{"id":4673,"date":"2025-02-24T13:46:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:46:44","slug":"virginia-passes-gun-control-bills-amid-heated-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4673","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Passes Gun Control Bills Amid Heated Debate"},"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\/2020\/03\/virginia-flag.jpg\" data-caption=\"Courtesy Jeff Hulbert\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Jeff Hulbert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly passed multiple gun control bills on February 12, including several that are now on their way to Governor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s office for his signature. The controversial legislation has prompted intense debate between supporters who say they view the bills as necessary for public safety, while opponents see the measure for what it is, an infringement on the rights of Americans as part of a larger disarmament agenda of the left.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Senator Jennifer Boysko waxed unintellectual on the subject, demonstrating just how little she cares about those Constitutional rights while simultaneously proving she is either too corrupt or too dumb to understand the context and the intent of the Second Amendment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody needs to go hunting with an AK-47\u2026 Nobody needs to leave guns out when they are toddlers in the home. These gun bills will save lives,\u201d said Boysko.<\/p>\n<p>How does someone with such a compromised comprehension of the Bill of Rights make it to the rank of Senator in the United States? To be honest, I am on the fence as to whether she is actually this ignorant or simply trying to win my logical fallacy of the day award. It has been discussed ad nauseam at this point, to the extent that anyone still making this argument is either intellectually devoid or morally corrupt. The Second Amendment is not about hunting, and therefore, it doesn\u2019t matter if you need an AK-47, or any firearm for that matter, to suit that purpose.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, there are already laws regarding child endangerment, and those who act with disregard should be held accountable for their actions, but not all households are the same, as Republican Delegate Nick Frietas points out that there is not a one size fits all solution, making it imperative that we enforce existing law without infringing on civil liberties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI live in a rural area where the police will probably not get to my house in 15-20 minutes\u2026 So if my strong, independent 17-year-old is home alone \u2014 who has been taught to handle firearms responsibly since the age of 5 \u2014 [and she accesses] that [firearm] for the purposes of protecting herself from someone trying to break in and harm her, I am now guilty of a misdemeanor,\u201d Frietas said on the House floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This bill, requiring guns to be stored in lock boxes in homes when children are present, is on its way to Youngkin\u2019s desk. The Governor will also consider a <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/bill-details\/20251\/SB891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">bill<\/a> that would institute a five-day waiting period on firearm purchases, a measure that Democrats claim would prevent impulsive purchases resulting in reduced suicide rates, but one that was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainepublic.org\/maine\/2025-02-13\/federal-judge-suspends-maines-3-day-waiting-period-on-gun-purchases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">ruled unconstitutional<\/a> by a federal judge. Aside from the issue of Constitutionality, another problem is that the law affects all gun buyers, most of whom already own a firearm and only a minority of whom are making their first purchase.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But there is another agenda at play here, according to Philip Van Cleave, President of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. He says the bill\u2019s true intent is to target and shut down gun shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can buy it there, but you have to wait five days, but the show is over\u2026 Now you have to drive to wherever that dealer is to get your gun. It could be across the state. It could be in a different state,\u201d said Van Cleave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another option would be to have the dealer from the gun show ship the firearm to the purchaser\u2019s local dealer. However, that would incur not only shipping costs but also an additional transfer fee, reducing bargains and discouraging purchases, causing irreparable damage to those events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sad, the Democrats seem to have lost touch [with] what the Constitution is \u2014 they have lost touch with what our right to self-defense is,\u201d says Van Cleave.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/bill-details\/20251\/SB1181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">bill<\/a> banning the sale of new \u201cassault weapons\u201d was also approved by the House, but it will return to the Senate for consideration before it can advance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With President Trump\u2019s proscribed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firearmsnews.com\/editorial\/trump-issues-executive-order-2a\/516639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">30-day autopsy<\/a> of the Second Amendment by Attorney General Pam Bondi drawing near, it remains to be seen if there is a light at the end of the tunnel where we may one day see the national restoration of this crucial and inalienable right. I would encourage the administration to seek a means by which to put teeth behind it for years to come, introducing consequences for knowingly and willingly attempting to circumvent the Second Amendment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/virginia-general-assembly-advances-gun-control-bills-to-youngkins-desk\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Jeff Hulbert The Democrat-controlled Virginia General Assembly passed multiple gun control bills on February 12, including several that are now on their way to Governor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s office for his signature. The controversial legislation has prompted intense debate between supporters who say they view the bills as necessary for public safety, while opponents see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}