Governor Northam to Convene Special Session on Gun Control July 9th

By NRAHQ

Opinion

Fairfax, VA – -(Ammoland.com)- Embattled Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has announced that he will convene a special session of the General Assembly on July 9 in order to push a wide-ranging package of radical and ineffective gun control proposals.

A June 7 press release from the Northam’s office made clear that the governor is seeking to enact the following severe firearms restrictions:

• Criminalization of the private transfer of firearms;
• A ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms;
• A ban on firearm suppressors;
• Firearms rationing (described by the governor’s office as “one-gun-a-month law,” as opposed to Virginia’s one-handgun-a-month law that was repealed in 2012);
• Procedures to confiscate firearms from otherwise law-abiding individuals without due process;
• Mandatory firearm storage requirements;
• Mandatory lost or stolen firearm reporting; and
• A weakened Virginia firearms preemption statute that would empower local governments to create a complicated patchwork of gun laws.

The wording of the press release suggested that this is not a complete list of the gun control measures the governor wants the General Assembly to consider.

Northam’s decision to convene a special session of the General Assembly came four days after a government employee shot and killed several people inside a municipal …Read the Rest

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