Posted on 04/11/2020 3:32:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Governor Ralph Northam (D) signed legislation Saturday creating universal background checks in Virginia and limiting law-abiding Virginians to one handgun purchase per month.
Northams office announced his signature on Senate Bill 70 / House Bill 2, creating the universal checks and thereby outlawing private gun sales.
He signed Senate Bill 69 / House Bill 812 resurrecting Virginias one-handgun-a-month rule to help curtail stockpiling of firearms and trafficking.
Northam used a tweet to refer to these gun controls as commonsense gun safety measures, but he did not mention that they would not have prevented the May 31, 2019 Virginia Beach shooting that he used as an impetus for gun control.
He also signed other controls into law, including requirements that gun owners report stolen firearms within 48 hours of the theft or face civil penalty. This puts the onus for a gun theft on the gun owner, rather than the individual who stole the firearm.
Democrats won control of Virginias legislature in November 2019 and, just days after their victory, Northam made clear there would be a war on guns. That war originally included all-out bans on certain categories of firearms, on ammunition magazines holding more than ten rounds, and on firearm suppressors. However, Democrats reformulated their push after facing widespread public backlash over their gun control agenda.
Well over 100 local governments in Virginia declared Second Amendment Sanctuary status in response to the gun control push, and some law enforcement officials were vocal in their opposition to new controls as well.
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Recall Governor Jolson.
He can thank the calendar thst it falls on Easter. Just wondering how much longer hundreds of thousand with weapons start a march on Richmond and demand either immediate resignations or body bags. Sic Sempter Tyrannis! Either live up to the motto, or change it to “Sic Dominus Meus!”
Well, perhaps this will turn the tide in November and the GOP can find the 6% necessary to carry the state. They either have to flip or find some.
Shall not be infringed
Time to throw this fn bum out, what say you virginia
I vote door #2
We let in millions of people who have nothing in common with us
They now put in power the kind of people who hate us, but never could get elected before
Elections are not going to fix what we have too.
Our RINO Governor passed a lot of the same garbage - very few care about breaking the new laws. Live long enough and the government will eventually find a way to declare you a criminal.
I just hate those “one-handgun-a-month rules”. I don’t need any more but them requiring me to buy one a month is putting a strain on my budget.
amen to that. the scales of justice will be weighed. #VAmotto
All I can say FU I will NEVER comply and keep the powder dry. It is high time to fertilize that liberty tree. Anything more I say will get me in trouble.
If you go to two different gun dealers, how does the state of VA know you are buying a second pistol within a month?
If you go to two different gun dealers, how does the state of VA know you are buying a second pistol within a month?
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The transfers all go through the Virginia State Police who do the NICS check and also keep a database.
OK— it’s like Illinois then. At least you don’t need a FOID (yet).
We can hope, because what ails Virginia will not be fixed at the ballot box. The Left have imported many thousands of illegals and new immigrants and the government employees are a solid voting block for the Rats. The demographics are strongly against taking back the state through the ballot box so other means will be needed.
The new changes might be a simple reflection of demography which is destiny. We’ve replaced parts of the population with enough people from cultures hostile to American values that the impact is now being felt in safe GOP areas. Oh well, enough of the immigration fantasy.
Bingo regarding the immigration gambit. It’s probably lost unless the rural areas really turn out...or somehow the GOP in liberal areas manages to bump up their turnout.
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