VA-ALERT: VA Senate goofs up, gun bills to be REHEARD!
Posted: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:31:52
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All the gun bills considered in the Senate Courts of Justice last Wednesday will have to be **reheard/revoted on** again!
There is both danger and opportunity in this. A couple of bad bills got through that I would like to try killing again. And, of course, the pro-gun bills could be put in jeopardy.
Senator Mark Obenshain sent this alert out:
"An inadvertent breach of Senate Rules basically nullified everything the Courts of Justice Committee took up in a six hour marathon meeting on Wednesday, and we're still trying to sort out the carnage. The bills have to be taken up again, and some hard-fought victories will be revisited.
One of those now-jeopardized victories dealt with repealing Virginia's constitutionally suspect "one gun a month" law, which interferes with the right of law-abiding citizens to purchase firearms. I certainly hope that, when we take the bill up again, we'll get another favorable committee vote - but I'd certainly rather not be doing this all over again. Plenty of people are upset right now, and understandably so. But that's life in the Senate of Virginia: never a dull moment."
I will keep everyone posted as this mess works its way through the systems. This is the first time I've seen this happen.
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(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org [http://www.vcdl.org/]
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All the gun bills considered in the Senate Courts of Justice last Wednesday will have to be **reheard/revoted on** again!
There is both danger and opportunity in this. A couple of bad bills got through that I would like to try killing again. And, of course, the pro-gun bills could be put in jeopardy.
Senator Mark Obenshain sent this alert out:
"An inadvertent breach of Senate Rules basically nullified everything the Courts of Justice Committee took up in a six hour marathon meeting on Wednesday, and we're still trying to sort out the carnage. The bills have to be taken up again, and some hard-fought victories will be revisited.
One of those now-jeopardized victories dealt with repealing Virginia's constitutionally suspect "one gun a month" law, which interferes with the right of law-abiding citizens to purchase firearms. I certainly hope that, when we take the bill up again, we'll get another favorable committee vote - but I'd certainly rather not be doing this all over again. Plenty of people are upset right now, and understandably so. But that's life in the Senate of Virginia: never a dull moment."
I will keep everyone posted as this mess works its way through the systems. This is the first time I've seen this happen.
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VA-ALERT is a project of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, Inc.
(VCDL). VCDL is an all-volunteer, non-partisan grassroots organization dedicated to defending the human rights of all Virginians. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fundamental human right.
VCDL web page: http://www.vcdl.org [http://www.vcdl.org/]
