Virginia’s Assault Firearms Ban Bill is Dead… For Now

By John Crump

Opinion

Richmond, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- The Senate Judiciary has tabled the so-called “assault firearms ban” bill (HB 961) in Virginia.

The bill, sponsored by Delegate Democrat Mark Levine of the far-left Alexandria district, passed the Virginia House of Delegates by the slimmest of margins (51-48) before heading to the Senate. Democrats had to amend the bill multiple times to push it through to the Senate. This included adding a grandfather clause with gun registration, then dropping the registration component, and then raising the legal round count for a magazine to 12. [most guns do not come with 12 round mags and manufacturers do not make many, if any, 12 round count magazines]

Del. Levine spoke to the Judiciary Committee about the bill to try to get them to pass it to the full Senate for a vote. He used dubious statics for his case. He claimed that the National Assault Weapons Ban cut down on mass killings. According to the Clinton Justice Department, the ban had little to no effect on crime.

Del. Levine also claimed the bill was constitutional under the US and Virginia …Read the Rest

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