Virginia was able to pass gun control legislation despite failing to pass a ban on selling ‘assault’ weapons in the state:
DC EXAMINER – With the legislative session winding down, the Virginia General Assembly approved more gun-control initiatives Saturday that were part of Gov. Ralph Northam’s 2020 agenda.
After Democrats in the House and the Senate worked out minor differences, the chambers came to an agreement on bills to expand background checks (Senate Bill 70 and House Bill 2) and limit handgun purchases (Senate Bill 69 and House Bill 812).
The House adopted the substitute bills earlier this week, and the Senate agreed to them on Saturday.
Here’s what the two bills ban:
The background-check legislation will expand background checks to private transfers of weapons, unless the transfer is between immediate family members. The legislation on handgun purchases will prohibit a person from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period.
This is on top of red-flag legislation that was passed late last month.
Northam pretends that these two bills will make a dent in ‘gun violence’:
In a statement, Northam praised the General Assembly for passing the bills.
“Every year, we lose more than one thousand Virginians to gun violence,” Northam said in a statement. “Today, this year, Virginia has said enough is enough. The emergency of gun violence must end. This legislation will help get us there.”
Ridiculous. This legislation won’t do anything to stop gun violence. What it will do, however, is keep more guns out of the hands of law-abiding citizens while criminals bent on using guns for violence will continue to steal them or buy them on the black market.