VA General Assembly Adjourns After 90 Minutes And No Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

Since the Parkland massacre and the ensuing media push, there have been times when it just felt like gun control was going to wash clean over us. Intellectually, I knew the pendulum would swing back like it always did, but I wondered how bad the damage would be first. While there are signs that pendulum is starting to swing back, there’s still a lot we need to do to make sure we don’t lose a whole lot of ground.

It seems Virginia Republicans did precisely that on Tuesday.

Less than two hours after beginning a special session called in response to a mass shooting, Virginia lawmakers abruptly adjourned Tuesday and postponed any movement on gun laws until after the November election.

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam summoned the Republican-led Legislature to the Capitol to address gun violence in the wake of the May 31 attack that killed a dozen people in Virginia Beach. He put forward a package of eight gun-control measures and called for “votes and laws, not thoughts and prayers” in reaction to the massacre.

But not a single vote was cast on the legislation. Republican leaders said the session was premature and politically motivated. They assigned the state’s bipartisan …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms