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Cheers Erupt When VA's 'Assault Weapons' Ban and Magazine Confiscation Bill Fails to Pass...for Now
townhall.com ^ | 2/17/2020 | Julio Rosas

Posted on 02/17/2020 9:39:54 AM PST by rktman

In a major defeat for Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and fellow Democrats in the commonwealth, the Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee voted to not move forward with HB961, the "assault weapons" ban and magazine confiscation bill, on Monday for the rest of the year.

In a 10-5 vote, with four Democrats joining the Republicans, Committee voted to for a crime commission to study the bill to see if it is worth pursing next year. The bill would have banned AR-15s and other similar styles of rifles and banned being able to own magazines that hold more than 12 rounds.

When the bill failed to pass, cheers erupted and some, including law enforcement officers, stood up in celebration. Virginia Delegate Mark Levine, who helped passed the bill in the House, and his collegues in the front row were seen to be very disappointed.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; kaba; va; virginia
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Wonder how much more money nannie bloomers, moms and margabby kellygiffords will be pumping into Virginia to make sure this violation of the constitution gets pushed through next time around? Probably, to para-phrase lizzie, 'buh-zillions'.
1 posted on 02/17/2020 9:39:54 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

Dems keep voting, or recounting votes, until they win. Then, it’s “settled law”...


2 posted on 02/17/2020 9:42:28 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: rktman

Time for a new false flag operation where some teacher isn’t on script and later describes shooters that aren’t the shooter.

Gun grabbers need victims.


3 posted on 02/17/2020 9:42:46 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: jeffc

Once they disarm We the People it sure will be.


4 posted on 02/17/2020 9:43:45 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: rktman

VA GOP needs to retake the House back in 2020. With a heavy Trump turnout, they can do so.


5 posted on 02/17/2020 9:47:44 AM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: rktman

I can tell you I am thrilled.
The panic buying has been wearing me out.
Our store had another 200 gun Saturday.


6 posted on 02/17/2020 9:47:44 AM 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: rktman

This is only a delay.. go study it for a year, if the study comes back saying OK.. it will get passed...


7 posted on 02/17/2020 9:48:35 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: fortheDeclaration

Next election for General Assembly is 2021.


8 posted on 02/17/2020 9:49:44 AM 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

Warm jacuzzi will make you feel all better, LOL!


9 posted on 02/17/2020 9:50:59 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Don’t underestimate the dems. They want to take guns from honest, non-violent citizens and leave them in the hands of violent criminals.


10 posted on 02/17/2020 9:51:10 AM PST by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: I want the USA back

Well working against the bad guys is HARD. Law abiders, not so much.


11 posted on 02/17/2020 9:52:11 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Doesn’t ANYBODY proofread anymore? The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs have so many errors they’re almost unreadable. That being said, good for Virginia!


12 posted on 02/17/2020 9:53:13 AM PST by Mama Shawna
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,,,,,Virginia Delegate Mark Levine, who helped passed the bill in the House, and his collegues in the front row were seen to be very disappointed.

Waaa, waaa...go cry, and just flipping go away.

13 posted on 02/17/2020 9:54:16 AM PST by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: I want the USA back

Violent criminals are an important demographic to show how forward thinking the Left is.


14 posted on 02/17/2020 9:55:24 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Mama Shawna

Editors and proofreaders are no longer required.


15 posted on 02/17/2020 9:55:48 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: I want the USA back

Revive the slogan and bumper stickers:

If guns are OUTLAWED

ONLY OUTLAWS will have guns


16 posted on 02/17/2020 10:00:13 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower CIAramella. PASS IT ON)
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***false flag operation***

You mean like when California shelved their AW ban bill because of public opposition, then they released Pat Purdy from a mental institution, allowed him to buy a handgun in Cali, passing the waiting periods, then buy an AK in Oregon.

Then he went and shot up the Stockton school yard and shot himself.

The shelved bill was pulled out and passed so fast no opposition could be mounted against it.


17 posted on 02/17/2020 10:03:14 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

[[The shelved bill was pulled out and passed so fast no opposition could be mounted against it.]]

That’s why i say they will pass it in the night when noone is looking, citing ‘Imminent Need’ like NY did


18 posted on 02/17/2020 10:07:44 AM PST by Bob434
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To: jeffc

Btw, check out this new ad material from a Maine Democrat.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/guillotine_symbol_democrats


19 posted on 02/17/2020 10:09:19 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Mama Shawna

Proofreader?
Since one is despised as a “grammar Nazi” for noticing an error and daring to correct it, One has accepted the conclusion that no such correction is wanted or warranted. Only feelings matter.


20 posted on 02/17/2020 10:11:19 AM PST by BDParrish ( Please correct me! I never learned anything from anybody who already agreed with me.)
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