VA Democrats Pass Ban on Suppressors, ‘High Cap’ Mags, ‘Assault Weapons’

Breitbart ^ | 11 Feb 2020 | AWR HAWKINS

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Democrats in Virginia’s House of Delegates passed legislation Tuesday to ban suppressors, “high capacity” magazines, and “assault weapons.”

The bill, HB 961, now moves to the Virginia Senate.

HB 961 originally banned certain commonly owned firearms and suppressors without exception, The NRA-ILA reports that the bill amended to secure passage. The result is that a grandfather clause was added to allow Virginians to keep their AR-15s, AK-47s, and similar rifles if they already own them.

The same will apply to suppressors. However, the NRA-ILA notes that “confiscation is undoubtedly still the end goal.”

There is no grandfather clause for magazines, which means Virginians owning magazines holding 12 rounds or more will have to destroy or surrender those magazines, should HB 961 pass the Senate and be signed into law.

The NRA released a statement on the House passage of HB 961:

HB961 will turn law-abiding Virginians into criminals overnight. Under this bill, anyone who owns a standard capacity magazine must submit to mandatory confiscation or face one year in jail for each magazine they own. No law-abiding Virginian will be able to buy an AR-15 – America’s most popular all-purpose sporting rifle. After receiving money from Michael Bloomberg, House leaders have their hands out for more and clearly have no regard for the will of their constituents.

[Varsity Flight]

Yeah, and your making me laugh.

[patriotfury]

You are absolutely correct.

Northern VA and Richmond are now the analogous political equivalent of what Chicago is to Illinois.

It has happened, and is happening to many states.

The M.O. is leftist migrate and take over a populated city jurisdiction, utterly brainwash and destroy the jurisdiction, morality and economy gets wiped out, leftist eyeball and migrate to newer, cleaner, friendlier, successful economic jurisdictions — REPEAT...

It’s not universal, but the same pattern even exists with many legal and illegal immigrants.

Many immigrants flee horrific socialist induced conditions from Europe and Latin America, then vote their socialist world view to America.

Of course we hope otherwise, and will fight to correct what has happened, but I truly don’t believe many Virginians fully understand the shear left-wing numbers balloon shift from the Clinton/Bush/Obama years.

The population scale is now leftist weighted.

As well, the districts are being redrawn to buffer and increase the number of leftist seats going forward.

If there is not some kind of break or reversal in 2021, it wouldn’t be easy, but the best case scenario would be counties creating a new state, or merging with proximal conservative states.

If this does not happen, the morally rotted DC metroplex will quickly and completly a destroy all of Virginia.

It would be better to break off, and let the DC rotgut kill itself, than kill everything for hundreds of miles.

However, if this scenario were successful, the left will again move in, and do what they do best. Wipe out freedom, economy, morality, and brainwash our children.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Maryland is a gun control state. But, compliance? Take a look at Baltimore.

[relee]

thanks, guess I’ll have to move all my pistol magazines out of state and go buy a revolver.

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[Blood of Tyrants]

The very day the law goes into effect, every person in the state that has a magazine that holds more than 12 rounds ought to hold rallies in their home towns and the capitol and around state police headquarters and show they will not be intimidated.

[Blood of Tyrants]

From what I have read, all of the above.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Is it true that only two governors have been assassinated in our country’s history?

5.56mm

[magyars4]

Thanks for posting that. I had forgotten it..

[Bayard]

We’ll NH is not VA but if turn out is record breaking like it is in NH in VA then there may be hope yet!

[relee]

Thanks, guess it’s time go revolver shopping.

[Who is John Galt?]

IIRC, voter turnout in Virginia was under 40% (less than 2 out of 5) last November, when the Dem majority was elected. Sit on your butt at home, when you should be voting, and don’t be surprised if a bunch of jack-booted ‘progressive’ thugs start rearranging your life...