As Virginia’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly and Senate move gun-control bills through committees, residents need to contact their representatives to let them know neither they, nor their guns, are to blame for crime.
NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) has provided this link to help citizens who reside in Virginia to let legislators know they want to keep their freedom.
Virginia’s elected representatives, of course, were once instrumental to writing and passing the U.S. Bill of Rights. George Mason (1725-1792) wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), and that document was a major blueprint for the U.S. Bill of Rights. Many core ideas—freedom of religion, our right to keep and bear arms, fair trials, limits on government power—flow straight from Mason’s work. James Madison (1751-1836), another Virginian, is credited with later using this document to write a draft of the U.S. Bill of Rights. Now, almost 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776—a document also written by a Virginian—the state’s General Assembly and Senate are moving to blame American freedom for crime as they work to subjugate the people.
NRA-ILA is reporting that on January 28, the “Senate Courts of Justice Committee will hear legislation to impose a ‘permit to purchase’ scheme and legislation designed to regulate the firearm industry out of Virginia. Then on Thursday, January 29, the House Public Safety - Firearms Subcommittee will hold a hearing on a litany of gun control bills, including bans on semi-automatic firearms, standard capacity magazines, and legislation creating a ‘permit to purchase.’”
Gun-control bills in the Senate Courts of Justice Committee include:
Senate Bill 797 and Senate Bill 643: Which would establish a "permit to purchase" scheme in Virginia, requiring individuals to acquire a "firearm purchaser license" issued by the Department of State Police.
Senate Bill 27: Which would create sweeping new standards of “responsible conduct” for members of the firearm industry, including manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. This is a direct attack on the firearm industry and is designed to regulate the industry out of existence through litigation—despite longstanding federal protections.
Senate Bill 364: Which would establish a “Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center” with the stated goal of being "the primary resource for research, best practices, and strategies for the implementation of firearm violence intervention, community-based intervention, and group violence intervention programs designed to reduce violence in communities.”
Gun-control bills in the House Public Safety Committee include:
House Bill 19: Which would expand prohibiting categories for certain misdemeanor crimes.
House Bill 21: Which would create sweeping new standards of “responsible conduct” for members of the firearm industry, including manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Another direct attack on the firearm industry designed to regulate the industry out of existence through litigation—despite longstanding federal protections.
House Bill 40: Which would end the centuries-old practice of individuals building lawful firearms for personal use without government interference by prohibiting the manufacture of firearms without serial numbers. Transfer and possession of an unserialized or plastic firearm would be prohibited. This legislation would also penalize individuals who lawfully purchased unfinished frames and receivers before the bill’s effective date.
House Bill 110: Which would place further restrictions on the ability of a law-abiding individual to keep a firearm in their vehicle for self-defense.
House Bill 217: Which would ban certain semi-automatic firearms, including many semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns, and arbitrarily limits magazine capacities.
