Gun Control Tops New Virginia Governor’s Agenda

By Tom Knighton

Democrats are thrilled over getting another Democrat into the Virginia Governor’s Mansion. They’re outright ecstatic over it.

More importantly, they already know what they want to do with their electoral wins in the state. They want to step in and, unsurprisingly, restrict Virginians’ right to keep and bear arms. What else?

This week, Virginia Governor McAuliffe and Governor-Elect Ralph Northam outlined their top priorities for the upcoming legislative session, and highlighted expanded background checks for all firearm sales and other transfers (so-called “universal” background checks) as a key measure the new governor will be pursuing upon taking office.

This is no surprise. Gov.-elect Northam has “proudly voted” to restrict Virginians’ gun rights for years. As a state senator, he pushed for expanded background checks, and laws that would ban commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms and magazines. As lieutenant governor, he notably opposed permitless carry, casting a tie-breaking vote to block legislation that would have allowed residents, otherwise eligible to obtain a concealed carry permit, to carry a concealed handgun without a permit anywhere in the state where a handgun may be carried openly. In addition to his pledge to expand background check laws, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms