24-Hour Wait Bill Advances In Vermont

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

If you’re wanting to hurt someone and need to buy a gun to do it, would a 24-hour wait for the gun stop you?

After all, we’re using words like “premeditated” at this point, so why would a waiting period of any length stop a potential killer? I mean, theoretically, I suppose it would stop them if their intended victim was killed in a car crash or something, but otherwise? Not really.

That doesn’t look like it’ll stop Vermont from implementing a 24-hour wait requirement for gun purchases.

The House Judiciary Committee voted seven to four Monday to advance the waiting period to the full House. It’s part of a compromise by leading guns rights groups and those who favor more restrictions. After sitting in the committee for the last few weeks, it will be up for a House vote later this week, just days or hours before leaders hope to adjourn for the year.

Part of the agreement includes no changes, so Committee Chairwoman Rep. Maxine Grad, D-Moretown, asked members to reject any amendments. The Senate passed the bill after scaling it back from 48 hours. Grad says its a compromise that protects public health and safety as …Read the Rest

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