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Three Gun Control Bills Pass Virginia Senate

For Virginia Democrats, passing gun control is the easy part. Enforcing it is a whole other story.

DanBongino: After months of anticipation, Virginia Democrats finally held a vote on three proposed anti-gun measures yesterday, and all three passed along party lines.

The three bills require background checks on all firearm sales (SB 70), limit handgun purchases to one per month (SB 69), and allow localities to ban guns from public events (SB 35).

According to ABC 13Democrats said they were reasonable measures that would improve public safety while respecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. They said the public had made clear by voting for Democrats in recent elections that new gun laws were needed.

Republicans decried the legislation as an assault on the Second Amendment launched to appease special interest groups and donors such as Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. GOP senators said the new laws would entrap innocent people and do nothing to stop bad actors.

On the bright side, the most controversial bill, SB 16, which included the ban on assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, bump stocks, and silencers, was killed. That aside, this is yet the first stage in a wave of anti-gun legislation to come.

Governor Ralph Northam has a package of gun legislation that he’s pushing for that include prohibiting all individuals subject to final protective orders from possessing firearms, requiring that lost and stolen firearms be reported to law enforcement within 24 hours, and creating an Extreme Risk Protective Order.

Other legislation that has been filed includes banning indoor shooting ranges at offices where there are more than 50 employees. That would include a shooting range at the NRA headquarters, which is located in northern Virginia. That bill has been referred to the Committee on Public Safety. read more

16 Comments on Three Gun Control Bills Pass Virginia Senate

  1. Virginia legislators have forgotten about governing with the consent of the governed. How many people would have voted for Jack Asses if they were up front with this gun control stupidity? Not very many!
    In addition to what you are doing, start recall petitions on elected officials. Signers should be easy to find.

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  2. @deplorable – second class
    JANUARY 17, 2020 AT 5:02 PM
    “What does the SCOTUS have to say??“

    As another famous democrat once decreed: “The supreme court issued their ruling, now let them enforce it.”

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  3. The Totalitarian Regime in Virginia:

    “It can’t be reasoned with, it can’t be bargained with. It doesn’t feel pity of remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. …”

    Virginians need to arm themselves and prepare to defend themselves from the traitorous maggots infesting their Senate.

    izlamo delenda est …

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