5 Anti-Gun Bills Rushed Through Legislature to Virginia Governor

By Chris Eger

With single-party control in Richmond, state lawmakers have muscled through gun control bills to the Governor’s office despite widespread opposition. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
Lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled Virginia state legislature last week greenlighted a raft of gun control measures, sending them to the desk of Gov. Ralph Northam.
The five bills headed to the Governor include proposals to establish a “red flag” gun seizure mechanism, allow cities and counties to pass their own tough local gun control ordinances, penalize gun owners who have their firearms lost or stolen and forget to report them, mandatory gun lock laws, and removing the ability of local school boards to allow lawful guns on campus.
“A historic step forward—and even more to come,” said Northam, a Democrat, and advocate of more gun restriction, on social media.
Two other measures, which are still in a conference committee before heading to the Governor’s mansion, would ration handguns to one purchase per buyer per month while another requires gun transfers between private parties to first go through a background check.
In each case, the bills passed on largely party-line votes in Richmond after previous versions repeatedly tanked in past sessions while the state Senate was under nominal Republican control. National groups with

Source: Guns.com