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Virginia House Bill 567 Makes Indoor Shooting Ranges Illegal
Virginia Legislative Information Tracking System ^ | January 6, 2020 | oldvirginian

Posted on 01/07/2020 5:24:47 AM PST by oldvirginian

The following bill, profiled January 6, 2020, in the Virginia House of Delegates makes indoor shooting ranges not owned by government illegal to own and operate.

HOUSE BILL NO. 567

Offered January 8, 2020

Prefiled January 6, 2020

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.2, relating to indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in buildings not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government; exceptions; civil penalty.

---------- Patron-- Helmer

---------- Committee Referral Pending

---------- Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 18.2 a section numbered 18.2-511.2 as follows:

§ 18.2-511.2. Indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in private buildings; exceptions; penalty.

A. As used in this section, "indoor shooting range" means any fully enclosed or indoor area or facility designed for the use of rifles, shotguns, pistols, silhouettes, skeet, trap, or black powder or any other similar sport shooting.

B. It is unlawful to operate an indoor shooting range in any building not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or the federal government unless (i) fewer than 50 employees work in the building or (ii) (a) at least 90 percent of the users of the indoor shooting range are law-enforcement officers, as defined in § 9.1-101, or federal law-enforcement officers, (b) the indoor shooting range maintains a log of each user's name, phone number, address, and the law-enforcement agency where such user is employed, and (c) the indoor shooting range verifies each user's identity and address by requiring all users to present a government-issued photo-identification card.

C. Any person that violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000 for the initial violation and $5,000 per day for each day of violation thereafter.


TOPICS: US: Virginia; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; banglist; guncontrol; gunrange; guns; rkba; vageneralassembly; virginia
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To: econjack
This isn't a "nibble"... This is removing a leg at the hip sans anesthetic...
21 posted on 01/07/2020 5:41:51 AM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: oldvirginian

ID card requirement ????? I assume they will exempt blacks because they will not know how to get a card or have internet access to get one, right? Require blacks to get a government issue ID? That’s racist.


22 posted on 01/07/2020 5:42:11 AM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Jonty30

The only problem is the Hammer is going to hit them.


23 posted on 01/07/2020 5:42:39 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Jonty30

I agree but they don’t have the time.


24 posted on 01/07/2020 5:43:18 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: DarthVader

The Governor, and his cabinet, undoubtedly have some cushy jobs waiting for them when they get thrown out. Virginia is an experiment to see what can be done.


25 posted on 01/07/2020 5:44:04 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: chris37

I doubt this will pass this year. However, in a decade. For sure.


26 posted on 01/07/2020 5:44:16 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Geoffrey

Point taken.
But somewhere you have to make a stand.
When?
When you’re already in the gulag?
When the rights you’ve enjoyed are forever denied your descendants?
When your grandchildren make the choice to starve in the outlands or be good serfs and grovel and beg for their minimum allotment of gruel?
When Venezuela is a step UP?

I say stop them now.
Through the courts if possible.
If not....whatever works.


27 posted on 01/07/2020 5:44:37 AM PST by oldvirginian (I know not what course others may take but as for me Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: Tench_Coxe

Virginians want this. They let the entire country know their intentions in November 2019.


28 posted on 01/07/2020 5:46:05 AM PST by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: hanamizu

“Isn’t this requirement racist?”

Only when proposed by republicans/conservatives.


29 posted on 01/07/2020 5:46:35 AM PST by oldvirginian (I know not what course others may take but as for me Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: SkyDancer

You are on the RIGHT path, Skydancer: Democrats are ALREADY committing treason!

It is time to LOCK THEM UP!


30 posted on 01/07/2020 5:46:39 AM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!)
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To: Jonty30

They are going to get much more than get thrown out.


31 posted on 01/07/2020 5:47:02 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Jonty30

They are going to get much more than get thrown out.


32 posted on 01/07/2020 5:47:02 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: oldvirginian

Can recalls be done in VA? It certainly seems like there should be enough momentum to pull it off if so with expected 99% turn out on the right side


33 posted on 01/07/2020 5:47:48 AM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: oldvirginian

What does this have to do with keeping weapons of war off the street?

What do they even SAY this is for?

Have they gone completely insane?


34 posted on 01/07/2020 5:48:05 AM PST by samtheman (I hope someone close to Trump is reading FR every day.)
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To: oldvirginian

Read the text again...says 90% of users must be LEOs...


35 posted on 01/07/2020 5:48:53 AM PST by Covenantor (https://www. are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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Recall election


36 posted on 01/07/2020 5:49:00 AM PST by NicoDon
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To: RandallFlagg

I can’t recall where I read about it (probably FR), but a guy built his own underground shooting range. Busted a hole in his basement wall. Had his brother-in-law dig a trench out to the property line and put in a 24” pipe. Rigged up a pulley system to send the paper targets out.

A relatively cheap way set up your own personal shooting range.


37 posted on 01/07/2020 5:50:22 AM PST by 21twelve (!)
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To: oldvirginian
Jury nullification.

I’m already a “not guilty” vote for any illegal who harms any democrat politician or member of their family. Likewise, potential jurors should no longer seek to be dismissed, and instead serve on a jury, prepared to protect any citizen from anti second amendment tyranny.

38 posted on 01/07/2020 5:50:58 AM PST by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: chris37

There has not been a real Dimo party for decades. This is the party of socialism. The party of communism. This is a pure party designed just like the former Soviet Union and Red China of today. One man rule. One man in charge of everything. They would take Obammy back in a split second and dump Hillary into the gulf of Mexico.


39 posted on 01/07/2020 5:53:46 AM PST by RetiredArmy (The Bible tells us the happenings of the Last Days. Those days are HERE! Deny it at your own peril)
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To: Taxman

Seems they have more allegiance to Iran than to America.


40 posted on 01/07/2020 5:54:43 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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