Vermont Gun Rights Activists Pack Public Hearing

By Tom Knighton

Gun owners in Vermont aren’t happy.

It seems their state wants to restrict not just how they store firearms, but also impose a 48 hours waiting period on all gun sales. Now, they’re letting their voices be heard as they packed a public hearing recently.

Dozens of gun rights advocates clad in hunter orange attended a public hearing Tuesday evening on several firearms bills being discussed by Vermont lawmakers.

While five bills are currently under review, Bill S.22 was the center of discussion for a majority of Vermonters who testified before the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee. The legislation would create a 48-hour waiting period for all firearms sales and introduce new restrictions on firearm storage.

“We are being told that we need to limit our rights for the health and welfare of others,” said Milton resident Scott Champman. “This is nothing but discrimination for anyone who wants to exercise their second amendment rights.”

Many of the gun rights advocates at Tuesday’s hearing wore pearl necklaces. Last week, several Republican members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives wore them during a hearing on gun control. Several people who testified at that hearing said they felt mocked by the necklaces, adding that …Read the Rest

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