Virginia: 17 Gun-Control Bills were Vaporized by Committee!

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Virginia –-(Ammoland.com)- Overall it was an excellent day for gun owners! A large number of gun bills were heard in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee and the antis didn’t fare very well. They got one bill through and it is going to Senate Finance, which is not a good place to be:

• 2 pro-gun bills moved forward
• 1 pro-gun bill was carried over to next year
• 2 pro-gun bills were withdrawn by the patron
• 0 pro-gun bills were defeated by the committee
• 17 anti-gun bills were defeated by the committee
• 1 anti-gun bill moved forward (with 2 other identical bills rolled into it)

The two pro-gun bills that moved forward were: 1) Senator Black’s SB 48, Constitutional Carry, and 2) Senator Chase’s SB 715, which allows firefighters and EMS to carry concealed while on duty with a CHP. Both bills were sent to the Senate Finance Committee, where we will have to fight for them again.

All but one of the gun-control bills, including Universal Background Checks which was being pushed hard, went down in flames. A couple of those votes were uncomfortably close as Republican Senator Stuart unexpectedly voted with the Democrats on those two bills.

Except for the Fire/EMS concealed-carry bill, the Democrats, …Read the Rest

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