Norfolk, VA City Council To Vote On Gun Control Resolution

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Yakima Herald-Republic, TJ Mullinax, File

In the wake of the massacre at a Virginia Beach municipal building, the neighboring city of Norfolk is considering taking action. While Virginia Beach was awful, the city is also experiencing plenty of the more everyday sort of violence.

The city council is considering passing a resolution calling for gun control within the state in a misguided effort to curtail that violence.

Norfolk City Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on a resolution to support a special session Gov. Ralph Northam is convening to address gun violence.

…

Police Chief Larry Boone said more than a dozen children have been shot in the city in 2019. Boone said he is cautiously optimistic about the governor’s new laws.

“This has been discussed many times. We have not been able to cross the goal line just yet. I hope this time we’ll get some progress,” Boone said. “If not, we’ll be doing this again whether it’s the shootings that happen across this nation or in Hampton Roads or a mass shooting. They are all equally the same and they have an impact on human life. It impacts us psychologically and we can do better than …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms