Posted July 9, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

The big problem with being a pro-gun individual is that you can’t really trust either political party. While there are a handful of pro-gun Democrats, most of the party recoils in horror at the mere mention of a citizen owning a firearm. Republicans are much better, of course, but they’re not perfect. There are just enough cases of Republicans siding with gun controllers to make me skittish in offering blanket support for the GOP.

Apparently, my trust issues aren’t as bad as I thought. I was still shocked to see the Virginia Senate majority leader offering up a gun control proposal.

A top Virginia Republican is calling for a broad ban on guns in government buildings, surprise legislation he filed the day before state lawmakers are set to debate gun laws.

Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment filed a bill Monday that would extend a state prohibition on guns in courthouses to any “building owned or used by a locality for governmental purposes.” It would also increase the penalty for breaking the law from a misdemeanor to a felony.

Norment’s bill was unexpected, as Republicans have historically blocked gun-control measures and previously said Northam’s proposals have little chance of passing.

Norment, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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