Critics Claim Vermont Veto Will Cost Lives

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

Ugh.

This again.

Once again, anti-gunners failed to get their way and, once again, they’re predicting that the refusal to add still more infringements to the Second Amendment will somehow cost lives.

OK, let me back up a bit.

As noted previously, Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott vetoed a bill that sought to impose a 24-hour wait on anyone looking to buy a gun. He felt he’d done enough damage to the Second Amendment, and felt it was time to devote resources and efforts into the underlying causes of both violence and suicide.

Now, it seems that proponents of that bill are predicting doom and gloom, yet again.

Proponents of a Vermont bill that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period to buy handguns say the veto by the Republican governor was a political move that will cost the lives of people contemplating suicide and victims of domestic violence.

The veto Monday by Gov. Phil Scott also drew condemnation from Democratic leaders of both the Vermont House and Senate, which both passed legislation last month that contained the waiting period and a change to an unintended consequence of separate gun legislation signed into law by the governor last year.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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