VA Governor Calls Special Legislative Session On Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

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In the wake of the Virginia Beach mass shooting, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam is probably more than a little upset that he didn’t get his way on gun control during the legislative session. Granted, nothing that was being discussed would have prevented this tragedy, but in the gun grabber’s mind, that’s not how any of this stuff works.

Now, Northam has called for a special legislative session to address the issue of gun control.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam ordered a special legislative session to address gun violence Tuesday, four days after a public works employee killed 12 people in a shooting rampage at a municipal building in Virginia Beach.

“The nation is watching,” Northam said at a new conference. “We must do more than give our thoughts and prayers. We must give Virginians the action they deserve.”

Northam said he would seek universal background checks, bans on assault weapons and suppressors, extreme-risk protective orders, child access prevention and other restrictions.

“It is wrong that we now view these mass shootings as the new normal,” Northam said. “It is past time to change.”

Wow. A whole smorgasbord of anti-gun items that won’t do jack to avert the next Virginia Beach.

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