Virginia Democrats Working On Bill That Would Strip Some Of Their Guns

By Tom Knighton

Extreme risk protection orders are all the rage these days. The idea of someone being able to ask for guns to be taken away from someone else is tempting, especially for people who don’t see the right to keep and bear arms as a sacred, protected right. In other words, anti-gunners love these things because it makes it easier to take guns from people.

In Virginia, Democrats are working to pass what is described as an emergency bill that will bring ERPOs to that state.

Lawmakers are working on ways to help law enforcement officers prevent gun violence. One idea is to let officers temporarily take guns away from people determined to be at risk to do harm.

Some call it gun control. Some call it common sense in the case of an emergency. Others call it the government taking people’s guns.

Del. Chris Hurst, D-Blacksburg, held a town-hall style discussion Wednesday on VMI’s post in Lexington. Police chiefs, sheriffs, commonwealth’s attorneys, legal experts and other Democratic lawmakers spoke.

Hurst hopes to present a bill in the Virginia Legislature in the 2019 session that gives police more power to take action in emergency situations.

The proposal is called an Extreme Risk Protection Order. …Read the Rest

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