There were nine bills scheduled to be on the agenda for the House Public Safety Firearms Subcommittee this morning but the meeting was cancelled. However, the gun control bills that were reported out of committee on Friday will be on 1st reading in the House with final passaged expected on Thursday. Those bills are:
House Bill 2 - "Universal" Background Checks would criminalize private transfers of firearms without first paying fees, with limited exceptions. Most transfers between friends, neighbors, or fellow hunters are not exempted. These proposals would have no impact on crime and are completely unenforceable. This bill is different than what passed earlier in the Senate.
House Bill 9 Requires the reporting of lost or stolen firearms within 24 hours of gaining the knowledge that this has occurs. This bill victimizes gun owners who suffer loss or theft of their property with a fine if they don’t report a lost or stolen firearm within 24 hours of discovering them missing.
House Bill 421 Rolling back pre-emption. This bill allows local governments to enact their own gun control ordinances, potentially resulting in a patchwork of laws and the Second Amendment not being protected across the state. It goes much further than the bill that passed the Senate earlier.
House Bill 1083 Minors access to firearms. This bill severely restricts parental decisions about firearms in the home while attaching excessive penalties for violations.
House Bill 674 ""Red Flag" bill. This bill allows the seizure of an individual’s firearms on baseless accusations without a hearing or other opportunity for the person to be heard in court. It permits the government to seize firearms based on weak evidence and nebulous standards of evidence. While the Senate bill that passed last week is bad (HB240) is bad this bill is much worse.
House Bill 812 Handgun rationing (one gun-a-month) arbitrarily rations an individual’s right to lawfully purchase a handgun to once within 30 days. This bill is different than what passed the Senate as HB812 does not include an exemption for people with a concealed handgun permit.
Please continue to call and email your delegate and urge them to opposed these bills.
On the Senate Calendar on Final passage today is SB 479 Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalty. This bill takes away the right to possess a firearm if an individual is subject to a permanent protective order that does not deal with family abuse.
There is one good bill on final vote today in the State Senate - SB 173. Prohibition on possession of stun weapon on school property; exemption for holder of concealed handgun permit. Allows the holder of a valid concealed handgun permit to possess a stun weapon on school property while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. This bill reported out of committee unanimously last Wednesday. Please contact you Senator and urge them to support this bill.
Also, please continue to contact your delegate and urge them to oppose HB961 - the Governor's bill to ban the future sale of modern sporting rifles and handguns that are capable of holding a magazine larger than 10 rounds. This bill would ban most of the firearms currently sold in Virginia and would require you to register existing firearms that you own that fit the description in the bill.
House Bill 812 Handgun rationing (one gun-a-month) arbitrarily rations an individual’s right to lawfully purchase a handgun to once within 30 days. This bill is different than what passed the Senate as HB812 does not include an exemption for people with a concealed handgun permit.
Please continue to call and email your delegate and urge them to opposed these bills.
On the Senate Calendar on Final passage today is SB 479 Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalty. This bill takes away the right to possess a firearm if an individual is subject to a permanent protective order that does not deal with family abuse.
There is one good bill on final vote today in the State Senate - SB 173. Prohibition on possession of stun weapon on school property; exemption for holder of concealed handgun permit. Allows the holder of a valid concealed handgun permit to possess a stun weapon on school property while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. This bill reported out of committee unanimously last Wednesday. Please contact you Senator and urge them to support this bill.
Also, please continue to contact your delegate and urge them to oppose HB961 - the Governor's bill to ban the future sale of modern sporting rifles and handguns that are capable of holding a magazine larger than 10 rounds. This bill would ban most of the firearms currently sold in Virginia and would require you to register existing firearms that you own that fit the description in the bill.
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