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VA Democrats Pass Ban on Suppressors, ‘High Cap’ Mags, ‘Assault Weapons’
Breitbart ^ | 11 Feb 2020 | AWR HAWKINS

Posted on 02/11/2020 6:56:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: jeffersondem

We don’t have a VA election until Nov. 2021.
State races are a year after the Presidential.


21 posted on 02/11/2020 7:32:18 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: MountainWalker

In the Richmond area it’s mostly people from New Jersey voting for what they fled.


22 posted on 02/11/2020 7:38:20 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

How soon to lawsuit?


23 posted on 02/11/2020 7:43:35 PM PST by indthkr
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Yep, the good folks remaining in VA are stuck with this mess for almost another two years. Elections have consequences.


24 posted on 02/11/2020 7:51:59 PM PST by Mr Fuji
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To: indthkr

That may be the only way to stop this garbage.


25 posted on 02/11/2020 7:52:28 PM PST by Mr Fuji
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To: Mr Fuji

Especially elections run on maps drawn by UC Irvine professors at the direction of a federal judge after the Chief Justice said in another case that courts have no role in redistricting.


26 posted on 02/11/2020 7:56:39 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“We don’t have a VA election until Nov. 2021.”

That’s bad.


27 posted on 02/11/2020 8:04:36 PM PST by jeffersondem
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“Allow them to keep” my arse!


28 posted on 02/11/2020 8:06:31 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: Bayard

I’m a bit skeptical on that point — but I certainly hope you’re right.

Unfortunately, NOVA has become overpopulated with greedy bureaucrats and foreign scum.

Definitely not the Old Dominion where I lived for most of the 80s and 90s. I’m rather heartbroken ...

I will say this in all confidence, however: Northam has accomplished the impossible in just a few short months. He’s surpassed Cuomo and Newsom as the nation’s worst governor.


29 posted on 02/11/2020 8:07:25 PM PST by Nothingburger
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Did the pass a law for stop and frisk in high crime areas?


30 posted on 02/11/2020 8:08:35 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ("The media is the enemy of the American people." Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg
It appears that the government officials who are passing these laws are refusing to hear what their state citizen's are demanding they NOT do. And they don't care. They are going to pass those unconstitutional laws and then, as the article suggests, try and confiscate guns against the will of the people.

The Virginia government will, in effect, be responsible for any bloodshed that occurs and will also be the cause of Civil War in the USA.

31 posted on 02/11/2020 8:10:36 PM PST by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Unconstitutional.

Article 1, Section 10, para 1:
“No state shall . . . pass any ex post facto laws . . .

Regarding 10+ magazines, if possession of such magazine was legal before, it can not be made illegal in retrospect by imposing criminal liability for continuing possession of said item.

There is no limit on imposing criminal sanctions for any supposed offense should this be allowed. Owning a pizza, a spoon, an umbrella, or anything could be made a crime after the fact if this kind of law were to go in effect.

The democrats better be careful about this tyranny. A Republican legislature could make a past abortion a criminal act, or an illegal alien remaining in the United States could be arrested - oh, wait - I guess laws can’t be applied to illegals.


32 posted on 02/11/2020 8:16:24 PM PST by oldbill
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You need to realize that should the legislature change hands to Republican in 2021, these laws can be easily repealed. That is assuming that a Republican Governor is elected.


33 posted on 02/11/2020 8:27:39 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Lmo56

That won’t happen without vigorous interior immigration enforcement.
We are overrun with illegal aliens.


34 posted on 02/11/2020 8:43:38 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DownInFlames

Doesn’t look good...


35 posted on 02/11/2020 8:44:03 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll < hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: Cobra64
These clowns (and some here) should attend USPSA, IDPA or IPSC matches... or even just watch a YouTube video on the topic to get a clue.

They know exactly what they are doing and they don't need (or want) any clues.

These are the "Mean Girls" from high school voting for the Government to harass people that they don't like. Removing them from office is the only way to fix this behavior.

That might still be possible by voting. But then again, they are the ones who count the votes. And they might just be a real majority of the voters in this region.

I do not see happy outcomes here.

36 posted on 02/11/2020 9:19:56 PM PST by flamberge (The wheels keep turning)
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To: flamberge

Jerry Miculek will be banned in Va overnight.


37 posted on 02/11/2020 9:47:11 PM PST by databoss
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To: relee

From the bill:

“A. For purposes of this section, “large-capacity firearm magazine” means any firearm magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has the capacity of, or can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 12 rounds of ammunition. “Large-capacity firearm magazine” does not include (i) a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has been permanently altered so that it cannot accept more than 12 rounds of ammunition or (ii) an attached tubular device designed to accept and only capable of operating with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.”

It becomes a Class 6 felony.

“(f) For Class 6 felonies, a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years, or in the discretion of the jury or the court trying the case without a jury, confinement in jail for not more than 12 months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both.”

In addition, felons can’t own firearms or get a CHP, although the Dims made it so they can vote.

I will become a felon, not for what I did, but for what they did to me.


38 posted on 02/11/2020 10:15:56 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: VanShuyten

Sorry, forgot the source of the bill:

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB961EH1


39 posted on 02/11/2020 10:16:53 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: Ouderkirk

“Did you really think we want those laws observed?” said Dr. Ferris. “We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”


40 posted on 02/11/2020 10:32:11 PM PST by wafflehouse (RE-ELECT NO ONE !)
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