The Governor vetoed 30 gun-control bills, modified 6 other gun-control bills so that they no longer pose a threat to Virginia’s lawful gun-owners, and he signed 4 bills that had been modified in the General Assembly changing VCDL’s position from Oppose to Neutral. There are no more gun-control bills left. [More]
And making lemonade out of lemons:
Today, the Virginia chapters of Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action, both part of Everytown for Gun Safety’s grassroots network, issued the following statements applauding Governor Youngkin for signing two gun safety measures into law, including a measure to prohibit auto sears, which are devices that convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic weapons, HB 22 (Del. Jones)/SB 210 (Sen. Perry) and a measure to hold gun owners accountable for allowing children under their care with certain dangerous histories to access firearms, HB 36 (Del. Willet)/SB 44 (Sen. Van Valkenburg).
Even though those bills only parrot what are already federal laws, VCDL being “neutral” doesn’t cut it. The federal laws infringe on Virginia gun owners, and as such, both are should be opposed.
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I do wonder how a “preliminary determination” rises to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt…
But it has “strong bipartisan support,” so it MUST be good. Right?
I’m sure it would have stopped young Dylan in his tracks…
[Via Mack H]
The Moms Demand and Students Demand bits lost me at “grassroots”.
And I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again: “Bipartisan” is legislative code for “Democrat-led with at least one RINO or Republican dupe signing on.” It’s a label that almost never gets applied to anything Republican-led, because the Democrat Party generally disapproves of its members lending legitimacy to GOP bills.