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Great job VCDL! Every bad gun bill heard in the Senate Courts of Justice today was killed and all the pro-gun bills, except one that was withdrawn for the year, was passed out of committee!
The following bills passed out of committee:
SB 689, Sen. Black, lifetime concealed handgun permits
SB 1132, Sen. Garrett, allows concealed handgun permit holders to be able to carry a concealed handgun on K-12 school property after school hours
SB 1137, Sen. Garrett, allows concealed handgun permit holders to have a loaded long gun in their vehicle, regardless of local ordinances to the contrary
SB 1155, Sen. Edwards, requires police make a reasonable effort to return a recovered stolen gun to its owner.
SB 1191, Sen. Norment, requires that a person must KNOWINGLY possess a firearm on K-12 school property before they can be guilty of a felony charge
The following bill was withdrawn:
SB 828, Sen. Black, allows PRIVATE K-12 schools to set their own firearms policies
The following bills are DEAD:
SB 694, Sen. Marsden, "gun show loophole" bill goes after non-existing loophole. Gun sales procedures are the same inside a gun show as they are outside a gun show
SB 768, Sen. McEachin, "universal background check" bill which would put an onerous burden on those selling their personal firearms. The only way to enforce such a law would be to also have "universal registration"
SB 798, Sen. Locke, reinstates the old "One Handgun a Month" law, which wasn't shown to be effective in stopping gun trafficking
SB 909, Sen. Howell, takes away the right of a person to protect themselves in their own home if they have a protective order issued against them. Such orders can be ex parte and are frequently given to both parties during a divorce
SB 912, Sen. Wexton, takes away a person's gun rights for 90 days if an emergency custody order is issued, even if the order was unwarranted
SB 943, Sen. Favola, takes away a person's gun rights for certain MISDEMEANORS. Misdemeanors are not meant to take away civil rights. This bill initially looked to have passed out of committee, but a full vote recount showed that it failed and failed badly
SB 993, Sen. Lucas, another "gun show loophole" bill
SB 1108, Sen. Puller, takes away a person's concealed handgun permit for being delinquent in child support payments
SB 1178, Sen. Ebbin, a massive hodgepodge of gun control schemes, from creating a "One FIREARM a Month" law to "universal background checks" and almost everything in between
SB 1179, Sen. Ebbin, has the government determining a child's maturity instead of the parents doing so, making it illegal for a 4-year-old to do such things as shoot a BB gun under parental supervision
SB 1215, Sen. Ebbin, would make a person who, for example, sells a gun that has been in their family for 100 years, a criminal if that gun has ivory grips or an ivory inlay.
SB 1429, Sen. Barker, takes away gun rights from someone who is deemed a "substantial risk" to himself or others. Current mental-health laws already cover this.
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Also Delegate Webert’s bill to recognize gun rights restored in other states, HB 2286, passed out of the House Courts of Justice criminal subcommittee
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One of the Moms Demand Action representatives was behaving badly during her testimony in the Senate Courts of Justice by berating some of the Republican committee members. She was publicly reprimanded by the Committee Chairman, Senator Norment.
Just the antis being themselves!
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