Virginia Concealed Carry Compromise Will Require State Police at Gun Shows

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Posted January 29, 2016 11:18 am by Comments

By Fred Lucas

People look at handguns as thousands of customers and hundreds of dealers sell, show, and buy guns and other items during The Nation's Gun Show at the Dulles Expo Center which is the first major gun show in the area since the Oregon shooting in Chantilly, VA on Saturday, October 03, 2015. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican lawmakers are announcing a compromise on gun laws Friday to lift a restriction on concealed carry in the state, while also placing state police at gun shows in the commonwealth.

The compromise is an early settlement of what threatened to bottle up the legislative session after Virginia Democratic Attorney Mark Herring’s determination to not to recognize concealed carry permits from 25 states.

People look at handguns as thousands of customers and hundreds of dealers sell, show, and buy guns and other items during The Nation’s Gun Show at the Dulles Expo Center Oct. 3. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

McAuliffe is expected to announce he will sign a bill that requires Virginia to recognize concealed carry permits from nearly all states. In return, Republicans agreed to pass bills to revoke weapons for someone who was under a two-year protective order for domestic violence and to require state police to attend all of the state’s gun shows, the Washington Post reported.

“This is a bipartisan deal that will make Virginians safer,” McAuliffe spokesman Brian Coy said, according to the Post. “It also demonstrates that Democrats and Republicans can work together on key issues like …Read the Rest

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