and because my landlord would not allow me to adopt a dog in the condo I was leasing from him. The issue is two of my family members have felonys on their record.

Is it legal for me to own a firearm under the same roof as my family members that have past felonys on their record even if I would be the only person with access to the firearm and it would be store in a biometric safe that would require my fingerprint to open the safe, a digital code an/or a safe key that would be in my possession at all times?

I eventually would like to go into law enforcement at some time but I also have a back injury preventing me from being a police officer. As a person with a disability there are other areas of law enforcement I would be able to be apart of even with my lower back injury.

This handgun would be used for practice at a firing range as well as attending classes on the proper use of a handgun and handgun safety.

I just want to make sure before I do anything, that it is legal to own a firearm under the same roof (even though I live in a part of the house with my own entrance/exit as well as a door that locks the basement where I live from the upstairs and I have the only key to that door)

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