Posted on 01/06/2020 6:41:27 AM PST by Perseverando
There is no such thing as a gun free zone. A person intent on criminal violence will not be deterred from bringing a gun to a location because of a “no guns” sign or an anti-gun statute. The only consequence of such measures is to ensure law-abiding citizens are disarmed and vulnerable. As demonstrated by Texas churchgoer Jack Wilson and the other armed congregants of West Freeway Church of Christ, allowing law-abiding citizens to carry for the defense of themselves and others can prevent harm.
As counterproductive as gun free zones are, Virginia’s Michael Bloomberg-bought General Assembly wants to go even further.
Under VA Code Ann. § 18.2-308.1, the Old Dominion already prohibits firearms on “the property of any public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school, including buildings and grounds.” On December 31, Delegate Kaye Kory (D-38) filed HB318, which would make it a crime to knowingly possess ammunition at such locations. A violation of the ammunition ban would be a Class 1 Misdemeanor punishable by a $2,500 fine and up to a year imprisonment.
Gun owners know just how easy it would be to run afoul of this law. Many gun owners keep ammunition in their vehicles to facilitate quick trips to the range or for hunting. Other gun owners keep additional ammunition for their carry firearms in their vehicles for self-defense purposes.
As it exists, § 18.2-308.1 would seem to provide a small exemption to this prohibition for “a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school.” However, given the sloppy drafting, it is not clear if the exemption would only pertain to the concealed firearm or if it would pertain to the concealed firearm and its ammunition.
Moreover, current Virginia law exempts “a person who possesses an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade, in or upon a motor vehicle, or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle.” HB318 does not extend this exemption to include ammunition.
Therefore, under this legislation, a person who frequently uses their motor vehicle to hunt, shoot, or carry, would need to remove every piece of ammunition from their vehicle before parking and leaving the vehicle on school property, even if they are a concealed handgun permit holder.
Under the proposed legislation, it would not matter if a person was found with only one round of ammunition and it would not matter if the person had no way of utilizing the ammunition. The mere possession of a single round of ammunition by itself would be enough to trigger jailtime.
Gun free zones are senseless enough without expanding such mindless prohibitions to ammunition. Ammunition without a firearm to use it in does not pose a threat to anyone.
The irrational nature of HB318 further exposes the truth that the Bloomberg-bought General Assembly’s gun control agenda is not about public safety. Rather, bills like HB318 are about attacking gun owners and discouraging the exercise of Second Amendment rights by placing senseless restrictions on harmless conduct. This legislation is aimed at harassing law-abiding gun owners, not at keeping people safe.
Stay tuned to www.nraila.org for updates. And, in the meantime, please sign up to volunteer to help defeat Bloomberg’s gun control legislation.
IN THIS ARTICLE VIRGINIA MICHAEL BLOOMBERG RALPH NORTHAM
“The mere possession of a single round of ammunition by itself would be enough to trigger jailtime.”
Just like Mexico.
“About time we heard from the NRA.
Where have they been?”
They are in Virgina. So is GOA. I think GOA is in the thick of the fight. They and 2A Foundation get my $ now. NRA is temporarily corrupt,
Wayne LaPierre is probably down at Men’s Warehouse.
isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for.."
Paraphrasing John Lennon's "Imagine"
Give the Governor your bullets, Virginia.
One trigger squeeze at a time.
More likely at Georgio Armani.
Hide your ammo in your guns - and give it freely to those who would confiscate either...problem solved - totally ammo-free zone...
They introduce their gun ban/confiscation legislation yet?
A sizable number of the NRA directors are from deep blue states, and so are probably liberal. Now I truly understand why Neil Knox broke with the NRA all those years ago.
Wayne only wears designer suits, he wouldn’t be caught dead at a Men’s Warehouse.
Where are these bozo’s in VA located? Is there a cluster of them where the D.C. demonrats live?
VCDL has been doing most of the work.
Just saw a post by Philip Van Cleave of VCDL from about 10 minutes ago:
Phil Van Cleave VCDL
@VCDL_ORG
Clarke County just became a sanctuary! Virginia now has 117 sanctuaries.
VA legislature just started moving on these things. Strategize in silence.
There are a lot of weak minds in Virginia, that’s obvious!
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