Vermont Activists Protest State’s New Gun Laws

By Tom Knighton

Lawmakers wanted to act quickly in the aftermath of Parkland. That’s understandable. They knew damn well that if they didn’t act quickly, public opinion would swing away from supporting gun control measures and they’d never get the new rules to pass.

One state that acted quickly was Vermont. They passed a number of gun control measures.

While some of those bills aren’t particularly controversial, some are. They’re controversial enough for pro-Second Amendment activists to step up and demand their voices be heard.

Vermont’s Republican Governor Phil Scott pledged to sign three new gun-control bills next week, making it easier for the state to confiscate firearms from certain people.

The first bill would make it easier to confiscate guns from someone considered to be at risk of harming themselves or others. The second allows the police to confiscate firearms from anyone whose been arrested or cited for domestic violence. The third bill would raise the gun purchase age to 21 and expand background checks. It would also ban bump stocks and high capacity magazines, according to WVNY.

Hundreds of Second Amendment supporters gathered in South Burlington Saturday to protest the Governor’s decision and express …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms