Posted August 21, 2019 8:41 am by Comments

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/Steve Helber

The Virginia Crime Commission has concluded two days of hearings on gun control bills, crime fighting measures, mental health proposals, and more. The commission, which is an offshoot of the Republican-led legislature, was tasked with considering the gun control bills demanded by Governor Ralph Northam after the shootings in Virginia Beach in May of this year. Instead of voting on the bills during the special session Northam called, lawmakers instead decided to have the VCC debate and consider the bills before making recommendations to the full legislature when it re-convenes in November.

In July, when Republicans made the decision, gun control activists and Democrats blasted the move as a stunt to avoid voting on Northam’s gun control package, but after watching hours of the hearings over the past two days, I couldn’t disagree more. What we actually saw this week was real substantive discussion on a number of proposals like “red flag” laws, gun-rationing (“one-gun-a-month” laws), gun and magazine bans, as well as mental health and anti-violence proposals that could be put in place without any new gun control laws in the state. Contrary to the narrative put forth by Democrats, this wasn’t …Read the Rest

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