Posted on 02/17/2020 6:20:40 AM PST by 11th_VA
Thanks to Second Amendment supporters around the Commonwealth ceaselessly voicing their opposition to a sweeping gun ban, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-5 to reject House Bill 961 on February 17th. Bloomberg’s House majority in the General Assembly is not going to deliver their most coveted agenda item to their billionaire master.
House Bill 961 was a comprehensive ban on many commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms, suppressors, and standard capacity magazines. The original bill sought to impose a licensing and registration scheme for citizens who wish to keep affected firearms they lawfully owned prior to the ban, with felony penalties for noncompliance. It also broadly banned any part that could be used to change a firearm into a banned configuration. While the House Public Safety Committee amended the bill to allow citizens to keep currently owned firearms and suppressors, there was no option for citizens to keep their lawfully acquired magazines with capacities greater than twelve rounds, forcing millions of Virginians to dispose of their property, become a criminal, or surrender them to the government.
Numerous other anti-gun bills are still in play this session. Please stay tuned to www.nraila.org and your email inbox for further updates on these bills and other issues threatening our Second Amendment rights in Virginia.
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For now, they will bring it up for a vote again.
The General Assembly in Virginia is not up for election this year. They were just elected in November.
Ok Virginia, vote out the dims next election and never give them power over you again.
Bloomberg money has also laundered Chinese money with it.
Not a millimeter!
Thank God.
I am not talking about elections baby. Something far more. Taking money from a foreign enemy is beyond politics.
Don’t count it as a victory until ALL they anti freedom bills have been defeated or the laws overturned by the courts.
Yep, they will be back next year.
We’ve won the Battle, but not the War! Stay vigilant. :)
Taking money from a foreign enemy is beyond politics.
Probably has gone on before the Clintons, but they memorialized the practice with no consequence and then the original “ Me Too” political wet your beak movement started. :):):)
This is worse!
Bipartisan rejection of the gun grabbers.
This energy needs to go into getting this state in the W column for Trump.
Great news!
That’s how you do it, Virginia!
OMG....Thank God and God Bless America!
This is worse!
Agree. The get out of jail free card was handed out and it appears many have used it to enrich themselves and families.
In the end if exposed I expect the “ no overarching legislation” excuse as to why this has happened and some weasel worded “ clean up” going forward with no consequence for past violators.
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