Virginia | Gun Control Takes it on the Chin!

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Virginia –-(Ammoland.com)- The remaining gun-control bills, except for a single “Stop Gun Violence” license plate bill, are now all officially dead! They were effectively pocket vetoed because the committee they were assigned to didn’t have a chance to hear them.

ONLY THREE GOOD BILLS REMAIN, THOUGH

Our agenda was also hit pretty hard. The weakness on some bills we thought were pretty straight forward was surprising.

Pro-rights bills that are still alive:

Senator Chafin’s SB 372, which repeals the “good and sufficient reason” church law, is technically still alive, but without something major happening, it will probably die, like Delegate LaRock’s HB 1180 did. More faith leaders are going to have to step up to the plate on this.

HB 366, Delegate Rush, makes sure that if a felon’s gun-rights are restored, that information is placed in the State Police database so that an officer stopping such a person immediately knows that they have had their gun-rights restored. Right now it is a mess, as the police officer doing a traffic stop isn’t told about the restoration! How stupid is that?

SB 715, Senator Chase, allows firefighters and EMS to carry on duty. This bill is …Read the Rest

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