Posted on 01/07/2020 5:24:47 AM PST by oldvirginian
The following bill, profiled January 6, 2020, in the Virginia House of Delegates makes indoor shooting ranges not owned by government illegal to own and operate.
HOUSE BILL NO. 567
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 6, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.2, relating to indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in buildings not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government; exceptions; civil penalty.
---------- Patron-- Helmer
---------- Committee Referral Pending
---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.2 as follows:
§ 18.2-511.2. Indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in private buildings; exceptions; penalty.
A. As used in this section, "indoor shooting range" means any fully enclosed or indoor area or facility designed for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, or black powder or any other similar sport shooting.
B. It is unlawful to operate an indoor shooting range in any building not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or the federal government unless (i) fewer than 50 employees work in the building or (ii) (a) at least 90 percent of the users of the indoor shooting range are law-enforcement officers, as defined in § 9.1-101, or federal law-enforcement officers, (b) the indoor shooting range maintains a log of each user's name, phone number, address, and the law-enforcement agency where such user is employed, and (c) the indoor shooting range verifies each user's identity and address by requiring all users to present a government-issued photo-identification card.
C. Any person that violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000 for the initial violation and $5,000 per day for each day of violation thereafter.
These fokkers are itching for pushback.
It’s time to make the Democrat Party illegal.
Only, “Government Approved,” shooting ranges, eh?
Commie losers.
And this is going to stop actual criminals.....how?
They’re worse than California’s anti gun laws. What the Hell is going on? My Gramma was right. Give em an inch and they’ll take a mile. Damn commies. Democrats and commies ( no difference) need to be outlawed.
King Black Face is gonna catch the tiger by the tail .Then What?
How many indoor ranges employ 50 people? Not too many I’ll wager.
I think it's important for Virginia to publicize who is sponsoring these bills, follow the money trail, and who votes for them.
Might want to keep an eye on their whereabouts as well.
That is exactly what they want. Push you until somebody does something reactionary and then bring the hammer down.
Remember Soros pretty much funded the VA democrats,so this is his agenda, and we know he likes using violence to further his goals...so my somewhat educated guess is that they are trying incite violence to justify what?
An escalating series of violence, Greater crackdowns, instability & weakening of our country...
Not only government approved but 50% of users must be government LEO’s with approved government ID and a log of date/time of use must be kept.
What is going on is Democrats throwing mud, by the barrel, to see what sticks so it can be replicated nationwide.
Well all gang-bangers and other criminals brush up on their technique at the local gun range.
You didn't know that?
Agreed.
It’s time. Right now.
Soros? We must not forget VA is now a gun grabbing blue state because of open borders and big government policies supported by both the Democrats and GOP.
They’re nibbling away at your freedoms in VA. I’d make the supporters start paying in November.
“...requiring all users to present a government-issued photo-identification card.”
More like extinct!
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