VA Legislator Suggests Measure That May Actually Impact Gun Violence
By Tom Knighton
Townhall Media/Beth Baumann
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has called a special session and is bound and determined to pressure legislators to adopt gun control in the wake of the Virginia Beach shooting. During that session, we should expect to see all kinds of hairbrained schemes that will infringe on the rights of ordinary Virginians, while having little to no impact on the criminals that represent the real threat.
However, it seems GOP lawmakers have plans to introduce a proposal that might make a dent.
The Virginian-Pilot reports [Republican Del. David] Yancey wants to bring a federal procedure to the state level that would crack down on illegal firearms trading. The national procedure, called Rule 35, encourages prisoners to tell police if they know who’s selling stockpiles of stolen guns. According to the federal policy, if those offenders then give police information that could bring the criminals to justice, a judge could slash the inmates’ sentences.
Yancey says his idea won’t infringe on Second Amendment rights.
Yancey is right. This legislation won’t infringe on Second Amendment rights.
The law only targets those who have stashes of stolen guns. Lawfully owned collections wouldn’t be impacted at all. In theory, anyway.
Of course, someone might give up …Read the Rest
Source:: Bearing Arms
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