{"id":2786,"date":"2024-01-09T07:06:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2786"},"modified":"2024-01-09T07:06:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T07:06:32","slug":"anti-gun-virginia-lawmakers-again-seeking-assault-weapon-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2786","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Gun Virginia Lawmakers Again Seeking \u201cAssault Weapon\u201d Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tim Sloan\/AFP\/Getty Images)\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"472\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/guns-2-756x513.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Gun rights activists celebrate the news\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Sloan\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia gun owners just can\u2019t seem to get a break.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After beating back a ban on common semi-automatic rifles back in 2020, things seemed to be looking up in the Old Dominion. But with the Democrats winning a slim one-vote majority in the state House of Delegates in the last election, things are again heating up.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bills introduced in both the House and Senate would ban many common firearms used for a number of lawful purposes, along with commonly owned standard-capacity magazines that come stock with many firearms purchased. The measures\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB2\">SB2<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB2\">HB2<\/a>\u2014are nearly identical and both arguably unconstitutional under the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s 2022 <em>Bruen<\/em> ruling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ironically, these gun bills being introduced as the second measure of the year in both the House and Senate show anti-gun Democrat\u2019s zeal for banning guns. The first measures introduced in both chambers were pro-abortion bills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), said the early introduction of the measures indicate anti-gun lawmakers are going to be \u201cputting gun control as the second highest priority that they\u2019re going to be working on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI warned everybody in our alerts that if we didn\u2019t win the elections, if we didn\u2019t get the House and the Senate under control\u2014especially if we lost both\u2014that they could count on an assault weapon ban and extending the red-flag law,\u201d Van Cleave said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the measure introduced in 2020, which eventually died after some gun-ban advocates mentioned they favored confiscation, the new bill would ban the same firearms but has a grandfather clause to make it more palatable to the uninformed. According to the language, banned guns and magazines owned before the effective date, which would be July 1, 2024, can be kept. What that means, however, is nobody in Virginia would be permitted buy a new semi-auto rifle meeting the ban criteria or magazine holding more than 10 rounds after next July.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis was their way of saying, \u2018No, we\u2019re not taking your guns,\u2019\u201d Van Cleave said. \u201cWell, yeah, you are. You\u2019re taking away future guns. You\u2019re taking away guns for the next generation, and if my gun breaks and I want to buy a brand new one, I can\u2019t do it. You\u2019re taking that away from me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VCDL has schedule its annual Lobby Day for January 15 at the state capital. Virginia gun owners should plan to attend and let lawmakers know about this latest proposed infringement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/anti-gun-virginia-lawmakers-again-seeking-assault-weapon-ban\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Sloan\/AFP\/Getty Images) Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Virginia gun owners just can\u2019t seem to get a break. After beating back a ban on common semi-automatic rifles back in 2020, things seemed to be looking up in the Old Dominion. 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