VCDL - The War on Guns

Clearing the Board

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.

Related UPDATE

‘We can make Virginia a safer place’: Youngkin signs ‘Lucia’s Law’ [More]

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]

About Last Night

For whatever reason I could not get my video to work so had to call in by phone. After I was finally able to get through I thought we had a pretty good discussion. [Watch]

Virginia VCheck Outage Points to Unacceptable Vulnerability for Gun Purchases

“All gun sales, even private ones, were stopped dead in their tracks until that system came back up. If it took a month, then gun sales would have been stopped for a month.” [More]

But don’t worry– rights weren’t “denied.” You just couldn’t exercise them.

A Sensitive Subject

Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion noted “sensitive places“ like schools and government buildings could have gun bans. [More]

Jeez, and AOC and Charlie think he lied to them…

[Via Mack H]

Yes to Yesli

Yesli Vega wins GOP nomination to challenge Spanberger in 7th [More]

I’m told she returned VCDL’s candidate survey and “rated strongly pro-gun rights,” but their PAC can’t endorse federal candidates. That seems kind of self-limiting.

In any case, Spanberger is the goddam enemy.

[Via Mack H]

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